Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Tillmann is head of the international industry group Energy & Infrastructure at Taylor Wessing. He specialises in providing legal support throughout national and international M&A transactions as well as in providing extensive consultancy services with respect to corporate law.

His clients include companies, family business owners and family offices, as well as internationally operating investors, including private-equity and venture-capital companies. He has successfully managed and completed a number of transactions in the areas of technology, logistics, real estate, and energy over the past few years.

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CV

Since 2007 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2002 – 2007 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2007 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2002 – 2007 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2005 Doctoral degree under Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. mult. h.c. Klaus Hopt zum Thema "Die Inhaltskontrolle von Franchiseverträgen", Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg

2002 Established as a lawyer, Hamburg

2000 Second state examination, Hamburg

Publications

"Projektkäufe und -verkäufe" in Erneuerbare Energien - Cross-Border-Strategien und Länderberichte, Frankfurt School Verlag 2014

Die Inhaltskontrolle von Franchiseverträgen: Eine Untersuchung konkreter Vertragsklauseln nach den §§ 305 ff. BGB, Baden Baden 2005

Memberships & Associations

Bundesverband für Solarwirtschaft
Energiecluster Hamburg

Additional languages

Awards

Legal 500 2026

Featured

Legal 500 2026

Chambers Germany 2026

Experience

Impax Asset Management on the acquisition and sale of various wind and PV projects

Regular advice to UK-based asset manager Impax Asset Management on the acquisition and disposal of wind and PV projects in Germany and other European countries, including advising on joint ventures with project developers for the joint development and implementation of renewable energy projects.

Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Pflege.de on its sale to the Hartmann Gruppe

Comprehensive legal advice to the shareholders of web care LBJ GmbH, operator of the Hamburg service portal Pflege.de, the leading German online platform relating to home care and living in old age, on the sale of the company to the Hartmann Group, a producer of medical and care products.

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Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Dr. Tobias Schelinski

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Dr. Daniel Werner (geb. Jarzembowski)

Taylor Wessing advises Insolvency Administrator on the sale of the Veritas Group to HDT Automotive Solutions

The US based supplier HDT Automotive Solutions is acquiring in the course of the insolvency proceedings the German automotive and industrial supplier including the international subsidiaries in Asia, North America and Europe.

Dr. Martin Heidrich, LL.M.

Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Tobias Rhode, LL.B.

Dr. Daniel Graske

Timo Stellpflug

Dr. Jan Kern

Hannes Tutt

Niels Heim

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

GARBE Group

Advice to the GARBE Group regarding rooftop PV systems on existing logistics properties (in particular roof leases, EPC contracts as well as the maintenance and operation management contracts and electricity supply contracts).

Dr. Anja Fenge, LL.M.

Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Development and construction of various large-scale photovoltaic projects worldwide

Various investors, developers and operators of photovoltaic projects on the development and construction of various large scale photovoltaic projects worldwide. Our advice includes providing advice on plant construction/project contracts, EPC contracts, EEG, planning law, real estate and corporate law.

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Dieter Lang, LL.M.Eur.

Dr. Markus Böhme, LL.M. (Nottingham)

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Energy & infrastructure

Taylor Wessing advises Encavis on the acquisition of a 41 MW wind farm under construction from Enertrag SE

11 December 2025

by multiple authors

Energy & infrastructure

Regulatory Framework for Transmission System Operators in Germany

18 August 2025

Briefing

by multiple authors

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Energy & infrastructure

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

26 May 2025

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Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Legal 500 2026

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