Press releases Energy


21 March 2024

Law plays a central role in the transformation towards a more sustainable economy. Hardly any other area is currently developing as dynamically as advice on environmental social governance. The increasing demand from companies for advice on ESG issues and the need for even stronger interdisciplinary networking of ESG expertise at GvW Graf…

13 December 2013

GvW Graf von Westphalen’s reception in the market is positive in every respect: After numerous recommendations in JUVE, the firm is now listed in the publication The Legal 500 for construction law, real estate law, environmental and planning law, procurement law, PPP as well as M&A (national medium-sized deals), information technology and…

05 September 2013

On the occasion of the 70-year company anniversary of Finnish energy group Pohjolan Voima, Dr Werner Schnappauf, partner at GvW, gave the keynote speech yesterday. In his presentation in Helsinki, he focused on the German Energiewende and the future of the energy sector. A top-class group of participants subsequently discussed the future…

22 February 2013

Smiling Green Energy GmbH & Co. KG (SGE) has purchased a planned open space photovoltaic park in Hessen. GvW's real property and energy law team exclusively advised SGE for the first time.

06 December 2012

Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company (SMEPC) successfully participated in the privatisation process of the electrical generation sector in Nigeria as part of a consortium. The consortium was selected as preferred bidder for the Nigerian power plant Geregu.

13 January 2012

Graf von Westphalen is proud to welcome yet another high-caliber member to our team: As of 01 January 2012, Dr. Werner Schnappauf will be working for our partnership of lawyers. Between 1998 and 2007, the CSU politician was the Bavarian Minister of State, initially in charge of urban and regional development and environmental issues and…