Driving transition: Hogan Lovells advises Exolum on €70 million investment in the construction of a new fuel storage facility at Düsseldorf Airport

The investment includes the construction, operation, connection and maintenance of the new fuel storage and distribution terminal at Germany’s fourth largest airport. The new facility will replace two current storage plants and increase capacity to 9,000 m³, 41% more than at present. This will significantly increase security of supply while enabling greater use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and sulphur-free kerosene. Exolum will operate the terminal for 20 years, extendable to 25, after which the infrastructure will become the property of the airports public operator FDG. The construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2026.

Exolum is the world's leading independent aviation logistics company and Europe's leading storage and distribution infrastructure management company for bulk liquids and gases. With extensive international experience, the company operates in 49 airports across Europe and Latin America.

Hogan Lovells comprehensively advised Exolum on its participation in the EU-wide tender procedure and, in this context, negotiated the lease agreement with the airport operator FDG for the commercial space, including construction and operational obligations.

Hogan Lovells team for Exolum Aviation S.A.

Core Team: Sabine Adams (Counsel, Real Estate, Dusseldorf), Dr. Noel Schröder (Associate, Public Procurement, Dusseldorf);

Dr. Tobias Strohmeier (Partner, Real Estate, Dusseldorf);

Dr. Sebastian Gräler (Partner), Damian Sternberg, Tobias Großevollmer (Senior Associates), Christopher Lorenz, Lina Sophie Makrutzki (Associates) (Regulatory, Dusseldorf);

Dr. Tim Gero Joppich (Partner), Dr. Justus Frank (Counsel) (Employment, Dusseldorf);

Dr. Franz-Josef Schöne (Partner), Merlin Laufenburg (Senior Associate) (Corporate M&A, Dusseldorf).

Lucas Osorio (External Counsel, Mo Estudio Legal, Madrid)

Inhouse Legal Exolum: Claudia Barreiro Lafuente