White & Case LLP has advised Allianz Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) on its acquisition of an onshore wind farm portfolio from DIF Renewable Energy Fund.

The nine onshore wind farms have a total capacity of approximately 57 megawatts and are located in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Hesse, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and antitrust clearance.

The White & Case team which advised AREF was led by partner Dr. Thomas Flatten and local partner Dr. Andreas Wieland (both Frankfurt) and included partners Dr. Stefan Feuerriegel and Dr. Börries Ahrens (both Hamburg), counsels Alexander Born (Frankfurt) and Ralph Busch (Düsseldorf) and local partners Marietta Lienhard (Frankfurt), Dr. Florian Sander (Hamburg), Dr. Florian-Alexander Wesche (Düsseldorf) and Daniel Baierlein (Frankfurt). They were supported by associates Dr. Jan Ole Eichstädt (Frankfurt), Claudia Wolf, Sven-Christoph Riepke (both Hamburg), Dr. Tobias Woltering (Düsseldorf) and Ioannis Thanos (Hamburg).