Maria Holst Levin
Maria is a partner in Plesner's Energy and Infrastructure team. She has been involved in a wide range of energy and infrastructure matters (M&A, JVs, projects and regulatory) involving both conventional energy (oil and gas), new energy sources (biogas, solar, geothermal), and district heating.
Maria advises on transactions, project development, commercial contracts, offtake agreements, and regulatory matters.
She has worked for a broad range of large international and national energy companies, project developers, PE funds, and sponsors in both Denmark and internationally.
Maria holds a Master’s degree in law from the University of Copenhagen. Maria is chairperson of the Association of Danish Law Firm's Special Committee on Climate. She has extensive lecturing experience, including from the board leadership training program at CBS - Copenhagen Business School and as an external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen.
Almost all the matters in which Maria is involved require a multi-disciplinary team approach and project leadership. She and the team are continuously sought by clients for their ability to provide a clear set of priorities, clear communication, and a deep commercial understanding of clients’ requirements.
"She has a really in-depth understanding of the industry and our business. She is very pragmatic"
"Maria Holst Levin is very attentive and smart"
"Maria Holst Levin delivers deals which both parties appreciate. She’s good and finds acceptable solutions to allow all parties to move forward" (2023)
"Maria Holst Levin is extremely talented and a very good leader. Always ahead of her clients and very service minded. She is capable of handling and negotiating highly complicated agreements and issues. Last, she is very structured and any client can feel very safe having her on their side" (2022)
"The quality of Maria’s work is outstanding, and she can connect the legal work to our company’s strategy" (2023)
"Maria Holst Levin is simply outstanding. She is very easy to talk to, extremely talented and has excellent communications skills. She can make even the most complicated issue seem easy" (2023)
"Maria not only comprehensively and clearly lays out the legal framework surrounding the issue at hand but suggests and implements practical solutions to achieving the commercial objective" (2023)
"Maria abilities to orchestrate and provide legal and commercial support has been outstanding" (2023)
"Maria has extensive knowledge in sustainable forms of energy and is good at conveying this knowledge to her client in a way that is very understandable" (2023)
"Maria is extremely diligent and always on top of things and yet able to be pragmatic when required" (2023)
