Our Expertise

Energy

The ever-changing EU requirements  in the area of energy and supply, lead to an open competitive market.  

The Energy Department of Avramopoulos & Partners consists of specialized lawyers with a wide array of experience from both the public and private sectors. 

Recommendations

Avramopoulos & Partners is advising Bonatti as the leading partner in joint venture undertaking the construction of the Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline. Wolfgang Gebhardt is the team head. (European Legal 500, 2017 ed.).
 
Avramopoulos & Partners is instructed by clients such as Gitzeli Solar Energy Production. Wolfgang Gebhardt heads the department. (European Legal 500, 2016 ed.).
 
Wolfgang Gebhardt heads the practice at Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm, which is experienced in renewable energy and acts for clients including Gitzeli Solar Energy Production and REC Solar Greece. (European Legal 500, 2015 ed.).

Wolfgang Gebhardt heads Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm’s team, and is popular among German and northern European investors. The firm is active in the renewable energy sector for clients such as REC Solar and Sunday Solar. (European Legal 500, 2014 ed.)

Wolfgang Gebhardt heads the team at Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm, which has a strong network of clients from Germany and Northern Europe. Highlights included advising REC Solar Norway on the development of a solar energy site. (European Legal 500, 2013 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm’s energy head Wolfgang Gebhardt has established a strong German client base, including several in the solar energy sector. Key clients include Conergy Energy Systems and Norwegian company REC Solar. (European Legal 500, 2012 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm advises on acquisition and financing of energy-related projects, including acting for REC Solar on the licensing, design and development of a solar power plant in Greece. Alkis Economou heads the practice. (European Legal 500, 2011 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm has handled several renewable energy project acquisitions, with Alkis Economou heading up a team that advised on ABB’s sale of Wind Park of Rhodes to Iweco Megali Vrysi. In addition, name partner Vassilis Avramopoulos acted for REC Solar of Norway on a solar energy plant in Greece. (European Legal 500, 2010 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm is active in the solar energy sector, having been involved in a Norwegian company’s development of a solar production plant. (European Legal 500, 2009 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm has been advising major Norwegian company REC Solar in relation to the licensing design and development of a solar energy production plant in Greece. (European Legal 500, 2008 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm has been advising ABB AG and ABB New Ventures GmbH, and Techniki Olympiaki SA and Mohlos SA, on wind energy projects.(European Legal 500, 2007 ed.)

Examples

  • Provision of legal advice with regards to the sale of 100% of the shares of a company, to a leading Greek energy and construction group.
    The above client was the owner of two wind parks in the area of Peloponnese, Greece. The respective SPA regulated pending items regarding the licensing procedure but also promoted for a purchase price to be paid in the future as a percentage of the earnings, expected to arise from the energy production, per year of operation of the wind parks.
  • Provision of legal advice and services to an Italian company having undertaken the construction of the major part of the Transadriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP). 
  • Provision of legal advice to a leading multinational Norwegian enterprise and reputable manufacturer of solar energy/photovoltaic equipment, in connection with the licensing, construction and development of a fully-fledged solar energy production plant in Greece.
  • Provision of legal advice and preparation of due diligence legal reports (including review of regulatory authorizations, connection terms, power purchase agreements, land agreements, etc.) and drafting of share purchase agreements for a number of German enterprises’ acquisition of several fully-fledged solar energy production plants in Southern Greece.
  • Provision of legal services to a Swiss/German company for the sale and transfer of shares agreement of a wind park in the island of Rhodes.
  • Provision of legal advice to a Greek company on licensing issues regarding the operation of two wind parks in the Peloponnese.
  • Provision of legal advice to a leading German company involved in the energy sector on project development issues, including compliance with European legislative framework.
  • Provision of legal advice to an enterprise on the licensing, design and development of a fully-fledged solar energy production plant in Greece. Also assisted in the implementation of the establishment procedure of its Greek subsidiaries which have as their core business purpose the production and distribution of solar energy in Greece.
  • Provision of legal services to a major German company, leader in the field of the renewable generation sector, on the acquisition of a Greek company; the project involved a detailed due diligence on regulatory, licensing, contractual, corporate and financing aspects.
  • Provision of legal services to an Italian company on the Greek legislative framework regarding the licensing for and development of wind energy production plants in Greece. In addition, provision of legal services for the establishment of two Greek limited liability companies in partnership with a Greek entity whose main business purpose is the development of wind energy production plants.