Gleiss Lutz has advised Igneo Infrastructure Partners (“Igneo”), a global infrastructure investor and manager, on the acquisition of 100% of Nowega GmbH (“Nowega”), a gas transmission system operator, from Erdgas Münster GmbH.
The transaction is expected to complete in Q1 2027.
Headquartered in London, with EUR 30.5 billion of assets under management, Igneo has been investing in critical infrastructure businesses across energy, waste and water, transport and digital infrastructure for more than 30 years. The investor specialises in the mid-market segment, where its expertise, experience and active ownership have the greatest impact and enable long-term value creation.
Headquartered in Münster, Germany, Nowega is a gas transmission system operator, which owns and operates approximately 1,500 kilometres of high-pressure pipelines across Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its network transports natural gas and hydrogen to industrial customers, utilities, and distribution networks and forms part of Germany’s national gas transmission system.
The following Gleiss Lutz team, led by Dr. Cornelia Topf (partner) and Dr. Antonius Mann (partner, both M&A, both Frankfurt), advised Igneo:
Lukas Schulze-Hagen, Wolf-Christian Schneider (both M&A), Dr. Ocka Stumm (partner), Julian Kettemer (both Tax, all Frankfurt), Dr. Lars Kindler (counsel), Aylin Hoffs (counsel), Dr. Cosima Baumeister (all Public Law, all Düsseldorf), Dr. Tim Weber (partner), Maximilian Leisenheimer, Sophie Hochdörffer (all Real Estate), Dr. Birgit Colbus (counsel, Competition/Antitrust), Dr. Tobias Abend (counsel), Dr. Stefan Schaaf (both Employment, all Frankfurt), Daniel Seliger (Banking & Finance, Munich), Simon Clemens Wegmann (Data Protection), and Viktoria Neubelt (IP/Tech, both Berlin).
Gleiss Lutz is regularly advising infrastructure funds on investments into the German market through its dedicated Energy & Infrastructure team.
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