Energy & Natural Resources
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
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Provided by Baker McKenzie
With over 600 lawyers from across different regions, offices and practices, Baker McKenzie’s Energy & Infrastructure Group brings together a tight-knit and engaged multidisciplinary group of practitioners with deep energy, mining and infrastructure sector expertise. We execute sector focused cross-border M&A, deliver first-of-a-kind projects and industry driven finance, and provide strategic regulatory and practical advice to clients across all sectors on decarbonisation strategies, including the use of carbon markets and offsets to meet sustainability goals.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie is a global law firm that offers wide-reaching coverage across the region, boasting energy specialists based in a number of key jurisdictions including Singapore, Australia, Japan and Vietnam, with a leading practice in Thailand. It regularly handles a broad range of matters, covering M&A transactions, capital markets mandates, supply agreements, joint venture work and investments into energy projects. It has notable experience in the LNG, power and renewable sectors, with a growing presence in the mining space. The firm acts for a range of clients from major corporates in the energy sector, financial institutions and investment funds.
Lim Sun Kyun in Singapore, Chris Saxon in Sydney and Naoaki Eguchi in Tokyo are the main points of contact.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie advised PT Vale Indonesia on the development and project financing of an LNG-powered nickel smelter project in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- Baker McKenzie advised BayWa r.e. Solar Project on the sale of Karadoc Solar Farm in Victoria to Atmos Renewables, including the negotiation of a power purchase agreement in respect of the project.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Each member of the team has their own strengths and they use that to their benefit. They know how to keep one another informed on developments, which ensures transactions move smoothly."
"Baker McKenzie is also very good at undertaking work with a commercial lens, seeking to provide solutions rather than just dry legal advice on issues."
"Each member of the team has their own strengths and they use that to their benefit. They know how to keep one another informed on developments, which ensures transactions move smoothly."
"Baker McKenzie is also very good at undertaking work with a commercial lens, seeking to provide solutions rather than just dry legal advice on issues."