Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP regularly works closely with the firm's other office, and handles a steady flow of offshore and LNG matters. The team excels in managing secured and unsecured syndicated and bilateral ship finance, export credit-supported financing, and lease financing. A key area of work for the team is working on the financing of LNG carriers, and its wider client base also includes numerous regional shipowners. As well as shipbuilding projects, practice head Peter Lee specialises in the financings of ships and offshore oil and gas projects, and counting banks, financial institutions, leasing companies, shipowneres, project companies and investors as his main clients. Tat Pan departed in April 2024.