Lewis McDonald
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
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Band 4
About
Provided by Lewis McDonald
Languages Spoken
English (Fluent)
Practice Areas
Corporate
Career
Lewis is the Global Co-Head of our Energy Group
Lewis has almost 25 years' experience, advising companies on their energy projects around the world and has experience across the energy value chain (particularly upstream oil & gas, LNG, power and renewables) in developed markets and emerging markets.
Lewis has been based in Perth (2001-2004), London (2005-2008), Hong Kong (2008), Singapore (2008-2013), Korea (2013 – 2017), Tokyo (2017-2019) and London (2019-). He has a strong track record of building long-lasting relationships with clients around the world, working on market leading deals and building teams of lawyers.
Lewis has worked on secondments to BP's gas & power team in London and Epic Energy in Perth (then Australia's largest gas transmission company). He has spent over 10 years in our Asian offices, helping to build our business across the region.
He was part of the team that started our market-leading Southeast Asian energy practice when he was based in Singapore between 2008 and 2013, he built our Seoul office (and our market-leading Korean energy practice) between 2013 and 2017 and he was the Regional Head of our Asia Corporate Practice between 2016 and 2019.
Professional Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales
Supreme Court of Western Australia
Education
University of Western Australia
LLB (Hons)
University of Western Australia
BSc Environmental Science
Chambers Review
UK
Lewis McDonald is head of global energy at Herbert Smith Freehills. He has considerable experience in the LNG sector and advising on gas pipeline developments.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lewis McDonald is a very clever and creative thinker. He thinks outside the box and is totally solution-oriented."
"Lewis McDonald is a very clever and creative thinker. He thinks outside the box and is totally solution-oriented."
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Key Sectors
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Energy and Utilities