BBH EXPERTS

• Energy law
• Concession contracts
• Energy supply contracts
• Development and drafting of power purchase agreements (PPA)
• Energy trading, procurement and portfolio management
• Company law
• Regulatory law
• Procurement law

Nicolaus Münch’s energy law expertise includes energy contract law, easements and concession contract law, regulatory law, company law and procurement law. He has extensive practical experience in advising clients on the planning and construction of plants based on project financing as well as in the development of power purchase agreements (PPA) in Germany and abroad. In addition, he counsels clients on energy procurement and portfolio management, the interfaces between energy trading and sales as well as the hedging of associated risks.

• Born in Weinheim/Bergstraße in 1965
• Married
• 1986-1993 studies of law in Freiburg and Cologne
• 1996-2000 assistant to the managing director of a municipal utility in North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1996-2004 head of the legal department at a municipal utility in North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2000-2004 head of energy procurement at a municipal utility in North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2001-2004 manager with general commercial power of attorney (Prokurist) at a municipal cooperation in North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2001-2004 auditor for risk management at a European energy supply company
• 2004-2006 member of the legal department at a regional energy and water utility company in Cologne
• Since 2006 lawyer at BBH Cologne
• Since 2009 partner counsel at BBH

• Lectures widely