Energy Law
As Solmaz Law & Consultancy Office, we provide advocacy and consultancy services to companies operating in the energy sector, including the generation, distribution, and transmission of energy, through the establishment of necessary facilities. Our services are offered in light of legal regulations and current changes in energy law.
In addition to companies operating in the electricity, natural gas, oil, other mines, and LPG markets, we provide financing, consulting, institution approvals, licensing, permits, and project consulting services. We also support companies working in the field of renewable energy, which is gaining increasing global attention. We are particularly aware of the opportunities provided by the state for promoting renewable energy sources, such as funding, tax incentives, and exemptions, and we make necessary assessments and preparations for our clients to maximize these opportunities.
We offer services such as exploration, extraction, production, licensing, and permit activities of mines and geothermal resources, managing relations with EMRA (Energy Market Regulatory Authority), the independent authority regulating the sector, and providing legal services including contract arrangements, tender consultancy, general consultancy, and advocacy services. We deliver these services with a global understanding and stay updated on the latest developments.
We also support our clients on various legal and commercial issues, such as relations between independent energy producers and marketers, new regulations, and liberalization in the natural gas market.
Who We Serve
- National and international entrepreneurs planning to evaluate their investments in the energy sector
- Energy suppliers
- Companies interested in energy marketing and distribution
- Companies with rights to build and use pipelines
Our Services
- Exploration, extraction, and production of energy resources
- Licensing and permit activities
- Relations with EMRA (Energy Market Regulatory Authority)
- Contract drafting and arrangement
- Tender consultancy
- General consultancy and advocacy services
Energy Contracts
- Retail sales agreements
- Determination of consumption amounts and defaults in payments
- Illegal and irregular energy consumption
- Mineral oil distribution agreements
- Contracts for establishing nuclear power plants, licenses, obligations, and liability for nuclear accidents
- Promotion of renewable energy sources, purchase requirements, price incentives, project cost incentives, and land incentives
- Electricity and natural gas market activities: construction and service activities, retail sales, licenses, production and import operations, transmission and distribution operations
Specialized Agreements
- Responsibilities of transmission companies
- Privatization operations
- Contracts established between market participants and the Market Financial Settlement Center
- Market participation agreements
- Connection and system usage agreements
- Bilateral agreements and ancillary service agreements
- Import agreements
- Wholesale contracts
- Contracts established between market participants and consumers
- Bulk supply (subscriber) contracts
- All-inclusive contracts, additional and reserve contracts, base-load contracts, financial (derivative) energy contracts
Oil Market Legal Issues
- Fuel distribution (dealership) contracts
- Disputes arising from the obligations of distribution companies and dealers
- Oil smuggling crimes
- Theft from pipelines, warehouses, and wells
- Counterfeit national marker trading offenses
