LAWYER PROFILE
Sean Conaty

Sean Conaty

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Practice Areas

Project Finance

Banking

M&A / Reorganization

Corporate & Commercial Transactions

Cross-border Financial Transactions

Energy

Construction & Infrastructure

Financial Institutions

Sovereigns

Sustainability

Career

Sean is a project finance and M&A lawyer. He advises clients (including sponsors, borrowers, lenders and governments) on the development, financing, acquisition, and divestiture of greenfield and brownfield energy and infrastructure projects. His practice has a particular focus on cross-border investments into Southeast Asia.

Sean has over two decades of experience and an extensive track record of leading teams on some of the region's largest and most complex "first-of-a-kind" landmark projects, including in the areas of renewable energy (solar, onshore and offshore wind, geothermal, hydro), thermal power (including gas-to-power and LNG-to-power), waste-to-energy, LNG, airports, seaports, and water treatment facilities. His expertise spans project development work (including structuring and negotiating concession, offtake, and other project agreements) through to project financing (including structuring and negotiating multi-source financings involving MLAs, ECAs, and other financial institutions).

Professional Memberships

Admitted in New South Wales, Australia (2001)

Registered as a Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi (Primary Jurisdiction: State of New South Wales Australia) (2018)

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Projects, Infrastructure & Energy - Vietnam

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Sean Conaty is a partner based at the firm's Ho Chi Minh City office. He is experienced in relation to project finance, regularly assisting lenders with projects across Asia.

Ranked Individuals at Nishimura & Asahi (67)

Asia-Pacific Region

Japan

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