German team advises Numbat on structuring, financing and sale of an independent portfolio of 400 fast-charging stations for electric vehicles

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Numbat GmbH on the structuring, financing, and sale of an independent portfolio of fast-charging stations for electric vehicles to PATRIZIA European Infrastructure Fund II and III. The total investment volume of PATRIZIA together with a German banking consortium initially amounts to 140 million euros, with which Numbat plans to install 400 new fast-charging stations.

Numbat GmbH is a clean-tech company from Kempten (Allgäu), specialised in the development and the operation of fast-charging solutions for electric vehicles with integrated battery storage system, aiming to establish Europe's densest fast-charging infrastructure to support e-mobility. The combination of a fast-charging station and battery storage lowers electricity costs, can be installed regardless of the quality of the electricity grid, relieves the burden on the grid and enables customers to charge their electric vehicles almost completely within 15 minutes. The patented climate protection technology (multiple use of battery modules) enables Numbat GmbH to offer one of the most sustainable solutions on the market.

The PATRIZIA Infrastructure funds are experienced investors in infrastructure ventures, with a broad range of investment across direct equity, private debt and listed equity.

The Norton Rose Fulbright team was led by partners Dr. Klaus Bader (Corporate M&A - Head of Energy, Europe), Veit Sahlfeld (Banking, Hamburg) and Counsel Dr. Wenzel Richter (Corporate M&A, Munich). It also included partners Dr. Tim Schaper (Antitrust, Hamburg) and Tino Duttiné (Tax, Frankfurt am Main), Senior Transaction Specialist Tobias Grans, M.A. (Corporate M&A, Munich), Senior Associate Isabella C. Schmidt (Corporate M&A, Munich), Associate Yevgenia Belokon (Banking, Frankfurt), Associates Arezou Wolf and Marvin Nimoh, LL.M. Boston (both Banking, Hamburg) and Associate Marianne Milovanov, LL.M. (Sydney) (Corporate M&A, Munich).

Norton Rose Fulbright is one of the world's largest law firms specialising in the energy and infrastructure sectors, not least due to its multiple award-winning advice in connection with clean energy projects, energy transition projects, and climate change. The German Energy team of Norton Rose Fulbright works from offices in Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Düsseldorf and is fully integrated into the firm's global network.