Taylor Wessing advises Qualitas Energy on its acquisition of a majority stake in a 65 MW wind farm in Eastern Germany

Under the leadership of Hamburg partner Carsten Bartholl, the international law firm Taylor Wessing provided comprehensive legal advice to Qualitas Energy, a global investment and management platform focused on renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure investment, on the acquisition of a 55 percent stake in the project rights for the repowering of a wind farm in Eastern Germany from the Danish renewable energy company European Energy.

In addition to the transfer of project rights, both parties have established a joint development partnership for the repowering of the existing turbines. The objective is to install a capacity of more than 60 MW, effectively doubling the existing one. The installation of modern turbine technologies is intended to allow the supply of more than 43,000 households in the future, marking a fourfold increase. Simultaneously, this initiative aims to enhance efficiency by reducing the overall number of turbines.

About Qualitas Energy:
Qualitas Energy is a leading investment and management platform focused on renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure investment. Since 2006, the Qualitas Energy team has managed investments of more than €11 billion in renewable energy worldwide. These investments have been deployed through five vehicles: Fotowatio / FRV, Vela Energy, Q-Energy III, Q-Energy IV, and Q-Energy V. Qualitas Energy’s existing portfolio currently holds 5 GW of operating and development energy assets, including 3 GW of wind, more than 1 GWp of solar PV, 242 MW of solar thermal power (CSP), 180 MW of renewable natural gas, 63 MW of battery, and 60 MW of hydroelectric power assets across Spain, Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, and Chile. Since 2020, Qualitas Energy has produced sufficient energy to power 1.54 million homes and, since 2021, has successfully avoided emissions of 1.32 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. The Qualitas Energy team is composed of more than 600 professionals across twelve offices in Madrid, Berlin, London, Milan, Hamburg, Wiesbaden, Trier, Cologne, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Santiago.
Qualitas Energy Deutschland GmbH is part of Qualitas Energy, which is committed to the transition to a decarbonized economy and focuses on the acquisition, financing, project development, construction, and operation of onshore wind turbines with a team of more than 250 employees in Berlin, Hamburg, Wiesbaden, Trier, Cologne, and Stuttgart.

Legal Advisors Qualitas Energy
Taylor Wessing Germany: Carsten Bartholl (Corporate Energy), Jasmin Schlee, Melissa Rinck (both Corporate Energy), Hannes Tutt, Galya Stareva (both Real Estate), Julian C. Ludwig (Tax). 

Inhouse Qualitas Energy: Adrian Cabrejas (Investment Principal), Ignacio Álvarez Iturbe (Investment Associate), Kamelia Georgieva (Associate Investments), Götz Albrecht (Director Legal Germany).