Climate Change - Asia-Pacific Region
What the team is known for
HFW's Singapore office offers a regionally renowned team equipped to advise on a wide range of legal issues pertaining to climate change. The team regularly handles a range of carbon trading and management matters, including mandates on carbon storage, market mechanisms and carbon origination. It is also well placed to handle green finance and energy and projects-related advice. Its key clients include Lestari Capital, Kiwi Rail and Synergy.
Strengths
"The team in Singapore is outstanding at understanding extremely complex carbon regulation policy."
"The HFW team are really responsive and pay a lot of attention to their clients; technically, they are superb."
Work highlights
HFW, in collaboration with Singapore law firm Shook Lin & Bok, advised the World Bank, the Government of Singapore and The International Emissions Trading Association as the sponsor entities on the establishment of Climate Action Data Trust.
Notable practitioners
Peter Zaman is based in HFW's Singapore office and is widely considered a longtime expert on climate change law, with particular strengths in carbon trading and carbon offset project advice. "Peter is one of the most experienced and technical lawyers in the market." "He's been around and has really got a good heart and does a lot of good work in the space."
