About

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Energy and infrastructure are key industry sectors in Central and Eastern Europe. Collectively as a region, and separately as individual countries, the CEE presents enormous opportunities, albeit severely impacted at present by Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.

Dentons’ legacy firms were pioneers in advising international clients on the largest and most complex transactions in the CEE jurisdictions during the post-Cold War emergence of their capitalist economies. Today, Dentons remains the preferred legal advisor in the region, handling landmark deals and high-profile disputes. We provide uninterrupted legal support to clients on all matters related to Ukraine.

Oil majors, independents, transportation companies, power generators, utilities, gas and power distribution and transmission system operators, financial institutions and other players rely on our highly experienced Energy team in CEE—more than 80 energy lawyers in our Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Istanbul, Kyiv, Prague and Warsaw offices—to advise on major transactions, project development and finance, regulatory and environmental law and dispute resolution. Our team across Central and Eastern Europe advises governments on energy-market reform and project procurement. We lead the market in terms of legal advice on renewable energy projects and new energy technologies across the region.

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Projects & Energy - Central & Eastern Europe
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What the Team is Known For

Dentons is a highly reputed firm with considerable strength across the CEE region and notable practices in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The law firm acts for major international energy companies on strategic acquisitions into the sector, including transactions that have due diligence implications spanning multiple jurisdictions in the region. Dentons also acts for clients on major developments of energy assets, power purchase agreements and the setting up of joint ventures.

Notable practitioners

Arkadiusz Krasnodębski heads the firm's Polish energy practice. Petr Zákoucký leads the Czech office, Anita Horváth leads the Hungarian branch and Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu leads the practice in Romania.

Work Highlights

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  • Dentons advised EPH on the acquisition of the Rijnmond power plant.

Strengths

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Members

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Anita Horváth

Argentina Rafail

Chris Watkinson

Christian Schnell

Cristian Popescu

Elena Vlasceanu

Filip Raubo

Henriett Fekete

István Réczicza

Jan Procházka

Katarína Pecnová

Ladislav Štorek

Lena Boczakaja

Louis Skyner

Lukáš Výmola

Maciej Dymnicki

Maksym Sysoiev

Petr Slach

Piotr Dziwniel

Renata Ionescu

Tomasz Zwoliński

Zbigniew Stasiak

Štefan Potočňák

Industries

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Climate change regulations

Conventional generation

Energy market reform

Green hydrogen

Liquefied natural gas (LNG), oil and gas trading

Nuclear power

Pipeline and maritime transportation

Privatization of energy enterprises

Renewables and unconventional energy

Retail electricity and natural gas supply

Transmission and distribution

Upstream and downstream oil and gas