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Baker Botts L.L.P.

Energy & Natural Resources: International

Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : Singapore

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Baker Botts L.L.P.

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Baker Botts’ Energy Practice advises clients across the globe wherever significant energy is produced, supporting high‑profile transactions, complex litigation, and regulatory matters. The team represents a broad range of energy industry participants, including domestic and international oil and gas operators, service companies, pipelines, processors, transporters, distributors, and marketers. The firm brings deep experience across upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors and across nearly all energy types, including oil and gas, LNG, mining and metals, power, renewables, and hydrogen.

Baker Botts’ Singapore-based energy team extends this global capability throughout the Asia‑Pacific region, where it has helped clients develop and execute some of the region’s most innovative and complex energy projects and transactions. The team is widely recognized for guiding clients on greenfield project development and financing, major acquisitions and divestitures in the energy and natural resources sectors, and sophisticated project and corporate structuring. Through an integrated, multidisciplinary approach and deep industry knowledge across practice areas, Baker Botts delivers comprehensive advice and representation across the full energy spectrum.

To learn more about our practice, visit: www.bakerbotts.com/services/industries/energy

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Energy & Natural Resources: International - Singapore

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Baker Botts fields a strong bench of prominent energy lawyers, combining the firm's global sectoral strength with a strong Singapore-based team. The practice is particularly adept at handling LNG matters, as well as advising on energy transition issues. The team has strong multi-jurisdictional expertise and is especially knowledgeable in the Indonesian market.
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Work Highlights

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  • Baker Botts advised the Papua New Guinea Government on the negotiation and execution of a USD2.2 billion critical gas agreement with Twinza Oil for the first offshore hydrocarbons project in Papua New Guinea.

Strengths

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  • Their energy team has a broad, deep spectrum of experience and expertise, covering all aspects of the development chain. They are also very responsive; I haven't seen them miss a deadline.

    Energy & Natural Resources: International respondentAsia-Pacific

  • Their team has extensive knowledge of contractual positions in the region, both current and historical, a proactive and well-grounded negotiation approach and effectively positions us as a client.

    Energy & Natural Resources: International respondentAsia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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  • Daniel Reinbott
    Daniel Reinbott

    Daniel Reinbott

    Daniel Reinbott has a wealth of experience in energy transactions, ranging from acquisitions to gas sale agreements. He is well recognised by market commentators and clients as an expert in the LNG space.

    • Dan is highly competent and consistently demonstrates a strong understanding of the work. His skills and expertise are evident in everything he does, as he is always approaching tasks with precision.

      Energy & Natural Resources: International respondentAsia-Pacific

    • Dan provides concise and well-considered advice, considering multiple factors in his recommendations and delivering great results from a legal, commercial, operational and relationship perspective.

      Energy & Natural Resources: International respondentAsia-Pacific
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  • Michael Harrison
    Michael Harrison

    Michael Harrison

    Michael Harrison has significant expertise in oil and gas and mining mandates. He has additional experience on LNG matters, including those relating to Australia and Papua New Guinea.

    • Michael's commercial and technical expertise make him a world-class adviser, distinguishing him from others and allowing him to be pragmatic to get deals done.

      Energy & Natural Resources: International respondentAsia-Pacific

    • Michael has incredible knowledge of the law, with an amazingly commercial mindset and an ability to build deep and meaningful relationships with a wide variety of people. He is simply one of the best.

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  • Jessica Ham
    Jessica Ham

    Jessica Ham

    Jessica Ham is an established name in the Singapore energy legal market. She provides her clients with advice on LNG-related mandates, which are usually international in nature.

    • My interactions with Jessica Ham have been very insightful. She is able to connect the dots across different businesses and be commercially savvy in a way that ensures commercial value for clients.

      Energy & Natural Resources: International respondentAsia-Pacific

    • She always gives us alternative ideas in addition to the original ideas; this kind of proactiveness is very helpful for us. Her work speed is also fantastic.

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Ranked Individuals at Baker Botts L.L.P. (6)

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    Daniel Reinbott

    Head of Energy & Natural Resources: International

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    Michael Harrison

    Energy & Natural Resources: International

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    Michael Harrison

    Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas

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