Energy & Natural Resources | Asia-Pacific

Allens fields a market-leading practice with considerable strength across the oil and gas, mining and utilities sectors. The practice displays a strong aptitude in the renewables sector, covering acquisitions, divestments and the full life cycle of development projects. The firm is regularly sought out by major resources clients to assist with large-scale projects and complex commercial transactions. The team has considerable experience advising on policy drafting and regulatory issues within the electricity sector. In addition, the practice boasts of access to worldwide expertise through the Linklaters alliance, representing several of the globe's best-known multinational players in all relevant jurisdictions.

Herbert Smith Freehills' substantial and impressive team offers specialist expertise in all practice sub-areas and is regularly engaged by blue-chip clients. The practice is further noted for its provision of entire life-cycle support to energy and resources projects and full engagement with transactional, operational and contentious issues, supported, where required, by relevant expertise from the firm's corporate and disputes practices. The group also incorporates a regional renewables team, with increasing experience in innovative clean energy projects.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth fields a full-service, well-staffed independent practice offering noteworthy experience on large-scale project developments and transactions. The firm is prominent in the oil and gas sector, advising on major LNG projects, including their compliance, contractual and transportation issues. The team also offers considerable expertise within the mining and power sectors, as well as regulatory issues concerning renewables projects. The practice is particularly noted for its coverage of the Papua New Guinean market.

Gilbert + Tobin's well-regarded group maintains a significant presence on large-scale mining and oil and gas mandates, assisting both domestic and international clients with a variety of transactional, regulatory and investment issues. The firm is particularly active within the renewables space, handling wind and solar projects, with additional experience advising on battery minerals-related matters, including the development of lithium mining projects. The practice also advises extensively on access to resources-related port and rail infrastructure.

MinterEllison's respected team has an enviable national and regional footprint and is particularly noted for its representation of global mining houses, investors, leading regional oil and gas players and electricity companies, plus government agencies at both state and Commonwealth levels. The firm assists clients on both transactional and operational mandates, covering the full life cycles of their projects from initial exploration and financing, through operation, regulation and contentious issues, to disposal. The practice is able to leverage expertise from within the firm's wider resources to provide a holistic service covering such areas as disputes, environmental concerns and native title issues.

A&O Shearman's well-regarded practice benefits from impressive cross-border capability through its integrated global network and is equipped to provide support on transactional and operational matters domestically and internationally. The team is experienced in acting on the full range of practice areas, including oil and gas, minerals and renewables, and boasts particularly strong capabilities advising on corporate matters in project finance, structuring mergers, disposals and investments. The practice is further distinguished by its notable expertise in the mining sector and handling of key transactions for household name players.

Baker McKenzie's compact Australian practice is backed by a global international network that is well suited to multi-jurisdictional transactions, with considerable capability across the Asia-Pacific region. The team offers especially impressive expertise in matters involving renewable energy projects in general and transactions concerning their infrastructure in particular. The practice is also noted for its enviable roster of investor and both international and domestic energy and resources corporate clients. The firm is particularly active on deals in the mining and oil and gas arenas, and is further commended for its knowledge of energy contracting and regulatory matters.

White & Case's substantial and still expanding practice forms part of a global network with a notably strong regional presence, active in all practice area subsectors. The firm is acknowledged for its established eminence in the renewable and mining space, advising on transactions and project development. The practice is increasingly active advising on LNG projects and is also highly regarded for its project infrastructure development-related capability. The team is well placed to advise on relevant construction, environmental and financing issues.

The DLA Piper energy and resources practice offers a particularly high cross-border capability, facilitated by the integrated nature of the firm's global network. The firm is particularly noted for its mining expertise and its established capability in the renewables space. The team boasts strong capabilities advising on policy development and regulations concerning exploration and extraction, particularly for governments overseas. It also has experience in the management of high-level, cross-jurisdictional contentious matters, notably including arbitration.

Jones Day's compact Australian team is fully connected to a worldwide network and focuses closely on the handling of transactional mandates for prominent players in all practice area subsectors, receiving acknowledgement for raising its profile in the mining space in particular. The firm often advises on contractual arrangements such as exploration and production or power purchase agreements, and offers notable expertise in regulatory and competition issues arising in the energy and resources space.

McCullough Robertson maintains an established presence on the East Coast with a longstanding, in-depth relationship with the Queensland coal sector, advising domestic and prominent international mining companies. The team represents clients across both the extractive industries and renewable energy market. The firm is acknowledged for offering a full 'pit to port' service on large-scale projects, coordinating expertise from across the firm to service everything from transactional matters to related environmental and cultural heritage approvals, health and safety and other regulatory issues and, where necessary, disputes. Principally active in Queensland and New South Wales, but also prominent on the national scene, the practice has recent mandates with Northern Territory, Tasmanian and Western Australian connections.

The Norton Rose Fulbright team is the substantial Australian arm of a global practice with significant capacity to advise on both domestic and international energy and resources projects. The team is particularly experienced in acting on the financing and development of projects in the mining and renewable spheres. The firm acts in all sectors for public and private operators and investors, covering transactional, contentious and operational matters that frequently have cross-border aspects. The practice has notable experience advising prominent international energy companies on complex and strategic transactions.

The Clifford Chance energy and resources team represents the Australian component of a renowned international firm, frequently utilising its global network in support of significant cross-border mandates for leading multinationals. The firm acts on the full range of practice area issues and at all stages of the project life cycle, but is especially prominent in the handling of major oil and gas mandates. The team boasts experience in relation to the arbitration of cross-border energy and resources sector disputes, while also offering notable expertise in the structuring of acquisitions, disposals and investments, particularly within the renewables sector.