Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Managing Partner: Edward B Koehler

Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, Thai

Offices: Atlanta, Austin, Bangkok, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Charlotte, Dallas, Dubai, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Richmond, San Francisco, Tokyo, Tysons Client Center, Washington, DC

Firm Overview: 

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is a law firm with more than 980 lawyers practicing in 19 offices located on multiple continents. Our international practitioners and practices are recognized as market leaders in the field of infrastructure development, project finance and PPPs in multiple Chambers guides, as well as other top-tier legal directories. The firm handles transactional, litigation and regulatory matters for clients in myriad industries including energy, transport, financial services, real estate, retail and consumer products, and technology. Premier areas of practice focus include capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, PPP, public finance, energy and infrastructure development and financing, privacy and data protection, cybersecurity, and international trade. We are consistently ranked highly among the leading legal advisors for certain categories in IJGlobal’s infrastructure and project finance league tables, among others.

Bangkok, Tokyo, and Beijing: 

In the Asia-Pacific region, our lawyers in offices situated in Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing, among others, have been involved in significant transactional and advisory work in the region and serving clients based in the region for both outbound and inbound work. We have lawyers based in Dubai, London, and US offices ready to support work in the region. We understand the local business cultures and legal frameworks in most of the area’s major countries, and we have very good relationships with local legal professionals, business leaders, economic groups and government agencies.

The lawyers of our Asia-Pacific offices and connected practices have significant experience in international energy, including nuclear energy development, permitting, and operation, mining, infrastructure and financing related matters. They also handle a variety of complex transactions across multiple borders, including oil and gas, power, automobile, railway, aviation, manufacturing and sales, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and foreign direct investment; capital markets and corporate finance; outbound investment and outbound economic activities; international trade; privacy & data protection; patents and intellectual property; international arbitration, litigation and mediation; business reorganization, restructuring and rehabilitation, among many others.

From Bangkok, we advise within Thailand and on outbound and inbound projects and investments with significant activities by our lawyers during the existence of the Bangkok office relating to the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and during times when permitted for our lawyers to do so, Myanmar. We work closely with our US offices to support Asia-based clients on their initial and subsequent investments in North America. From Beijing, the firm's lawyers are often called upon to advise on privacy, data protection, cyber security, and mergers and acquisitions. From Tokyo, the firm's lawyers advise clients on strategic investments, acquisitions, project development and financing in key energy and infrastructure sectors such as conventional and renewable power, nuclear energy, oil and gas, mining, carbon and clean air offsets and emissions trading as well as other sectors including information technology, cybersecurity, and data protection.