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Hans-Georg is a Co-Lead of the German Energy & Infrastructure Team. He is specialised in advising on national and international energy and infrastructure transactions and project developments. He advises clients in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law and Contractual Law. His expertise includes the advice of complex strategic domestic and cross-border M&A transactions as well as on joint ventures and strategic carve-outs. He further actively supports companies legally and strategically in their international growth plans. In recent years, he has been the lead advisor on a number of large transactions where he acted on the seller's as well as the buyer's side. Apart from his current focus on the renewables sector, the energy transition and low/no-carbon energy assets, Hans-Georg has advised on a wide range of transactions and projects covering the entire energy industry including oil & gas, LNG, energy storage (e.g. oil, gas, hydrogen and power/battery), energy trading, nuclear phaseout, battery recycling, grid network expansion (e.g. power, gas, hydrogen), mining and metals (e.g. energy sources and battery components). In addition, he is often involved in new technologies such as energy-tech products (e.g. software and SaaS applications), innovative power plant and new grid projects. In addition, Hans-Georg has substantial experience in the infrastructure and infrastructure-tech sector, in particular in the telecoms sector (e.g. internet broadband grid/technology and mobile networks), the transport sector (e.g. airplanes, airports, logistics, micro mobility) and the defense sector (e.g. multinational defense agreements, legal protection of key defense assets for the public sector, cybersecurity). Hans-Georg has about 20 years of experience in advising in the Energy & Infrastructure sector. Before joining White & Case in 2018, he worked for several years for leading law firms in Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, London and Paris. He teaches Mergers & Acquisitions at the university of Leipzig for the Master of International Energy Economics and Business Administration program. Besides his activity as lawyer, Hans-Georg is a civil law notary with seat in Berlin, Germany covering all areas that require notarization.
