Energetics, ESCO, RES, CHP, waste

We provide comprehensive legal services to entities operating in the energy and natural resources sectors. In the energy industry, we advise on both traditional energy and renewable energy sources.

We are experts in full-range service of energy projects in the ESCO industry. We are specializing in servicing the public procurement process for ESCO projects, also in the PPP formula. During many years of practice, we participated in the acquisition and implementation of such projects, and also represented our clients in disputes arising from their implementation. As part of ongoing, permanent legal services, we advise one of the largest companies in the ESCO industry on the Polish market. Our Law Firm participates in the organization of projects that use the latest regulations of energy / RES law, including new opportunities for obtaining support and new forms of action (clusters, energy cooperatives).

The services we provide include, among others:

» Full legal support at every stage of developing projects for the construction of conventional energy and renewable energy installations – in particular, the procedure for obtaining an environmental decision and a building permit;
» Legal support during the implementation of new investments and during their modernization;
» Regulatory advice – in particular during tariff and concession proceedings as well as refusal to conclude energy contracts, as well as during other proceedings, including before the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, Minister of Economy, Minister of the Environment and other regulatory authorities;
» Legal audits in the field of application of energy law, renewable energy and related laws and related regulations;
» Legal services in the negotiation, design and implementation of network connection agreements, as well as in the trading of emission allowances and property rights from certificates of origin;
» Restructuring consultancy for energy companies;
» Securing Clients’ contract positions in transactions concluded in the energy industry;

Renewable energy sources

Our Law Firm provides comprehensive legal services for entities operating in the RES sector. The Law Firm team includes lawyers experienced in cooperation with State Treasury companies from the energy sector as well as the largest wind farm developers operating in Poland. We have comprehensively supported the preparation of wind farm projects in Poland (over 1000 MW). We assisted in the construction / implementation of RES projects, as well as in the sale of such projects to key energy companies. The Law Firm participates in the organization of projects using the latest regulations of the RES law, including new opportunities for obtaining support and new forms of activity (clusters, energy cooperatives). The Law Firm’s experience includes, among others:

• Provision of legal advice in the procedure for obtaining a concession for trade in electricity;
• Provision of legal advice in the procedure of preparation for obtaining a promise of concession for the production of electricity;
• Provision of legal advice during the construction of wind farms and solar farms, in particular in the scope of assembly and delivery of turbines and cells;
• Representing clients on the conclusion and performance of contracts for the preparation of construction projects enabling obtaining permits for the construction of wind farms and solar farms;
• Provision of legal advisory services in the purchase of wind farm and solar farm projects (asset deal and share deal);
• Ongoing legal services for clients – legal advice regarding the development of wind farm and solar farm construction projects and biogas plants, including:
• legal advice in the process of verification of wind farm and solar farm construction projects purchased by the client;
• legal advice in the field of connection agreements,
• legal advice in the field of contracts with contractors,
• legal advice in the field of administrative procedures for obtaining a decision on environmental conditions for the implementation of investments, decisions on building conditions, decisions on building permits,
• legal advice in the field of administrative procedures regarding the adoption of local law acts,
• representation before courts and administrative authorities,
• Legal audits of wind farm projects, photovoltaic farms, biogas plants;
• Legal audits in the application of energy law, renewable energy and related laws and related regulations;
• Provision of legal advisory services for transactions related to the purchase of installations for degassing landfills and the use of landfill gas for generating electricity;
• Provision of legal advisory services as part of the preparation and participation of projects in auctions for the sale of energy generated in renewable energy installations;
• Restructuring advisory for energy companies;
• Legal services in the negotiation, design and implementation of network connection agreements, as well as in the trading of emission allowances and property rights from certificates of origin.