Simon Groneberg
McDermott Will and Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP
Germany
Simon Groneberg at McDermott Will and Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP is regularly entrusted by major multinational corporates and energy companies to advise on regulatory and public law matters concerning the permitting, grid connection, and commercialisation of green energy, hydrogen, and electricity infrastructure assets.
Groneberg is a leading contact on the regulatory and project aspects of renewable energy developments and power purchase agreements. A key client is Adidas, whom Groneberg is assisting regarding multiple projects that pursue its goal to become climate neutral at its sites by 2025. Within the mandate, Groneberg advised on the realisation of renewable energy plants and the negotiation of a Europe-wide financial PPA.
Groneberg supported a Bulgarian government-drafted law to promote offshore renewable energy, contributing legal subsidy insight based off the German offshore wind regime. Elsewhere committed to legal research in the sustainable energy space, Groneberg edited major legal commentaries on the German Energy Industry Act, German Combined Heat and Power Act, and German Offshore Wind Act.