Energy & Natural Resources
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
About
Provided by Linklaters
Linklaters offers a full service offering across all practice areas and throughout the entire energy and natural resources value chain including corporate/M&A, banking and finance, projects, capital markets, antitrust/competition, regulatory, environment and planning, dispute resolution, tax and structured finance practices.
We have a core team of energy and resource specialists that work on transactions in the oil and gas, power and resources sectors on a daily basis. This includes on traditional oil and gas exploration and production, long term offtake and marketing arrangements, commodity trading, power and resources M&A.
Our coordinated regional and global sector teams are able to support our clients on inbound, outbound and intra-Asia deals. This is further enhanced by our energy and natural resources joint venture with Allens (Australia, Mongolia and Vietnam), our association with Widyawan & Partners (Indonesia) and our alliance with Webber Wentzel (South Africa/Africa).
Linklaters was awarded Asia Energy Firm of Year at the The Asia Legal Awards 2017 and Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year in 2016 and 2017 at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards.
Chambers Review
Linklaters has an established legal team in China with experience advising international and domestic energy companies on high-value M&A transactions. The Japan office frequently instructed on a range of energy transactions in the LNG and power sectors. The firm also handles renewable power and mining-related transactions. The team serves a broad range of financial institutions, energy multinationals and state-owned enterprises. It additionally assists clients on mandates in Africa and Latin America as well as across Asia.
Fu Ying in Hong Kong, Lee Joo Hee in Seoul and Hirofumi Taba in Japan are key points of contact.
Work Highlights
- Linklaters advised Mitsui & Co on its acquisition of 49% equity interest in Kasso MidCo ApS, which operates an e-methanol project.
- Linklaters advised Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on its minority acquisition of CWP Global's green hydrogen platform.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Linklaters has an excellent breadth of experience and is very committed to achieving the best outcomes for clients."
"Linklaters has well-skilled members to handle technically and commercially complex topics."
"Linklaters has an excellent breadth of experience and is very committed to achieving the best outcomes for clients."
"Linklaters has well-skilled members to handle technically and commercially complex topics."