Richard R Guit
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Projects & Infrastructure: International
Band 4
About
Provided by Richard R Guit
Practice Areas
Richard is the Partner In Charge of Baker Botts’ Singapore office and a partner in the firm’s Global Projects Practice. He is a projects and transactions lawyer experienced in complex energy and infrastructure projects, with extensive experience working in London and across Asia-Pacific.
Richard advises governments, project sponsors, multi-laterals, senior debt providers and investors across a range of sectors including energy & power (conventional and renewables), energy transition including CCS / CCUS, hydrogen and future fuels, energy transmission, gas infrastructure, ports, waste and mining. He is highly skilled in advising on complex and first-of-a-kind projects having acted as lead partner on the world's largest off-grid renewable power supply to mining operation as well as on Australia's first financially closed waste-to-energy plant. He is currently leading on one of Asia’s first cross-border HVDC renewable energy import projects as well as on a multitude of projects spanning CCS, hydrogen and ammonia.
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Richard Guit regularly advises a varied client base of financial institutions and corporates on project finance and development mandates, including in the energy and infrastructure spaces.
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"I really enjoy working with Richard. He's very professional, knowledgeable and puts his clients first."
"Richard is a very commercially aware and experienced lawyer."
"He's a great operator who knows my business, and a creative legal mind with exactly the experience to solve tough problems in international, cross-border projects."
"The deal that Richard helped us with was very unique and required out-of-the-box thinking. He strikes the perfect balance of commercial and legal perspective."
"He's a pleasure to work with and brings a high level of experience to fields that are traditionally very difficult to execute."
"I really enjoy working with Richard. He's very professional, knowledgeable and puts his clients first."
"Richard is a very commercially aware and experienced lawyer."
"He's a great operator who knows my business, and a creative legal mind with exactly the experience to solve tough problems in international, cross-border projects."
"The deal that Richard helped us with was very unique and required out-of-the-box thinking. He strikes the perfect balance of commercial and legal perspective."
"He's a pleasure to work with and brings a high level of experience to fields that are traditionally very difficult to execute."