EP Power Europe’s Acquisition of STEAG Power Minerals Gruppe

Baker McKenzie advised EP Power Europe, a.s. on the deal while Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP advised STEAG.

EP Power Europe, a.s., a subsidiary of Czech energy supply company En-ergetický a prumyslový holding, a.s., completed the acquisition of STEAG Power Minerals Group. 

STEAG Power Minerals Group recycles and resells, amongst others, residues arising from hard coal combus-tion in coal-fired power plants.

The Baker McKenzie team consisted of Holger Engelkamp (Picture), Dr. Claire Dietz-Polte (both Counsel), Dr. Thorsten Seidel (Partner, all Berlin); Corporate/M&A/Energy: Vivien Vacha (Associate, Berlin), Dr. Kathrin Weber (Senior Associate, Frankfurt); Employment: Dr. Matthias Köhler (Partner), Felix Arnold (Associate, both Berlin); Pensions: Dr. Christian Reichel (Partner), Dr. Anna Verena Boehm (Counsel, both Frankfurt); Real Estate: Dr. Florian Thamm (Partner, Frankfurt), Dr. Daniel Bork (Senior Associate, Düsseldorf), Nadine Uhrner, Till Pflug (both Associate, both Frankfurt); Public Law: Dr. Janet Butler (Counsel, Berlin), Katharina Weiner (Counsel, Düsseldorf), Louise Pullmann (Associate, Berlin); Anti-trust: Dr. Christian Burholt (Partner), Dr. Jonas Brückner (Counsel, both Berlin), Andreas Traugott (Partner), Nina Lenhard (Associate, both Vienna) Mikolaj Piaskowski (Counsel), Michal Der-dak (Senior Associate), Marta Banas (Associate, all Warsaw); IP: Dr. Michael Fammler (Partner), Dr. Markus Hecht (Senior Asso-ciate) and Lena Weber (Associate, all Frankfurt).

The Orrick team was led by Oliver Duys, Nikita Tkatchenko and Sven Greulich. The team also included partners Carsten Bernauer, Daniel Wayte, Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein, Lars Mesenbrink and André Zimmermann, and associates Johannes Rüberg, Julia Schmitz, Carolin Ostendorf, Onur Öztürk, Ben Boi Beetz, Julia Fabian, Stephen McNeill, Julius Schradin, Marianna Karapetyan and Robert Weinhold.

Involved fees earner: Felix Arnold – Baker McKenzie; Marta Banas – Baker McKenzie; Anna Verena Böhm – Baker McKenzie; Daniel Bork – Baker McKenzie; Jonas Brueckner – Baker McKenzie; Christian Burholt – Baker McKenzie; Janet Butler – Baker McKenzie; Michal Derdak – Baker McKenzie; Claire Dietz-Polte – Baker McKenzie; Holger Engelkamp – Baker McKenzie; Michael Fammler – Baker McKenzie; Markus Hecht – Baker McKenzie; Matthias Köhler – Baker McKenzie; Nina Lenhard – Baker McKenzie; Till Pflug – Baker McKenzie; Mikolaj Piaskowski – Baker McKenzie; Louise Pullmann – Baker McKenzie; Christian Reichel – Baker McKenzie; Thorsten Seidel – Baker McKenzie; Florian Thamm – Baker McKenzie; Andreas Traugott – Baker McKenzie; Nadine Uhrner – Baker McKenzie; Vivien Vacha – Baker McKenzie; Kathrin Weber – Baker McKenzie; Lena Weber – Baker McKenzie; Katharina Weiner – Baker McKenzie; Ben Boi Beetz – Orrick; Carsten Bernauer – Orrick; Oliver Duys – Orrick; Sven Greulich – Orrick; Marianna Karapetyan – Orrick; Lars Mesenbrink – Orrick; Onur Öztürk – Orrick; Johannes Rüberg – Orrick; Julia Schmitz – Orrick; Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein – Orrick; Nikita Tkatchenko – Orrick; Daniel Wayte – Orrick; Robert Weinhold – Orrick; André Zimmermann – Orrick;

Law Firms: Baker McKenzie; Orrick;

Clients: EP Power Europe ; STEAG GmbH;