Rymarz Zdort has advised VH Invest on its sale of Vortex Energy to the Vitol Group. Clifford Chance advised the buyer.
"The investment in Vortex Energy is the first significant investment of the Vitol Group in the renewable energy sector in Europe, which is aligned with its strategy of investing in the energy transition and growing its sustainable business activities," Rymarz Zdort informed.
Vortex Energy operates in the Polish renewable energy sector and develops photovoltaics and wind projects in Poland and Germany.
VH Invest is a German family-owned capital group specializing in the wind energy sector.
The Vitol Group is a Dutch energy and commodities company specializing in oil, coal, and natural gas trade and distribution.
The Rymarz Zdort team included Partners Jacek Zawadzki and Jakub Rachwol, Counsel Marek Kanczew, Senior Associate Michal Chyla, and Associates Aleksander Jakubisiak, Rafal Wloczka, and Filip Ksiazczak.
The Clifford Chance team was led by Partner Pawel Puacz and included Of Counsel Nick Fletcher, Senior Associates Izabela Cybulska and Joanna Kaminska, and Associates Krzysztof Regucki, Adam Szyndler, Grzegorz Serafin, Joanna Kuzminska, Agata Parys, Maria Janiak, Oliwia Hutnik, Weronika Patzer, Aleksandra Bartoszewicz, Joanna Korycinska, and Piotr Weclawowicz.
Editor's Note: After this article was published, Clifford Chance released an expanded team composition that additionally included Senior Associate Marta Michalek-Gervais, Associate Arkadiusz Walkowicz, and Junior Associates Aleksander Smakosz and Kamila Hora.
