Herbert Smith Freehills LLP fields a team which is particularly active in the energy and infrastructure space, drawing on a combination of expertise in Singapore and across the Asia Pacific region to advise on an array of matters. It receives a steady stream of instructions on a variety of project developments, commercial contracts, M&As and joint ventures, while the group is also adept at handling disputes. Toby Anderson and Glynn Cooper are at the helm of the practice, which is predominantly driven by investor, fund, sponsor and developer mandates. Adrian Cheng is the head of finance in Asia, and Irina Akentjeva is another key contact.
Testimonials
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‘Carefully walks clients through novel issues and transactions, listens to client needs, prompt responses, straightforward.’
‘Irina Akentjeva - highly skilled, simplifies complex concepts for the clients, practical advice, generous with ideas, straightforward.'
Key clients
- BlackRock
- Unity Digital Infrastructure
Work highlights
- Advising BlackRock on its establishment of a Southeast Asia renewable energy platform, including the platform's first investment in up to five large scale solar projects in the Philippines with total capacity of 1GW.
- Advised Unity Digital Infrastructure on its acquisition of 650 telecommunication towers in the Philippines from PLDT Inc. (PLDT), through its subsidiaries Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Digitel Mobile Philippines (Digitel), for approximately $165m.