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The Ashurst Singapore Energy & Natural Resources team is a market-leading practice with the largest specialist and most experience energy and natural resources team in the region.

Our team has significant experience across the energy and natural resources sectors, with deep specialist LNG, oil & gas and mining industry knowledge and experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Together with our projects and infrastructure practice, we cover the full energy value chain.

In addition to our full sector service, we draw on the product-specialisms of lawyers across the team to advise on all aspects of work of relevance to our clients' business, including M&A, corporate finance, joint ventures, commercial agreements, project financing and development, environmental law, maritime/shipping law and dispute resolution, together with associated areas such as competition and regulation, tax and international law. As a result, we have a deep understanding of the energy and natural resources industry and how it works from a number of different perspectives.

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Energy & Natural Resources: International - Singapore

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What the Team is Known For

Ashurst's Singapore-based energy team advises major oil and gas clients on transactions across the region, demonstrating particular expertise in M&A. The team regularly advises on production sharing contracts and sale and purchase arrangements. The firm has deep experience in the LNG sector and power industry credentials across a range of South-East Asian jurisdictions, including Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as further afield.

Notable practitioners

Chen Chin Chuan and Alfred Ng are key contacts for clients.

Work Highlights

  • Ashurst advised the lenders in relation to the financing and development of the Upper Trishuli-1 216MW run-of-the-river hydropower project in Nepal.

Strengths

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The level of expertise certainly stood out; it was highly technical and financial in nature and they were able to record all the detail and memorise it effectively. They walked us through the process.

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Asia-Pacific

Ashurst takes a client-centric approach and they are agile in their responsiveness. They take the initiative to lead the discussion on sophisticated matters.

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Notable Practitioners

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Kok Jin Ong
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Kok Jin Ong
U
Up and Coming
Ong Kok Jin earns recognition for his practice advising on M&A matters and joint venture transactions, with particular strength in renewables deals.

Ong Kok Jin is very easy to work with and pleasant. He has a background in renewable energy and this really helped. He had our best interests in mind and I really felt this.

He is a genuine asset to any transaction - in Jin we trust.

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