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Provided by Ashurst

Ashurst's Energy & Natural Resources Department is the largest specialist and most experienced team in the region.  We offer deep specialist LNG, oil & gas, renewable energy and mining industry knowledge and experience across the Asia-Pacific region.  Together with our projects and infrastructure practice, we cover the full energy value chain.  Our leading work in supporting Asia-Pacific's s strategic growth and development in this sector gives us true industry standing. We are the "go-to" firm for LNG project instructions in the region and across the Asia Pacific.  We continue to work on the development of numerous multi-billion dollar LNG projects, as well as on LNG sales and procurement arrangements. Our team has continued to grow, with the addition this year of Michael Harrison, a very senior and experienced partner who has relocated to Singapore from our Sydney office to support the continued development of our projects practice in Asia-Pacific.  We are very proud of the calibre and qualities of our counsel and senior associate cohort, who (like the partners in the practice) are regarded as trusted advisors by our clients, and the diversity of our team (which includes a number of senior females). 

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Energy & Natural Resources - Asia-Pacific Region

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Ashurst is the preferred legal counsel for a range of major oil and gas and mining clients across the Asia-Pacific region, especially in relation to LNG matters. It is frequently appointed on complex energy sector acquisitions, sale and purchase agreements, joint venture arrangements and production sharing contracts. The firm has an impressive offering across the Asia-Pacific region, with teams in Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Australia. It is well experienced in energy mandates relating to a number of jurisdictions, such as India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and the Philippines. The firm also offers advice on renewables and clean energy matters.

Notable practitioners

Paul Newman in Brisbane, David Wadham in Tokyo and Alfred Ng in Singapore are main points of contact.

Work Highlights

  • Ashurst advised Aykasha Energy on offtake arrangements, including a 12-year virtual tolling agreement and a firming long-term energy service agreement, for the Orana Battery Energy Storage System in New South Wales.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Ashurst is able to pull together a wide team to solve all kinds of legal matters, looking after a wide variety of business domains and covering each specific topic from various aspects.

Energy & Natural Resources respondent
Asia-Pacific

Ashurst has broad exposure to the market. They seem to be the go-to for many within the renewables space, so their advice reflects a good understanding of current events and the latest developments.

Energy & Natural Resources respondent
Asia-Pacific