Moritz Meister
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Dr Moritz Meister

International Associate

Moritz represents developers, sponsors, lenders and investors in energy and infrastructure projects.

Focusing on the energy sector, he handles transactions including development, debt finance, equity finance and mergers and acquisitions. Among his clients are global multinational entities, such as infrastructure and energy funds, major oil and gas companies, pension funds, independent power producers, developers and leading national and international corporations. He provides advice on project design and transaction structuring at every phase of project development and financing, from project inception to equity investment to construction, permanent financing and refinancing.

Moritz splits his time between Hamburg and Los Angeles and offers an in-depth knowledge of the energy sector including the relevant markets allowing him to successfully negotiate offtake agreements.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • An international energy company on their acquisition of a stake in a major oil refinery.
  • GCM Grosvenor on their investment in the 17GW energy project development platform of Vesper Energy with projects spread all over the United States.
  • An international energy company on their acquisition of a majority stake in a 700MW energy project portfolio under development in Colorado, United States.
  • Large consortium of commercial banks, SIDF, NIF and Euler Hermes on the financing of a giga project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, USD6.1bn of project finance debt and USD8.4bn. This is the world’s largest facility of this kind and includes around 4GW combined power generation facilities.
  • Consortium of a group of financial institutions on the successful acquisition of a 49.9% stake in the 960 MW energy project ""He Dreiht"" from EnBW. The project has an associated development cost of EUR 2.4bn.

Qualifications

Admissions

Registered Foreign Legal Consultant, State of California, United States, 2023

(Not admitted in California; admitted only in Germany. Not engaged in the practice of law in California; supervised by principals of the firm that are licensed in California.)

German Rechtsanwalt, Hamburg, Germany, 2017


Academic

Second German Law Degree, 2017

Dr. iur., Lüneburg, 2017

M.Sc., Lüneburg, 2012

First German Law Degree, 2010

LL.B., Bucerius Law School, 2009

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.