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Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise’s project finance practice in Tokyo regularly acts as lead counsel to a wide range of clients, including lenders, borrowers, developers, and governmental entities, on projects across the APAC region. Recent highlights for the group include advising ECAs and lenders on the development and financing of a large-scale LNG project in Papua New Guinea. Practice head Stephen McWilliams has a strong track record handling major lender and sponsor-side mandates in the LNG, petrochemicals, infrastructure, and renewables sectors. Hiroki Kobayashi’s practice sees him advise Japanese sponsors and lenders on project development and finance matters in the oil and gas and power spaces. Richard Chul Kim has notable experience assisting sponsors, lenders, and government agencies with energy projects, while Richard Fleming handles power project transactions throughout Asia.

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 advises lenders, borrowers, project companies, governments, and state entities on complex, high-profile projects across the Asia-Pacific. With the team spread across  Seoul, Tokyo, and Singapore, it excels in multi-sourced project financings across energy, infrastructure, mining, transport, and telecoms. Led by Stephen McWilliams, who brings significant experience in LNG, petrochemicals, and renewables deals involving Korean parties, the team also benefits from Richard Chul Kim’s Tokyo-based expertise in multi-jurisdictional financings with Korean sponsors, lenders, and government agencies.

Latham & Watkins LLP has a wealth of experience advising on cross-border transactions involving Indonesia. The team advises clients across a range of sectors, including telecoms, oil and gas, retail, and power. Sharon Lau focusses on M&A and capital markets transactions; she recently advised Merdeka Battery Materials on its IPO on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. With more than two decades of experience, Timothy Hia is recommended for complex financing and refinancing mandates. Stephen McWilliams is a further standout member of the team with a specialty in handling infrastructure and energy projects. James Clayton-Payne, Marcus Lee and Sidharth Bhasin are also of note.