ESG Group
We advise on:
- transactions involving green or sustainable debt instruments issued by financial institutions to entities from the public and private sectors, including in the field of public procurement;
- acquiring sustainability-linked financing for local governments and municipal companies;
- coordination of obtaining green or sustainable certifications for project financing;
- implementation of ESG standards in organizations;
- comprehensive legal and regulatory support for the implementation of green energy projects (onshore and offshore wind energy, PV, hydrogen technologies, biogas, energy clusters);
- environmental standards, waste management and emissions and climate change-related regulations;
- real estate due diligence for green investments and financing such investments, as well as revitalization projects (buildings, post-industrial areas);
- renovation and revitalization processes of buildings and post-industrial areas and relevant environmental standards;
- so-called ‘green leases’, including building certification (e.g. LEED, BREEAM);
- electromobility and green transport development.
Our competitive advantage:
- we are the Polish law firm offering clients comprehensive services in respect of ESG standards;
- a multidisciplinary group of recognized experts in the fields of environmental protection, financing, real estate, public sector, energy and public procurement law;
- we look at ESG-related challenges from a national, EU and international perspective;
- comprehensive advice on the regulatory, business and environmental aspects of cases;
- we can help identify opportunities and challenges for organizations steaming from their implementation of ESG standards.
Practice managers
Team
News
Real Estate
30.04.2024
Anna Wyrzykowska shortlisted as the Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for Women in Business Law Awards EMEA 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions
09.04.2024
WKB lawyers advised Euroklimat sp. z o.o. on the purchase of 100% shares in Instal Bud Pecyna sp. z o.o.
Mergers & Acquisitions
29.03.2024
WKB advised Selvita S.A. on the acquisition of 100% of shares in PozLab sp. z o.o.
Selected experiences
Real Estate:
- IKEA RETAIL, STATKRAFT, GLOBAL WIND POWER, WKN, WINERGY, ENERGIX, EDF – advice on issues related to wind farms (including due diligence of wind projects);
- BGK S.A. – real estate due diligence prepared as part of the financing of the revitalization (modernization) costs of a complex of 7 office and service buildings in Warsaw (implemented by White Star);
- BNP Paribas – real estate due diligence and advice on financing the construction of a residential building in Warsaw, including revitalization and incorporation of a historic residential building in a newly constructed one;
- A+N NETWORKS MIELE, SPECIALIZED BICYCLES – legal advice on lease agreements for commercial and office space, including those located in a BREEAM In-use certified building
Sustainable finance:
- Energix Renewable Energies LTD, C&C WIND, RP GLOBAL MEGAWATT BALTICA – comprehensive advice on financing the construction of wind farms;
- PEKAO S.A. – advice on a number of infrastructure projects financed by the issue of bonds;
- MIEJSKIE WODOCIĄGI I KANALIZACJA W BYDGOSZCZY SP. Z O.O. – advice on the client’s revenue bond issue program.
RES:
- President of the Energy Regulatory Office (project financed by EBRD) – legal advice on the practical aspects of implementing the Polish RES auction system;
- Polish Wind Energy Association – support in the legislative process for the act on promoting electricity generation from offshore wind farms;
- the Statkraft, Energix and Eurowind capital groups – comprehensive legal advice regarding the acquisition and development of wind and solar farm projects as well as evaluating PPAs for wind farms;
- Our experts are co-authors of the Commentary to the Act on renewable energy sources and the Commentary to the Act on electromobility and alternative fuels;
- Ministry of Energy – preparation of analyses concerning the legislative environment of energy clusters, including a model contract for energy cluster;
- ENEA capital group – comprehensive legal advice and assistance in drafting the standard terms of a contract for the sale, purchase and distribution of renewable energy;
- UPEBI and the Polish Chamber of Biomethane – collaborated on the preparation of the “White Book of Biomethane”
Environment:
- Numerous enterprises from the energy sector (including wind farms and PV), installations for generating energy from landfill gas using pyrolysis, hydropower plants, glassworks, production plants – conducting comprehensive legal environmental audits (due diligence);
- CECED Polska and GPP Ecology – cooperation with associations of enterprises producing and managing selected fractions of waste (electrical and electronic equipment, packaging waste);
- EKOSYSTEM – advice on the process of establishing and coordinating a municipal waste management system in a region with more than 400,000 inhabitants, including establishing relations with the Regional Municipal Waste Processing Plant.