Stefan Kilgus

Stefan specialises in project, acquisition and corporate finance. He regularly advises banks, sponsors and developers on the project financing of offshore and onshore wind farms, solar parks and other energy and infrastructure projects in Germany as well as in other European and non-European jurisdictions.

He also assists banks, private equity funds and corporations on the financing of M&A transactions and other corporate lending transactions.

Stefan is recognised as an expert energy and project finance lawyer in Germany by legal directories Chambers Europe and IFLR 1000. In 2018, the former quoted a client as describing Stefan as “the first choice for project financing”. In 2021, Chambers called him a “very capable lawyer” and Clients find him to be “very precise in his analysis, calm and experienced.” He has also been chosen to be the “Lawyer of the year” 2021 in Banking & Finance Law and in 2020 for Project Finance and Development Practice. He has been recognised as one of “The Best Lawyers in Germany 2021” in the fields of Banking Law, Project Finance and Development Practice and Banking and Finance Law by Best Lawyers in cooperation with business magazine Handelsblatt.