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Dr. Sabine Pittrof
Partner
Sabine Pittrof is an experienced corporate partner in our Frankfurt office. She has delivered value to clients in her core areas of M&A, private equity and corporate law, particularly in the energy sector, for over 20 years.
She has extensive experience in advising national and international clients on M&A transactions and corporate matters. Sabine has a focus on renewable energies and has advised on infrastructure projects such as solar and wind farms, waste-to-energy, biomass and sludge incineration plants. Other industry experience includes life sciences, technology, IT, automotive and packaging.
Sabine has a dual legal background from Germany and Australia. She co-chairs the German-Australian Business Council e.V. and is a member of the board of several not-for-profit associations.
- Advising a US/UK developer on the acquisition of a 320MW BESS portfolio.
- Advising the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on a 500MWp joint venture in the solar sector, constituting the first private energy investment since 24 February 2022.
- Acting for the shareholders of German clean tech company Air for All with respect to the sale of 100% of their shares to Apleona Group.
- Advising a large Indonesian group on the purchase of a solar developer in India from a large German utility.
- Advising a Chinese bidder on the proposed large-cap acquisition of a German surface solutions company.
- Advising Island Green Power on the sale of a solar development project in Spain.
- Advising French asset manager Eiffel Investment Group and Austrian bank Kommunalkredit Austria AG regarding the financing of the acquisition of a 26% share in Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH by GE Ventures AG. Global Tech I is Germany’s fourth-largest offshore wind farm in the North Sea, with a total capacity of 400MW.
- Advising a German company in the packaging industry on several power purchase agreements (solar PV).
- Acting for Indian listed company HLE Glascoat Ltd. with respect to the purchase of Thaletec GmbH.
- Acting for Edelmann GmbH on the purchase of a Chinese company from Elanders Group.
- Acting for Kurita Europe GmbH on an asset sale to Livia Group.
- Advising an Irish solar developer regarding market entry in Germany.
- Strategic advice to US pharmaceutical company regarding permitting and environmental issues.
- Acting for Overland Sun Farming on the sale of two large-scale solar projects in Australia to Innogy SE.
- Acting for a UK/Australian joint venture as the on the sale of several large-scale solar projects in Australia to German investors.
- Advising Kurita Europe GmbH on a comprehensive energy and other media supply agreement for a chemical park.
- Acting for an Australian cleantech company (solar) with respect to market entry in Germany and real estate transactions.
- Acting for cleantech companies (buyers and sellers) in several M&A- transactions.
- Advising Elektrizitätswerk Mittelbaden with respect to the structuring of a wind farm.
- Advising Edelmann GmbH on the acquisition of a Brazilian entity in the packaging industry.
- Advising MaXXcon-Group regarding the permitting and EPC of biomass and RDF power plants.
- Advising a German investor regarding the permitting of a proposed sludge incineration plant.
- Advising a Dutch bidder regarding the proposed acquisition of a chemical park, including a waste-to-energy power plant.
- Advising a public consortium of cities on the proposed acquisition of a real estate portfolio comprising more than 30,000 apartments.
- Advising a bank consortium on the restructuring of a real estate funds holding property in Australia.
- Advising an Australian-listed company in the medical diagnostics sector in connection with several acquisitions in Germany and Switzerland.
- Advising a German company in connection with the split-off of its solar division.
- Advising the German branch of a foreign state-owned company regarding the proposed entry into the biogas market.
Education
- State Supreme Court of Nuremburg, Second State Examination, Second State Examination, 1998
- University of Passau, First State Examination in Law, Germany, First State Examination, 1993
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Dr. iur, Germany, 2000
- University of New South Wales, LL.B., Sydney, Australia, 1995
Admissions
- Germany, 1999
Languages
- German
- English
- French
- Czech
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Japanese
- Recommended as one of the top foreign lawyers for India work by the India Business Law Journal 2021.
- Named as one of 40 inspirational alumni by the Law School of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
- Member of the German delegation for the EU Australia Senior Leader’s Forum 2017 in Sydney, Australia and 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Co-lead, Dechema/German Australian Business Council Hydrogen Roundtable – Beyond the Hype, 2025.
- Speaker, Verband deutscher Treasurer, “Australien und Ozeanien – Herausforderungen aus Treasury-Sicht” (Association of German Treasurers, Australian and Oceania – Challenges from a Treasury-Perspective), 2025.
- Expert Witness, Public Hearing of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth, Australian Parliament, regarding the inquiry into the understanding and utilisation of benefits available to Australian industry and communities under Free Trade Agreements, 2024.
- Speaker, Trading with Australia: Background briefing on Trade and Investment relations with Germany, the EU and the UK, Seminar of the Accountants Group in Germany e.V., Frankfurt, Germany, 2024.
- Speaker, panel discussion, The Digital Board, 8th Annual Corporate Governance Conference, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2023.
- Expert Witness, Public Hearing of the Trade Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth, Australian Parliament, regarding the inquiry into Australia’s approach to free trade agreements, 2023.
- Expert Witness, Public Hearing of the Trade Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Australian Parliament, regarding the inquiry into Australia’s trade and investment relationship with the UK, 2017.
- Speaker, Insights into the German Renewable Energy Experience, Perth, Australia, 2017.
- EU-Rapporteur, Energy Roundtable, EU-Australia, Senior Leaders Forum, Sydney, Australia, 2017.
- Speaker, Getting Yourself Started in Europe, Venture Law Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 2017.