Energy & Natural Resources
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
About
Provided by Linklaters
Linklaters offers a full service offering across all practice areas and throughout the entire energy and natural resources value chain including corporate/M&A, banking and finance, projects, capital markets, antitrust/competition, regulatory, environment and planning, dispute resolution, tax and structured finance practices.
We have a core team of energy and resource specialists that work on transactions in the oil and gas, power and resources sectors on a daily basis. This includes on traditional oil and gas exploration and production, long term offtake and marketing arrangements, commodity trading, power and resources M&A.
Our coordinated regional and global sector teams are able to support our clients on inbound, outbound and intra-Asia deals. This is further enhanced by our energy and natural resources joint venture with Allens (Australia, Mongolia and Vietnam), our association with Widyawan & Partners (Indonesia) and our alliance with Webber Wentzel (South Africa/Africa).
Linklaters was awarded Asia Energy Firm of Year at the The Asia Legal Awards 2017 and Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year in 2016 and 2017 at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards.
Chambers Review
Linklaters has an established legal team in China with experience advising international and domestic energy companies on high-value M&A transactions. The Japan and Singapore offices are frequently instructed on a range of energy transactions in the LNG and power sectors. The firm also handles renewable power and mining-related transactions. The team serves a broad range of financial institutions, energy multinationals and state-owned enterprises. It additionally assists clients on mandates in Africa and Latin America as well as across Asia.
James McLaren in Hong Kong and John Maxwell in Japan are key points of contact.
Work Highlights
- Linklaters represented Actis on its acquisition of a USD1.25 billion stake in South-East Asia-focused renewable energy developer Levanta Renewables.
- Linklaters assisted Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board on its investment in a global offshore wind development joint venture with Corio Generation. The investment platform aimed to support the development of 14 fixed-bottom and floating wind projects in several locations including South Korea, Japan and the UK.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are highly experienced partners who handle complex legal issues with a lot of professionalism."
"The team have a great understanding of clients' needs and provide speedy and accurate legal advice which enables transactions to be executed quickly."
"They are highly experienced partners who handle complex legal issues with a lot of professionalism."
"The team have a great understanding of clients' needs and provide speedy and accurate legal advice which enables transactions to be executed quickly."