Jan-Hendrik Bode

A&O Shearman has advised German-based ILOS Projects GmbH & Co. KG (ILOS), a pan-European independent power producer (IPP) supported by BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts (BNPP AM Alts), on the successful upsizing of its structured credit facility with EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, and La Caisse, a global investment Group, for a total of EUR 450 million.

Challenges and opportunities of the energy transition - market overview, financing and structures Investment needs of German DSOs are increasing rapidly due to the energy transition, electrification, and digitalization. Municipalities and their utilities (Stadtwerke) face the challenge of financing the expansion and modernization of electricity grids. In the client alert, our experts outline how DSOs can attract new capital from investors.

Electricity distribution networks operated by distribution system operators (DSOs) form the regional segments of the electricity grids. DSOs deliver electricity from the supra-regional transmission systems, operated by transmission system operators (TSOs), to end consumers. In Germany, there are only four TSOs (Amprion, 50Hertz, TenneT and TransnetBW), which manage a grid of around 37,000 km.