A transition element between a jacket having four legs and a tower where the lower portion of the tower is fixed to a torsion plate that is connected to an upper portion of the legs. A brace extends from each leg. Each brace includes a strut. The strut has a first end portion and a second end portion. The strut is fixed to the upper portion of each leg and a plate that is fixed to the tower at a contact portion above the torsion plate. The planar plate is fixed to the tower in the circumferential direction and has a common axis of symmetry with the strut. The plate is fixed to the first end portion of the strut.