ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Energy powers the global economy.

With sustainability at the forefront, our Energy practice group comprises lawyers who are specialists with dynamic on-the-ground experience in various areas within the broader energy sector.   

​

Our clients range from energy providers, contractors and operators to the world’s largest corporate buyer of renewable energy. 

​

The team has decades of experience between them in leading on energy projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Our lawyers have invaluable industry and sector knowledge having spent time in-house in the energy and LNG sectors, which enables us to fully understand our clients’ needs and provide technically excellent legal work on key areas in the sector that is tailored to the unique requirements of each and every client.   

​

Our stand-out qualities include experience in engaging with governments and government-owned entities in the Asia-Pacific region on carbon offsets, sustainability and power capacity delivery. 

​

Renewable Energy

We act for both energy service providers and corporate buyers in the renewable energy sector and have considerable experience in the preparation of bespoke power purchase agreements, including for solar energy, wind and steam. 

​

The team is also very well versed in structuring renewable energy agreements to suit the unique regulatory environments of various jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific region. 

​

We have been involved in key documentation for renewable power plants, including EPC contracts, Operation & Maintenance Agreements and Equipment Supply Agreements for biogas plants in South East Asia. 

​

LNG

Our team has accumulated a broad range of experience in the LNG sector as well. 

Our lawyers have acted on behalf of multinational and local companies on agreements across the LNG value chain, from LNG sale and purchase agreements, terminal use agreements to gas supply agreements.

​

M&A and Joint Ventures

Leveraging on the firm’s outstanding work in M&A, our Energy practice is regularly involved in M&A in the Energy sector.

​

We have led on deals for both buy and sell sides in Energy M&A transactions in countries in Asia such as Thailand and Vietnam. 

​

Our lawyers also excel in advising on structuring, drafting, negotiating and advising on cross-border and domestic joint venture and strategic partnerships for energy projects and are familiar with localization issues in the energy markets in Asia.  

​

Below are highlights of the Energy team’s industry-rich experience:

• Acting for Amazon in its renewable energy agreement with Indonesia’s state-owned utility, a first-of-its-kind agreement for corporations to access additional utility-scale solar projects in Indonesia.

• Representing a multinational technology company in its renewable energy PPAs in various unique jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region, including India, Japan, Australia and Singapore.

• Representing a multinational company in its negotiations with carbon offset project developers and governments on the procurement of carbon offsets and the application of corresponding adjustments to carbon offsets under the Paris Agreement.

• Leading South-East Asia renewable energy service provider on its PPAs involving solar energy and steam, as well as its M&A transactions and joint ventures.

• Acting for the contractor in the biogas industry for the construction, operation and maintenance of a biogas plant in Thailand. 

• Representing Temasek-owned Pavilion Energy in its winning bid for the Singapore Energy Market Authority licence to import LNG into Singapore.

• Representing multinational and local companies on their LNG sale and purchase agreements and LNG trading agreements with key LNG industry players.

• Representing multinational and local companies on their terminal use agreements with Singapore LNG Corporation, including throughput and storage & reload agreements.

• Representing multinational and local companies in structuring novel, complex, agreements for the self-supply of LNG volumes for downstream operations.

Your Contacts