The Energy Regulation and Markets Review - Stikeman Elliott

About the Authors
Texas, (1991). He holds a master’s degree in tax from the Universidad Católica Andrés
Bello (1994) and was a professor of contract law at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
(from 2005 to 2006). Mr Troconis interned at Graves, Dougherty, Hearon and Moody
in Austin, (1991) and has also been a professor of internationalisation and law at the
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). He is a member of the
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). Mr Troconis is fluent in
Spanish, English and Italian.
Zeynel Tunç
Paksoy Attorneys at Law
Zeynel Tunç is a senior sssociate at Paksoy in Istanbul, and specialises in project finance,
energy law, contract law and mergers and acquisitions. He has considerable experience in
construction, engineering and landmark infrastructure projects, drafting and negotiating
turnkey EPC contracts, off-take agreements, conducting due diligence, particularly on
energy projects, as well as in conducting governmental licensing and environmental
compliance checks. Mr Tunç is experienced in drafting and negotiating short and longterm
loan and project finance agreements.
Mr Tunç worked at Paksoy between 2005 and 2007, and subsequently worked
for EnerjiSA Group as head of legal from 2007 until he rejoined Paksoy in 2012. He
substantially extended his experience to include energy generation and trade, electricity
distribution and gas supply-related matters.
A graduate of Kocaeli University Law School, Mr Tunç also holds an LLM
degree in international commercial law from the University of Westminster and holds
an executive MBA degree from Sabanci University. He is admitted to the Istanbul Bar.
Dirk Uwer
Hengeler Mueller
Dirk Uwer graduated from Trier law school and subsequently obtained master’s degrees
in public administration from the German University of Administrative Sciences and
in European law from Northumbria University. He was a lecturer at the Institute for
Environmental and Technology Law of Trier University from 1994 to 1997. In 1998
he was conferred a doctorate in law from Humboldt-University Berlin. Dr Uwer has
published numerous articles on various topics of both European and German public law,
with a particular focus on energy and environmental law.
Dr Uwer regularly advises on energy and other regulatory matters. A large
proportion of his time is devoted to transactional and restructuring work, including the
unbundling of vertically integrated utilities. Chambers Europe 2012 ranks him among
the leading German lawyers in the energy sector. His broad energy practice includes grid
access and grid tariff regulation, infrastructure projects such as pipelines, power stations
and gas storage and has a particular focus on renewable energy projects and prioritisation.
Dr Uwer’s recent transactional work includes RWE’s sale of gas TSO Thyssengas,
RWE’s sale of a majority stake in electricity TSO Amprion, TenneT’s acquisition of
E.ON’s electricity TSO transpower, and E.ON’s sale of gas TSO Open Grid Europe.
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