International law firm Bird & Bird has advised TenneT TSO GmbH and TransnetBW GmbH on the winning of a contract for a converter system (which primarily consists of two converter stations) for the German wind-power line, SuedLink.
With this contract, the SuedLink expansion project has reached another milestone in the
completion of one of Germany’s most significant energy transition projects.
The consultation of the project included the drafting and negotiation of complex
turnkey EPC (enegineering, procurement and construction) contracts, as well as advice on the EU-wide tendering process, which lasted several months. The tendering process included several rounds of negotiation on the project and maintenance contracts for the converter stations.
The contract relates to the project between Brunsbüttel in Schleswig-Holstein and Leingarten/Großgartach in Baden-Württemberg, which has been named ‘Project 3’ in the Federal Requirements Plan Act. This is one of SuedLink’s two electricity highways which will be built as a direct current connection.
TenneT TSO GmbH and
TransnetBW GmbH were advised by the following Bird & Bird lawyers: lead partner and co-head of Bird & Bird’s International Energy Networks & Transmission Group
Lars Kyrberg (Hamburg), Counsel
Michael Brooks-Zavodsky (Düsseldorf), senior Counsel
Valerian Jenny (Frankfurt), Counsel
Jutta Rath (Frankfurt), associates
Luiza Jeske (Hamburg) and
Laura Ruby, LL.M. (Frankfurt), all Commercial. Additional advice was provided by: partner
Dr. Alexander Csaki (Munich), senior Counsel
Martin Conrads (Hamburg) and associate
Hendrik von Bar (Hamburg), all Commercial; partner
Dr. Michael Jünemann and associate
Julia Fröhder (Frankfurt) both Finance & Financial Regulation; partner
Jörg-Alexander Paul (Frankfurt) and
Dr. Natallia Karniyevich (Düsseldorf) both Tech & Comms; partner
Dr. Christopher Maierhöfer, senior Counsel
Dr. Arne Wolf and associates
Dominic Igel and
Roksana Hosseini, LL.M. (Munich) all IP.