Don Stokes > Latham & Watkins LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP’s project development and finance team regularly advises lenders, borrowers, developers, and state-related entities on projects throughout the APAC region. The firm is known for its expertise in structuring and executing project financings across the energy, infrastructure, mining, transport, and communications sectors. Stephen McWilliams, who is based between Singapore and Tokyo, focuses his practice in the LNG, petrochemicals, infrastructure, and renewables sectors. Don Stokes has over a decade of experience advising on renewable and conventional power, infrastructure and telecoms, and gas development and transportation projects. Owain Davies specialises in the LNG, power, and petrochemicals sectors.

Latham & Watkins LLP’s energy and infrastructure industry group often advises clients on multi-jurisdictional matters across the oil and gas, renewables and LNG sectors. The firm’s clients span the entire energy value chain, from national oil companies, state-owned energy companies, global energy majors, to private equity and investment funds active in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Notably, Sidharth Bhasin advises clients on M&A, investments and joint ventures across Asia, with an emphasis on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. James Clayton-Payne focuses on handling transactions in the energy infrastructure, digital infrastructure, oil and gas, and all other natural resources sectors. Don Stokes often assists clients on complex infrastructure and energy project developments and financings throughout Asia.

Advising domestic and international private equity and strategic investors and financial institutions on cross-border transactions, including M&A and project financing, the team at Latham & Watkins LLP draws on its capabilities across an extensive range of industries. With multiple partners helming the practice, the department consists of Amy Beckingham, who specialises in M&A, joint ventures, and equity capital markets. while Sharon Lau focuses on M&A and corporate finance transactions, representing both issuers and underwriters on debt and equity issuances. Also leading the team is Andrew Bishop and Don Stokes, who has substantial experience working in Vietnam’s energy and infrastructure sector.

With an ever-growing client base of national conglomerates, the team at Latham & Watkins LLP routinely handles major transactions in the corporate, energy, and capital market spaces. Other key parts of the team’s workload consists of M&A, project finance, and arbitration work. Spearheading the practice, Benjamin Carale lends his extensive market experience in leading the firm’s capital markets practice. Meanwhile, Don Stokes advises on renewable and conventional power, digital infrastructure, and telecommunications projects across the wider Asia-Pacific region, with a particularly active portfolio in the Philippines. Diana Dizon is a core team member, advising Philippine clients on debt and equity capital markets transactions.