nat-gas-us-Article-201606240806Clifford Chance (CC) is advising the winning bidder on the auction of German gas network Thyssengas, while Linklaters is acting for the seller.

The successful consortium consists of Dutch infrastructure fund DIF and French utility EDF.

Thyssengas is a German gas pipeline network that operates more than 4,200km of pipeline, which transports up to 100 billion kilowatt hours of natural gas per year.