Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Corporate

Lewis is the Global Co-Head of our Energy Group

Lewis has almost 25 years' experience, advising companies on their energy projects around the world and has experience across the energy value chain (particularly upstream oil & gas, LNG, power and renewables) in developed markets and emerging markets.

Lewis has been based in Perth (2001-2004), London (2005-2008), Hong Kong (2008), Singapore (2008-2013), Korea (2013 – 2017), Tokyo (2017-2019) and London (2019-).  He has a strong track record of building long-lasting relationships with clients around the world, working on market leading deals and building teams of lawyers.

Lewis has worked on secondments to BP's gas & power team in London and Epic Energy in Perth (then Australia's largest gas transmission company).  He has spent over 10 years in our Asian offices, helping to build our business across the region.

He was part of the team that started our market-leading Southeast Asian energy practice when he was based in Singapore between 2008 and 2013, he built our Seoul office (and our market-leading Korean energy practice) between 2013 and 2017 and he was the Regional Head of our Asia Corporate Practice between 2016 and 2019.

English (Fluent)

Law Society of England and Wales

Supreme Court of Western Australia

LLB (Hons), University of Western Australia

BSc Environmental Science, University of Western Australia