Energy & Clean Technologies

All industries

LGV Avvocati has long been active in the energy sector. The firm assists its clients on technological innovation in the energy field, which concerns patent matters (for example, patented innovations in wind turbine blades, panels, and CO2 treatment and storage systems, as well as innovations relating to boilers for domestic and industrial heating). LGV Avvocati has also handled litigation concerning know-how relating to the production and manufacture of equipment for building heating and energy efficiency. The firm also assists clients in the management of trademark portfolios for companies operating in the gas and oil exploration sectors.

In the clean energy field, LGV Avvocati has worked intensively on solar, wind, biogas and biomass. In particular, as regards photovoltaics, the firm has assisted international parties in acquiring solar farms in Italy, has handled the incorporation of operating companies for the maintenance of the farms, and has assisted Italian companies in acquiring solar farms abroad, as well as in similar investments, including those originating from Germany.

The firm has engaged repeatedly with the GSE (Gestore dei Servizi Energetici), the Italian public operator that manages, among other things, incentives for clean energy. LGV Avvocati has also worked on wind farms, including offshore wind farms, and on biogas and biomass plants.

 

Significant experience

• LGV Avvocati assisted a leading global manufacturer of wind turbine blades on patent matters, carrying out an analysis of possible infringement of third-party patents in order to prepare to defend against potential litigation. The matter entailed an extensive examination of a major patent portfolio, through the analysis and preparation of technical defences and the identification of litigation defence strategies.
• The firm assisted a major German manufacturer of photovoltaic panels on technology and patents relating to particular materials, combinations of materials and engineering solutions for the manufacture of the panels themselves.
• For a major international investment fund, LGV Avvocati handled the dialogue with the GSE concerning the management of incentives for as many as 26 solar farms spread across Italy.
• For foreign parties, LGV Avvocati handled the incorporation of NewCos for start-ups in the renewable energy sector, in particular for the construction of solar plants.
• The firm assisted, over a long period, a leading Italian player engaged in the construction of biogas power plants fuelled by biomass, within a model of energy production integrated with waste treatment and with the transformation of CO2. The work also concerned patents relating to the transformation of CO2 and its possible reuse for agricultural purposes.