Maria Levin

Maria advises infrastructure funds, utilities and sponsors on acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and platform investments. Her practice also covers project development and regulatory matters, particularly in biogas, wind, solar, PtX, oil and gas, and district heating. She is known for her commercial judgement, clear communication and pragmatic approach to complex matters.

Maria is individually ranked in Energy by Chambers Europe and is recognised as a Next Generation Partner in Energy by The Legal 500. Chambers highlights her work across a range of energy assets, while The Legal 500 notes her experience in M&A and joint ventures.

Maria joined Plesner in 2024 following a career at Kromann Reumert, where she worked from 2007 to 2023 and became a partner in 2020. She has extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams on transactions and projects that require close coordination between M&A, energy regulation and other specialist areas.

Maria holds a Master of Laws from the University of Copenhagen and chairs the Association of Danish Law Firms’ Special Committee on Climate. She has lectured on the board leadership programme at Copenhagen Business School and served as an external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen.

Selected cases

• Biogas platform - advising the owners of DBC on their sale of the DBC biogas platform to St1 Biokraft
• Nordic TSOs - Advising Nordic TSOs on the establishment of the Nordic Regional Coordination Centre under EU Regulation 2019/943
• Global infrastructure fund - new model for delivery of projects, including DCMA, OMA and complex bonus models
• Danish Oil Pipe (Ørsted) - structuring, drafting and negotiation of operator agreement with TotalEnergies, Ørsted Salg & Service and Crossbridge respectively concerning the Danish oil pipe owned by Danish Oil Pipe
• Sønderborg Varme - several mergers, including merger with Augustenborg Fjernvarme, Broager Fjernvarme and Gråsten Fjernvarme
• Nature Energy (now Shell) - lead legal advisor for the sellers in connection with the sale of Nature Energy to Shell
• Microsoft - data center project
• Better Energy - assistance in connection with ATP's minority investment into Better Energy
• BioCirc - lead legal advisor for the different sellers in connection with BioCirc’s first four acquisitions made
• Innargi - mandates for different district heating companies concerning geothermal project developed by Innargi 
• Pyrolysis JV - developing and drafting JV for development, construction and operation of a pyrolysis plant
• Lemvig Biogasanlæg and Lemvig Varmeværk - advising on the sale of the Lemvig biogas plant to BioticNRG, managed by Palisade Real Assets, as part of a wider restructuring of the local energy and district heating system, including transaction structuring, asset transfers, municipal processes and financing matters
• Large utility company - development of nearshore wind project, including also for example multiple crossing agreements
• Ørsted - advising on its sale of Middelgrunden nearshore wind turbines to HOFOR
• DBC Invest A/S - assistance in connection with the acquisition of OL Biogas, investment in BB Biogas, Vrejlev Biogas (incl. regulatory work with respect to subsidy grants), acquisition of Nordic Green Energineering and purchase of additional shares in Grauballegaard Biogas
• Nature Energy - at the time (2020) the world's largest biomethane sale agreement between Nature Energy and Shell