"Watson Farley & Williams Advises SDCL on €100m Investment in German Energy Service Provider empact"

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Sustainable Development Capital LLP (“SDCL”) on its approximately €100m commitment to empact GmbH (“empact”) through its Green Energy Transition Fund (GETF). The transaction involved SDCL’s investment in empact, a German energy service provider focused on decentralised, renewable solutions for the energy supply of buildings. This investment aligns with GETF’s strategy to promote scalable platforms that contribute to energy efficiency and the electrification of urban real estate. empact’s existing shareholders, including the Bauwens-Adenauer Group and the HOPP and Strungman family offices, retain their stakes in the company. The investment is also supported by the European Union’s InvestEU programme. The multidisciplinary WFW team advising SDCL was co-led by Munich Corporate Partners Dr. Dirk Janssen and Dr. Christian Bauer. They were supported by Hamburg Partner Carolin Woggon, Counsel Tatjana Giutronich, Senior Associates Sarah Wolf and Dr. Sarah-Sophie Jacob, Associates Christian Schulten-Baumer, Felix Wörner, and Philipp Vogl, and Transaction Lawyer Tetiana Arkhipova. Financing expertise was provided by Hamburg Partner Dr. Stefan Kilgus, Managing Associate Dr. Marlene Kowerk, and Associate Helena Hopmann. Regulatory advice was provided by Hamburg Partners Dr. F. Maximilian Boemke and Dr. Christine Bader, Düsseldorf Partner Britta Wißmann, Counsel Rebecca Trampe-Berger, Managing Associate Dr. Julien Lamott, and Associates Dr. Philipp Kleiner and Wiebke Westermann. Hamburg Partner Verena Scheibe and Managing Associate Manuel Rustler advised on tax law matters.

"Watson Farley & Williams Advises SDCL on €100m Investment in German Energy Service Provider empact"

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