Law firm for Energy, Infrastructure & Real Estate M&A

M&A in Energy, Infrastructure & Real Estate – Transactions in the Context of the Energy Transition

The transformation of energy and infrastructure systems is one of the key economic challenges of our time. Decarbonisation, electrification, grid expansion, storage technologies and sustainable neighbourhood development are fundamentally changing markets. This creates significant opportunities for investors, utilities, project developers and asset managers but also presents complex regulatory and structural transaction requirements.

Taylor Wessing advises clients on transactions in real estate M&A, the energy sector, renewable energy and infrastructure M&A deals. We combine excellence in transaction law with a deep regulatory understanding of energy, infrastructure and real estate markets, and advise on asset and platform transactions across the entire value chain.

Why M&A in the energy and infrastructure sectors requires specialist expertise

Transactions in energy and infrastructure markets are inextricably linked to regulatory, planning and approval frameworks. The commercial success of a deal often depends on factors such as:

The approval and planning status of projects
Grid access and grid connection agreements
Subsidy schemes and state aid law
PPAs and long-term power supply contracts
EPC and O&M structures
Environmental and air pollution control law
ESG and taxonomy requirements

Our advice is therefore strategically transformative and regulatory-integrated. We structure transactions in such a way that regulatory risks are identified at an early stage and reflected in economic terms.

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Our M&A expertise in Real Estate, Infrastructure & Energy

We advise on share deals and asset deals across the entire spectrum of energy M&A, infrastructure M&A and real estate M&A.

Typical scenarios:

Acquisition and disposal of wind, solar and storage portfolios
M&A in renewable energies – onshore, offshore, PV, battery storage
Transactions in the areas of grids, charging infrastructure and energy supply
Platform and buy-and-build strategies for infrastructure and energy funds
Acquisition and integration of project pipelines (ready-to-build / late stage)
Neighbourhood developments with integrated energy and mobility concepts
Real estate M&A with energy and infrastructure-related components

We advise both strategic investors and financial investors on structured bidding processes, cross-border platform transactions and complex portfolio deals.

Where transactions, regulation and project structure converge

The key added value lies in the integrated collaboration between our M&A teams and specialists in energy law, public law, planning and environmental law, and property law.

This integration enables:

regulatory due diligence
structured mapping of funding and approval risks
legally sound structuring of project and financing arrangements
Integration of EPC, PPA and O&M contracts into the transaction structure
ESG- and taxonomy-compliant deal structures

This results in solutions that are legally robust, regulatory sound and economically sustainable.

Energy and infrastructure transactions in an international context

The energy transition is a global transformation process. Our internationally integrated teams support M&A in the energy sector and infrastructure M&A deals across locations in Europe and beyond.

We have extensive experience in: