Markus Appel
Linklaters
Germany
Leading Linklaters’ environmental and planning team, Markus Appel is a standout contact on impactful and critical matters concerning the energy and climate transition. Alongside a particular focus on permitting procedures for industrial and infrastructure projects, Appel assists major industrial and energy sector clients on environmental matters concerning M&A, joint ventures, and financings.
A key ongoing client is TenneT TSO, whom Appel is advising on major energy transition infrastructure projects. Helping upgrade the client’s electricity transmission network so as to deliver clean power more reliably and at greater scale, Appel is assisting on planning matters concerning the development of the SuedLink, SuedOstLink, and NordOstLink HVDC lines.
As part of the firm’s ESG journal, published alongside Der Betrieb, Appel co-authored insights on topics including climate protection, transition planning, and the impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Appel is a regular thought leader on environmental law topics, authoring legal commentaries on the German Nature Protection Act, on regulatory developments concerning the German Renewable Energy Act, and on the environmental protection implications of the Taxonomy regulation.