Alexander Dartsch

Alexander Dartsch advises on cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures in the energy and infrastructure sector. He also has extensive experience in the areas of energy regulation and renewable energies.

• Engagements

  Projects and transactions in which Alexander has recently provided advice:

  • RWE Offshore on the acquisition of the 49% share held by the Canadian company Northland Power in the jointly established 1.6 GW offshore cluster in the German North Sea
  • Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) on the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands worth EUR 1.4 billion*.
  • Shell on the acquisition of a PV pipeline with a total capacity of 500 MW*
  • Statkraft on the acquisition of the Breeze Three wind portfolio, which comprises 42 onshore wind farms in Germany and France with a total capacity of over 350 MW*
  • Gridspertise in the establishment of a joint venture with the German energy technology company Cuculus GmbH for the provision of turnkey Metering-as-a-Service solutions
  • Swiss Life Asset Management on the acquisition of a 49.99% stake in BCP Battery Holding to establish a joint venture with B Capital Partners for the financing, construction and operation of battery storage projects with a total capacity of 420 MWh, including the largest industrial battery storage project in Germany at the time*
  • Shell on the agreement to acquire the German provider of sustainable mobility solutions SBRS GmbH from Schaltbau Holding AG*
  • Gas pipeline operator on the intended acquisition of a stake in the EUGAL pipeline project from GASCADE*
  • Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services on the joint acquisition of the gas transmission system operator jordgasTransport GmbH together with Open Grid Europe GmbH from Statoil Deutschland GmbH*
  • Consortium of STEAG and Beijing Capital Group in the bidding process for the acquisition of EEW Energy from Waste from private equity investor EQT*
  • Vattenfall on the sale of its shares in the Lauta thermal waste treatment plant and the Rüdersdorf industrial power plant to STEAG*
  • Arabesque Partnership on several venture capital investments in its subsidiaries Arabesque S-Ray and Arabesque AI by Allianz X, Commerz Real, DWS, Helaba, Accenture and other investors*
  • RSBG SE on the acquisition of Notion Systems GmbH, a developer of specialty inkjet printers, from the founders and several venture capital companies*
  • DIC Corp. and Sun Chemical Corp. on the proposed acquisition of BASF Colors & Effects, BASF's global pigments business*
  • Brandsafway on the acquisition of the scaffolding company Gerüstbau Muehlhan from the listed company Muehlhan AG*
  • Gas grid operator on the assessment of regulatory requirements for the transport of hydrogen via inoperative gas pipelines*
  • Leading electricity supplier in the preparation of a contractual framework for charging stations for electric vehicles, including the sale of hardware and the provision of software services*
  • Leading electricity supplier in a complaint procedure against regulatory conditions for the remuneration of power plant redispatch services*
  • Leading global technology company in the negotiation and conclusion of numerous Power Purchase Agreements in relation to renewable energy projects in various European countries and in connection with regulatory reporting and risk mitigation obligations in connection with the potential classification of some of the PPAs as financial derivatives.

  *completed prior to joining Orrick