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Ashurst has established itself as one of the pre-eminent projects practices in the Asia-Pacific region. In the past year our team has acted as lead advisors on more than A$100 billion worth of projects across the transport, social infrastructure, construction, energy and resources and telecommunications sectors for both public and private sector clients. The practice is a dedicated team with strong capabilities and impressive track record in handling a diverse range of project financing transactions, with particular strong flow of cross-border, complex, headline energy and infrastructure projects, cross-border project acquisitions and high-speed rail projects around the world.  

Chambers Review

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Projects & Infrastructure - Asia-Pacific Region

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What the Team is Known For

Ashurst has a highly respected legal practice, experienced in the financing and development of major oil and gas, power and transportation projects. The team is especially skilled in international waste-to-energy, renewables and LNG projects. It is also noted for its expertise in major infrastructure projects, notably rail projects, and also equipped to advise on highway infrastructure mandates. It has wide-reaching presence across the Asia-Pacific region, operating from key hubs in China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Australia. The firm's clients include trading companies, ECAs and commercial and development banks.

Notable practitioners

Chen Chin Chuan in Singapore, Lee McDonald in Sydney, David Wadham in Tokyo, Anna Chung in Seoul and Fan Zhibin in Beijing are main contacts.

Work Highlights

Provided by Ashurst

  • Ashurst advised Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and other Chinese financial institutions on providing a term loan facility of over USD4 billion to the Republic of Angola to finance the construction of the Caculo Cabaca hydroelectric power project with an installed capacity of more than 2,100MW.

  • Ashurst advised the consortium comprising EDF, TotalEnergies and Sumitomo Corporation in connection with the development and financing of the 1,500MW run-of-river Mphanda Nkuwa hydropower project in Mozambique.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Ashurst's team is willing to look at problems from the bank's perspective, understand the demands of all parties and resolve conflicts in a reasonable manner.

Projects & Infrastructure respondent
Asia-Pacific

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

Projects & Infrastructure respondent
Asia-Pacific