Tim Heitling

Practice Areas

Dr. Tim Heitling is a Partner in Dentons’ Berlin office and a member of the M&A / Corporate and Energy / Infrastructure practice groups.

Tim primarily focuses on regulated industries, namely the energy and infrastructure sector, including fiber networks and waste management systems. He advises domestic and foreign enterprises, sponsors, banks and financial investors with respect to M&A, joint ventures, projects and related financings.

With respect to the energy sector, Tim has extensive experience advising on generation assets (gas, coal, nuclear, renewables), e-mobility, storage, as well as transmission and distribution assets. Tim’s practice also covers advice on commercial contracts and regulatory issues, such as on unbundling, third-party access regimes, exemptions from surcharges and grid fees. He also advises on all stages of project developments, from early-stage structuring through financing and share or asset deal transactions to PPAs, particularly for renewable energy facilities and power plants.

Career

Dentons (since 2020), Baker McKenzie (2016-2020), Taylor Wessing (2013- 2016), Linklaters (2005-2013)

Professional Memberships

German Bar Association, Bar Association Berlin

Publications

Articles:

Co-author, “Pitfalls for Financial Investors? Ownership Unbundling for Transmission System Operators pursuant to the German Energy Industry Act,” N&R 6/11, 233

Books:

Co-author, “Unbundling Provisions,” in: Böttcher (publisher), Electricity Networks, 2015

Co-Publisher, “Basic Legal Texts of European Energy Law,” 2011

“Promotion of Power-Heat Cogeneration,” Europäische Hochschulschriften Recht, Peter Lang, 2004