Dr. Sönke Gödeke
Partner
Sönke is a Partner in our Düsseldorf office specialising in corporate, M&A and commercial law on complex projects, with a particular focus on the Energy sector. Furthermore he advises German and international corporations on complex national and cross-border M&A transactions as well as on complex corporate governance matters.
Sönke's experience
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Advised AGILA Haustierversicherung AG, a leading pet insurance provider, on corporate and commercial matters including drafting and negotiating new contracts following a shareholder restructuring and market entry.
- Germany
- Financial Services
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Advising a B2C platform provider regarding its merchants’ duties regarding the German Packaging Act (Verpackungsgesetz), the German Battery Act (Batteriegesetz) and the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz).
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising on developing a sustainable new German district according to the principles of the "circular" economy (smart city) in the City of Osnabrück.
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising HomeServe, a sanitary, heating and air-conditioning company headquartered in the UK, on legal and strategic support in connection with the entry into the German market, for example on the set-up of all commercial contracts as well as on insurance, data protection and competition law issues.
- Germany
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advising AWG Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft mbH Wuppertal on energy regulation and corporate restructure of AWG’s hydrogen and sector coupling project on its waste incineration facility in Wuppertal, Germany in relation to the impact of the revised German renewable energy act (EEG) which improves the legal framework for the production of hydrogen.
- Germany
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised AWG Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft mbH Wuppertal on the implementation of a Hydrogen from waste facility (via PEM technology) at one of the biggest waste-to-energy plants in Germany, for use by FCEBs. This was in relation to the prize winning “H2W - Hydrogen for Wuppertal" project.
- Germany
- Technology & Digital Markets
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Advised on the Tal.Markt project within Germany as Europe‘s first local and digital marketplace for renewable energy based on blockchain-technology with regard to all regulatory, corporate and commercial topics.
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised on German merger control notification for the acquisition of two Engineering companies by a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Wuppertal/Stadt Wuppertal, Germany, a public utility company.
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Representation on the set up of German and international joint venture structures in the plant engineering and retail sector
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Legal support on WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke GmbH on the conversion of the district heating supply and the shutdown of the coal-fired power station Elberfeld as part of a comprehensive decarbonisation strategy
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
Credentials
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2020Financial Times “Standout” CleanTech Practice
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2016Pinsent Masons - Partner
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2012KPMG Law, Senior Manager, Head of Hanover
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2008Hogan Lovells – Associate, Dusseldorf
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2008Admission to bar - Düsseldorf
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2008Osnabruck University – Doctorate in Law
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2007Higher Regional Court Cologne – Second State examination
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2006DLA Piper - Trainee Lawyer, Cologne
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2004Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover – First State examination
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