Energy Sectors & Industries

Sectors & Industries Energy Sectors & Industries

Schellenberg Wittmer’s exper- including disputes related to price procedures concerning energy and tise in the energy sector spans revision of long-term gas contracts, grid tariffs, etc. the full range of legal disciplines. PPAs, energy construction projects, joint ventures, etc. Litigation/arbitration: The Energy Group offers indus- — Representation of the Russian Feder- try-specific advice and legal Deals and Cases ation before the Swiss Supreme Court representation in all sub-sectors, Transactions: in setting-aside proceedings related including oil & gas, electricity — Counsel to Bouygues Construction to an award rendered under the Ener- and renewables. Our transaction- in its acquisition of Alpiq Engineering gy Charter Treaty (ECT) al and regulatory advisory activity Services, a leading Swiss player in — Counsel to large international group the energy, industrial services and rail active in the energy and commodity is complemented by the repre- infrastructure sectors for CHF 850 trading sectors in a EUR 20 million sentation of our clients in civil million commodity trading dispute under and administrative proceedings — Counsel to Canton of Graubünden Senegalese law before Swiss courts and regula- and Axpo Holding AG, the main share- — Representation of a leading energy tors. Our international litigation holders in SIX-listed electric power company in a price revision dispute and arbitration practice covers company Repower AG, in connection — Defence of a leading Russian energy all markets, including emerging with Repower’s strategic reposition- company against a corporate liability ing, delisting and CHF 170 million claim brought by the European Bank markets, particularly in Asia, capital increase subscribed by EKZ for Reconstruction and Development where we operate an office in and UBS Clean Energy Infrastructure to the Swiss courts Singapore. Switzerland KGK (UBS-CEIS) — Counsel to German energy group in — Advice to Services Industriels de arbitration, and parallel litigation Genève (SIG) in the acquisition of and enforcement proceedings in Expertise 15.05% of the shares in SIX-listed Switzerland and abroad against a Our legal services to the industry include: Energiedienst Holding AG from EnBW Russian counterparty over the explo- Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, ration of large gas fields in Russia and Transactions / commercial/real estate: Germany long-term gas delivery contracts — Legal project analysis and structuring — Advice to Innobas AG and its — Mergers and acquisitions shareholders in the carve-out of its — Joint ventures electricity power plant into the newly Recognitions — Tax advice established EW Schils AG and its — Corporate / commercial subsequent sale to St. Gallisch- Leading practitioners are highly — Construction / real estate (including Appenzellische Kraftwerke AG ranked for their work across interna- advice on large-scale energy projects, — Advice to The Carlyle Group in its ac- tional directories and publications: contracts, construction contract man- quisition of 50% of Swiss-based Varo — Chambers Global in Corporate agement and related environmental Energy Group, active in oil refining, M&A and Arbitration and regulatory issues) pipeline, storage and wholesale distri- — Chambers Europe in — Financing of energy projects bution, including the Cressier refinery Competition/Antitrust, from Vitol Group and Atlas Invest Corporate M&A and Arbitration Regulatory advice: — Legal 500 in Commercial, — Energy trading (commodities and Regulatory: Corporate and M&A, financial products) — Counsel to Varo Energy in various Competition, Arbitration and — Production merger control proceedings with the Public Law — Distribution Swiss Competition Commission — WWL Global and Switzerland — Marketing and sale of oil, gas, — Advice to major Swiss electricity pro- in Arbitration, M&A and electricity and other products ducers and the industry association Competition — Licenses / concessions (Swisselectric) on electricity produc- — Public procurement tion and cooperation models — Competition — Advice to various Swiss major elec- — Representation in administrative tricity providers on electricity and proceedings before Swiss regulators network tariffs — Representation of large Swiss energy Litigation / international arbitration: producers and distributors in im- — International energy disputes practice, portant cases in administrative law Contacts

Elliott Geisinger Dr. Lorenzo Olgiati, LL.M. Dr. Christopher Boog Anya George Partner Geneva Partner Zurich Partner Zurich / Singapore Partner Zurich Co-Head of Sector & Industry Co-Head of Sector & Industry

Pascal Hubli, LL.M. Yves Jeanrenaud, LL.M. David Mamane, LL.M. (Bruges) Dr. Frank Bremer, LL.M. Partner Zurich Partner Geneva Partner Zurich Counsel Zurich

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