Energy & Natural Resources
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 4
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+65 6535 6622About
Provided by Allens
Across our offices in Asia, Allens has a projects and infrastructure group with unparalleled expertise, experience and resources. Governments, private owners, financiers, contractors, suppliers, consultants and insurers have all sought our expertise in relation to some of the region’s largest construction and infrastructure projects and most complex disputes.
As well as legal and technical excellence, our team understands the construction and engineering industry and the people in it. Our track record in working on some of the region’s largest and most complex infrastructure projects means that we appreciate and can anticipate parties’ objectives and requirements and deliver value-for-money outcomes.
We provide a full range of specialist project and infrastructure services, including: advice across all sectors, with a strong track record in commercial developments, social infrastructure, transport, energy, and water; drafting and negotiating the full suite of contracting methods (from ECI and alliance models, through to D&C, DCM, EPC, O&M, and PPP procurements); procurement and project development strategies; contract administration, tendering processes, risk identification and risk allocation; proactive dispute resolution via dispute resolution boards, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, expert determination, appraisal, adjudication and litigation.
Chambers Review
Allens has a longstanding focus on mining work, with a leading energy and natural resources law team in Australia. It is especially experienced in energy M&A and funding matters for private and government clients, with additional capability on divestment and contracts issues. The firm is regularly mandated by multinational players in the oil and gas and utilities industries. The on-the-ground team in Vietnam is frequently mandated to advise on oil and gas, power and utilities transactions. It offers notable expertise in renewables work, acting on transactions as well as the full life cycle of development projects.
Louis Chiam and Melissa Keane in Melbourne and Andrew Mansour in Sydney are key points of contact.
Work Highlights
- Allens advised the consortium of Brookfield Asset Management and MidOcean Energy on the proposed acquisition of Origin Energy.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are able to balance a commercial lens with ensuring that their clients are appropriately protected via a robust legal position."
"They are able to balance a commercial lens with ensuring that their clients are appropriately protected via a robust legal position."