Wenzel Richter
Counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Dr Wenzel Richter is a corporate, M&A and securities lawyer based in Munich.
Wenzel has extensive experience in advising clients on general corporate law issues and M&A in the infrastructure and in connection with the energy transition.
His practice focuses on financial and institutional investors and he also regularly supports renewable asset managers with project related work throughout Europe.
Wenzel joined us from an international law firm with US origin.
Professional experience
Collapse allStudies of law at the universities of Bayreuth, Münster, and Moscow; PhD in Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Rechtsanwalt (German qualified lawyer) 2013
- bp on the acquisition of GETEC Energie GmbH,
- Numbat, a German developer of independent portfolios of high-power ev-charging networks, in connection with the financing of a portfolio of ultra-fast ev charging stations provided by Patrizia,
- Infrared Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of Jolt Energy, a German-based developer of high-power ev-charging networks.
- DUBAG, a Munich-based private equity investor, on the acquisition of Emitec from Vitesco.
- EQT Infrastructure on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in GETEC and the strategic partnership with the founder as well as GETEC on the add-acquisitions of URBANA and of a portfolio of biomass plants.*
- EQT Infrastructure on an internal reorganization of GETEC, in connection with an Italian add-on for GETEC, and on the sale of GETEC to IIF through an organized auction process.*
- EQT Infrastructure on a step-up in the share capital of and the subsequent sale of EEW Energy from Waste to Beijing Enterprise Holdings through an organized auction process.*
- EQT Infrastructure on the acquisition of the leading Maltese telecom operator Melita.*
- Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung together with Prime Capital AG on the development of 254 MW onshore wind farm Stavro in Sweden.*
- German pension fund on the development of the 260MW onshore wind farm "Nordlicht" in northern Norway.*
- German pension fund on its investments in gas and power transmission business EP Infrastructure, on its investment in a French tank storage business, and on its proposed investment in a Swiss telecom tower operator.*
- German pension fund on the acquisition of a portfolio of German onshore windfarms and in connection with their transfer to a Luxembourg fund.*
- Swiss asset manager on the investment into an early-stage infrastructure-related start-up and on its partnership with the founders for the ongoing development of the business.*
- 3i on the sale of Scandlines to funds managed by First State Investments and Hermes Investment Management.*
- NS Financial Services on the sale of DISA Assets to 3i and MEAG, which leases 54 Alstom trains to Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland.*
- EQT Mid Market on the planned acquisition of the ProXes-Group of Companies, an engineering business specializing on certain types of machinery with activities in the DACH-region.*
- Munich-based mid-market financial investor on the acquisition of a web-based invoicing business and on its partnership with the investors.*
- KKR and KUFPEC on their proposed acquisition of RWE's global upstream oil & gas business (DEA).*
- Russian rolling stock manufacture in connection with train servicing arrangements for the operation of Stradler trains in Bavaria, Germany.*
- Canadian rolling stock manufacturer in connection with the intended supply of short-distance trains to Russian Railways.*
- Industrial client on the proposed acquisition of Thyssengas.*
- On the refinancing of TanQuid.*
- CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI) on a joint venture with Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited and on the joint venture's acquisition of 100% of ista International GmbH from CVC Capital Partners Fund V.*
*Prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright
Rechtsanwaltskammer München
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News
German team advises Numbat on structuring, financing and sale of an independent portfolio of 400 fast-charging stations for electric vehicles
October 18, 2023
German team advises Salesfive on acquisition of Integration Matters and reinvestment of Integration Matters shareholders
February 23, 2023
German team advises Treïs on Cycleenergy Holding sale
October 18, 2022