RENEWABLE ENERGY
We have an invaluable and unique experience in assisting Clients’ investments in renewable energy at every stage of the project and in regulatory matters.
Within the renewable energy practice we offer i.a.:
- provision of specialised counselling in the renewables sector, including assistance at the project development phase and during day-to-day operations
- complex advice in the investment process of onshore wind farms
- advice and representation in administrative and court proceedings, including disputes before the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, administrative and civil courts
- obtaining and defending environmental permits
- obtaining grid interconnection conditions and agreements, including negotiations of interconnection on commercial terms
- preparation of master agreements to secure legal rights to land
- solving complex zoning and spatial planning issues, obtaining zoning decisions and providing advice and representation in the process of passing local zoning plans
- conducting negotiations with business partners and administrative bodies
- advice on emission allowance rights and certificates of origin for renewable energy
- advice on all types of issues related to participation in the new Polish energy auctions system
- advice on energy market transactions, including energy sales
- energy dispute resolution
- advice on mergers and acquisitions on the renewables market, conducting legal due diligence and providing advice with respect to sale and purchase of energy assets
- advice and representation in offshore wind farm projects, including obtainment of location permits for the construction of offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea
- specialised legal advice under the Renewable Energy Sources Act, the Energy Law, the Act on Investments in Wind Power Plants, environmental law, and respective regulations
- provision of specialised legal opinions on regulatory matters in the renewables sector on the basis of Polish law, the European Union law, and international law