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Eric Glattfeld

Partner, Infrastructure Projects & Energy
Germany

Expertise

Eric has more than 13 years of experience in energy law and other public and regulatory law. He particularly advises industrial companies on electricity cost optimization (Special Compensation Scheme, electricity price compensation), obtaining government grants (especially under the Electricity Price Control Act and the Natural Gas and Heat Price Control Act), and decarbonization projects in the industry. Additionally, he works with traditional energy supply companies in energy distribution, municipalities, and energy providers in electricity and gas concession procedures, as well as in the field of renewable energy.

He began his professional career in 2011 at Becker Büttner Held (BBH), followed by positions at Bird & Bird, PwC Legal, and EY Law, all located in Munich.

In 2024, he joined Addleshaw Goddard.

Experience

Ongoing advice for a gas supply company (regional utility) on gas supply contracts (drafting contracts, order forms, and general terms and conditions)
Conducting numerous selection procedures for the procurement of electricity, gas, and water concessions and conducting various preliminary injunction proceedings in first and second instances (regional court and higher regional court)
Creation of legal opinions in the field of renewable energy
Creation of a legal opinion on the gas procurement surcharge
Advising, conceptualizing, and supporting approximately 50 industrial companies in the context of the electricity, gas, and heat price brake, the December Immediate Aid, the Energy Cost Reduction Program (EKDP), and hospitals at the interface with the Hospital Financing Act
Extensive activities for industrial companies (industrial gas manufacturers and the chemical industry) in the application process for the Special Compensation Scheme under the EEG and EnFG
Advising a chemical industry company on a feasibility study for decarbonization

Education

Admission to the Bar – Germany (2009)
Second State Examination, Higher Regional Court Munich (2009)
Training as a Business Mediator (MuCDR) (2008)
First State Examination, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, previously Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg and Université de Lausanne (2007)

Languages

English
German

Publications

Eric is a permanent editorial member and author of EnK-Aktuell (Energy Crisis Update in Beck Verlag) and regularly publishes articles on energy law:

BKartA: Abteilung zur Missbrauchsaufsicht über Preisbremsen für Strom, leitungsgebundenes Erdgas und Wärme, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 01026
Aktuelle Photovoltaik-Strategie der Bundesregierung, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 01081
Wirtschaftsministerium prüft weiter möglichen Industriestrompreis – Ein Stimmungsbild zum aktuellen Verfahrens- und Meinungsstand, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010114
Arbeitspapier des BMWK zum Industriestrompreis, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010118
• Mehr Tempo beim Ausbau der Solarenergie, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010132
Abschöpfung von Überschusserlösen nach dem Strompreisbremsengesetz endet, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010147
Änderung der Differenzbetragsanpassungsverordnung zum 1.9.2023, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010156
Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Steigerung des Ausbaus photovoltaischer Energieerzeugung – Solarpaket I, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010181
Größerer Spielraum für Offene Immobilienfonds im Rahmen von Erneuerbaren-Energien-Investitionen, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010180
Prüfbehörden für die nationalen Energiepreisbremsen stehen fest, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010191
Antragsportal der Prüfbehörde im Rahmen der Energiepreisbremsen ist online, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010200
Der neue EU-Grenzausgleichsmechanismus, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010204
Bundesregierung legt Gesetz zur kommunalen Wärmeplanung vor, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010223
Energiepreisbremsen: Pre-Check für Höchstgrenzen, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023, 010227
Strompreispaket für produzierende Unternehmen – Bundesregierung entlastet stromintensive Unternehmen, in: EnK-Aktuell 2023

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