Nick Kouvaritakis

Nick Kouvaritakis is a partner in the Singapore office of Mayer Brown and serves as the global head of LNG. He is also a member of the Global Energy and Projects & Infrastructure groups with significant experience advising on oil and gas transactions. Nick has substantial experience advising on LNG projects, and has experience across the value chain having advised on upstream project development, midstream transportation and downstream sales arrangements. Nick previously spent 10 months on secondment to BP Singapore’s LNG trading team in Singapore, and has extensive experience drafting and negotiating LNG sale and purchase agreements.

Nick has been particularly active advising on floating and land-based regasification projects, he has been involved in more than 30 FSRU/LNG import projects to date. Having represented both charterers and FSRU owners, Nick has a unique standpoint and is able to understand the commercial and legal drivers from both sides of the table. Nick is able to advise on all aspects of FSRU transactions, and has experience advising on ship-building contracts and O&M arrangements. He is currently advising on a number of active FSRU/LNG import projects, including in Bangladesh, Benin, India, Indonesia, Mozambique, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Having represented both charterers and FSRU owners, Nick has a unique understanding of the commercial and legal drivers from both sides of the table.

Nick has been actively involved in the Singapore LNG sector since 2012, and has regularly contributed to established publications such as LNG Journal and has spoken at a number of conferences including most recently, the Bangla LNG Workshop (2019) and Deloitte Energy Trading Summit (2019). He also has recent experience advising on LNG-to-power transactions, having recently advised MOL in its participation in the Jawa 1 LNG-to-power project in Indonesia, the first LNG-to-power project in the Asia Pacific region.