Laurenz Götzinger Attorney-at-Law

Sector experience
- Energy law
- Public law
- Arbitration
Languages
- German
- English
Key areas of expertise
- Advice on compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements in both electricity and gas industry law
- Representation before the regulatory authority (E-Control) in all regulatory matters
- Representation in relevant administrative penalty proceedings, in particular in REMIT proceedings
- Conduct of court and arbitration proceedings in connection with trading, grid access, natural gas storage, gas and electricity supply contracts (power purchase agreements), including price revisions
- Advice on market entries into the Austrian gas and electricity market, including ongoing advice on compliance with the relevant legal obligations
- Review and drafting of trading, grid access, natural gas storage, gas and electricity supply contracts (power purchase agreements)
- Design and drafting of contractual models for the implementation of projects in renewable energy and decentralised energy generation and storage (e.g. contracting models), including advice on possible subsidies
- Advice on the establishment of renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities as well as set-up advice for shared generation facilities
- Advice on all matters relating to the Freedom of Information Act
- Support of transactions in the energy sector, including legal due diligence
- Support in consultation procedures on draft legislation at national and European level
Qualifications
Law studies, University of Vienna (Mag. iur.)
Membership of Professional Organization
Vienna Bar Association (RAK Wien)
Rankings & Awards
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2025, Austria, Projects & Energy - Key Lawyer
- The Legal 500 EMEA Green Guide 2025 - Green Ambassador
- The Legal 500 EMEA Green Guide 2024 - Green Ambassador