Solivan, the Polish member firm of Pontes The CEE Lawyers network, has advised German project developer WKN on the sale of the 42 MW Barwice wind farm at the end of 2018 and the 132 MW Jasna wind farm now to Germany's Wirtgen Invest Energy GmbH and Stadtwerke Munchen, respectively. Wirtgen Invest was represented by SSW Pragmatic Solutions and Stadtwerke Munchen was advised by CMS in Germany and Poland.
According to Solivan, both wind farms are "ready for construction and awarded with a contract for difference after November 2018 auction." The firm also reports that "construction of both wind farms is expected to be complete at mid of 2020."
The Solivan Pontes team advising WKN — a member of the listed PNE Group — on Polish legal matters was led by Partner Christian Schnell, assisted by Associate Piotr Dziwniel.
The SSW Pragmatic Solutions team advising Wirtgen Invest was led by Partner Dominik Strzalkowski and included Counsel Hubert Wysoczanski and Senior Associate Rafal Wlodarski.
CMS's German team consisted of Partners Carolin Armbruster, Jochen Lamb, Dorothee Janzen, Niklas Ganssauge, Kerstin Block, and Marc Seibold, Counsel Matthias Sethmann, Senior Associates Martina Meier-Grom and Tilman Lorenz Petersen, and Associate Birgit Schlemmer. The Polish team consisted of Partners Blazej Zagorski and Piotr Ciolkowski, Counsel Agnieszka Skorupinska, Senior Associates Grzegorz Paczek and Maciej Ziolkowski, Associates Joanna Białoskorska and Piotr Prawda,and Lawyers Mateusz Mazur, Ada Szon, Tomasz Pietrzyk, and Karol Jaworecki.