Energy & Natural Resources
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
Email address
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+65 6221 2214About
Provided by Ashurst
Ashurst's Energy & Natural Resources Department is the largest specialist and most experienced team in the region. We offer deep specialist LNG, oil & gas, renewable energy and mining industry knowledge and experience across the Asia-Pacific region. Together with our projects and infrastructure practice, we cover the full energy value chain. Our leading work in supporting Asia-Pacific's s strategic growth and development in this sector gives us true industry standing. We are the "go-to" firm for LNG project instructions in the region and across the Asia Pacific. We continue to work on the development of numerous multi-billion dollar LNG projects, as well as on LNG sales and procurement arrangements. Our team has continued to grow, with the addition this year of Michael Harrison, a very senior and experienced partner who has relocated to Singapore from our Sydney office to support the continued development of our projects practice in Asia-Pacific. We are very proud of the calibre and qualities of our counsel and senior associate cohort, who (like the partners in the practice) are regarded as trusted advisors by our clients, and the diversity of our team (which includes a number of senior females).
Chambers Review
Ashurst is the preferred legal counsel for a range of major oil and gas and mining clients across the Asia-Pacific region, especially in relation to LNG matters. It is frequently appointed on complex energy sector acquisitions, sale and purchase agreements, joint venture arrangements and production sharing contracts. The firm has an impressive offering across the Asia-Pacific region, with teams in Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Australia. It is well experienced in energy mandates relating to a number of jurisdictions, such as India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and the Philippines. The firm also offers advice on renewables and clean energy matters.
Paul Newman in Brisbane, David Wadham in Tokyo and Alfred Ng in Singapore are main points of contact.
Work Highlights
- Ashurst advised Australian Renewable Energy Hub Project Consortium, operated by BP, on an advanced green hydrogen project.
- Ashurst advised the lenders in relation to the financing and development of the Upper Trishuli-1 216MW run-of-the-river hydropower project in Nepal.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ashurst takes a client-centric approach and the lawyers are agile in their responsiveness. They take the initiative to lead the discussion on sophisticated matters."
"Ashurst has had the depth and capacity to meet all of our needs and has presented very credible subject matter experts across a broad range of issues."
"Ashurst takes a client-centric approach and the lawyers are agile in their responsiveness. They take the initiative to lead the discussion on sophisticated matters."
"Ashurst has had the depth and capacity to meet all of our needs and has presented very credible subject matter experts across a broad range of issues."