Frankfurt
Dr. Maximilian Uibeleisen focuses his practice on clients working around energy and infrastructure, with particular experience in advising corporates and financial investors with regard to the development and acquisition and sale of energy and infrastructure assets.
Max has a particular focus on the renewable energy sector, where he has advised for almost 20 years on a large number of project developments and transactions relating to all different kinds of renewables facilities (including offshore and onshore wind, solar, biomass, geothermal) as well as energy transition (e.g. green hydrogen and battery storage).
Next to this work in the energy sector, Maximilian frequently advises in other infrastructure sectors, including in the German motorway PPP sector, the chemicals sector and in relation to digital infrastructure assets.
Maximilian studied law at the universities of Tübingen, Münster and Berlin (Dr. iur.) and holds a master degree (LL.M.) from Nottingham Trent University. He was admitted to the German bar in 2006. He is the author of various German and international publications and is co-author of one of the leading German commentaries on energy law.
Max advised:
- Kajoni on the sale of a portfolio of BESS projects (750 MW) for participation in the merit-based grid connection procedure of the German TSOs
- Octopus Energy on the acquisition of four onshore windfarms in Germany
- Spring Creek and CleanCap on investment in German solar and battery portfolio with MEC Energy
- Lexology, “Thought Leader” in Germany, 2026
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, Germany: Energy Law, Public Law, Public Private Partnership as well as Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2020-2027
- Chambers Europe, Band 4 in Germany: Energy: Transactional, 2025-2026
- Nottingham Trent University, LL.M.
- Humboldt-University of Berlin, Dr. iur.
- Germany
- German
- English
