Energy Supply

Operators in the energy sector often face challenges due to regulatory constraints, for instance in case of regulations requiring efficiency-enhancements or increased sector consolidation, or when energy supply is to undergo a transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy.

Requirements for increased digitalisation have posed a particular challenge in recent years, where rules and regulations need to be incorporated into the digital solution. At the same time, the threat to the systems and information of energy companies has brought the issue of cyber security into focus.

Advice on utility sector projects

We have been providing advice on energy supply for more than 40 years. We were on the team when the first North Sea oil was to be taken ashore, when the natural gas project was to ensure supply of heating etc. to the Danish population, and when the power sector was to be reformed in the late 1990s. This unique experience enables us to offer advice on complex projects across the utility sector.
We advise on all aspects of the energy supply chain and on all types of energy, including electricity, heating, waste, natural gas, oil, water and wind. Our client portfolio comprises public authorities as well as privately and publicly owned utility companies.

Our services include:

• Clarification of legal basis issues
• Drafting of proposals for new legislation
• Assistance with relieving backlogs (backlog relief projects)
• State aid
• Transactions
• Company law issues
• Procurement law issues, for example in connection with the establishment of off-shore wind farms
• Digitalisation
• Cyber security.

We conduct close to 2,000 lawsuits each year, including in the energy area. Strategic preparation and litigation of complex lawsuits and arbitration proceedings is part of our DNA.

We provide advice in cross-functional teams

We tailor solutions that are not just the right but the best solutions for our clients. This often requires setting up a cross-functional team, consisting of our specialists in the offshore field, procurement, state aid, environment and transactions.

Legal advisor in the energy area

Contact us if you need advice on energy law. We provide assistance whether you need solving of a specific energy law issue or require broad strategic and project-oriented assistance, for example in connection with the procurement of a new IT system or work process digitisation.

For decades, we have been the legal advisors to Danish energy authorities, making us extremely adept at identifying sustainable solutions.