Clean Energy League Tables 2025: we're among the world's leading law firms in renewable energy

According to the latest industry report, Clean Energy Legal League Tables 2025, we are one of the most influential law firms worldwide advising on renewable energy projects. With top rankings in M&A and project finance, the firm has improved on its strong results from last year and further expanded its strong market position internationally.

The annual report published by the analysis platform Clean Energy Pipeline evaluates legal advice based on its involvement in project financing and M&A transactions in the clean energy sector worldwide. Based on this, the report also assesses the influence that law firms have on the overall development of this sector through their advice on renewable energy projects.

Strong rankings in both core categories

In the area of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), we achieved the following rankings:

• 3rd place worldwide by number of transactions advised in the clean energy M&A sector (2024: 5th place)
• 6th place worldwide among the most influential law firms (2024: 8th place)

In the project finance category, we achieved the following rankings:

• 10th place worldwide among the most influential law firms in the field of project finance
• 8th place worldwide in terms of the number of project financings (2024: 14th place)
• 12th place in terms of aggregate project finance volume

These results demonstrate the law firm's continued strong commitment to the energy transition and underscore its leading role as a strategic legal advisor to investors, developers and financiers in the energy sector.

Dr Tillmann Pfeifer, Head of International Energy & Infrastructure, said: "We are delighted to be recognised as one of the world's leading law firms in the clean energy sector. Our rankings demonstrate that we create sustainable value in a highly dynamic environment and provide our clients with expert support in key areas of the energy transition."

Broad range of advisory services in the energy industry

We advise international and national clients – project developers, investors and banks, municipal utilities, electricity suppliers and power plant operators, as well as equipment suppliers and manufacturers – along the entire value chain: from planning and approval and project development to structuring and financing to regulatory and transaction law issues. Focus is placed on projects in the areas of photovoltaics, onshore and offshore wind, storage solutions, hydrogen projects, CCS and grid infrastructure. Our Energy & Infrastructure team is committed to contributing to sustainable and carbon-reducing to carbon-neutral industrial solutions.

About the Clean Energy League Tables

The Clean Energy League Tables are an overview of the industry platform Clean Energy Pipeline of the most active law firms in the global clean energy sector. The metric is the number of qualified transactions in the following sub-sectors: biofuels, biomass, clean coal, energy efficiency, environmental services and remediation, geothermal energy, green transport, hydropower, marine environment, recycling and waste, solar energy, sustainable agriculture, water and wastewater treatment, and wind.

About Clean Energy Pipeline

Clean Energy Pipeline is a leading independent provider of news, data and analysis for the renewables finance industry. Subscribers get access to a real-time data platform covering clean energy finance transactions across all global markets, including project finance, mergers and acquisitions, public markets, green bonds, and venture capital and private equity.