King & Spalding LLP’s corporate, finance and investments energy team is headed by Simon Cowled, who specialises in major, cross-border energy M&A and project developments. The full-service energy team advises clients, which include traditional energy majors, national oil companies, and government-linked entities, across the full-spectrum of the energy value chain, often acting in some of the largest energy projects in the APAC region. The firm particularly stands out for its expertise within the hydrogen, oil & gas, and LNG, and renewables spaces. Notably, key contact Zoe Bromage’s global practice focuses on energy across the value chain, from the traditional oil, gas, LNG and power sectors to the developing low-carbon energy sector.

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Key clients

  • Mitsui & Co.
  • Dialog Upstream Services Sdn Bhd
  • Bumi Armada Berhad and Pexco Tarakan N.V. (consortium)
  • ENOWA (NEOM Company)
  • Solar Philippines
  • EemsEnergy Terminal BV

Work highlights

  • Advising Mitsui on its exit from PT Paiton Energy, Indonesia’s largest power project, with 2,045MW of operational capacity, servicing the Java-Bali grid.
  • Advising ENOWA, the energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary of NEOM, on the establishment of a hydrogen and innovation development centre (HIDC). HIDC, which will be housed at OXAGON’s dedicated Research and Innovation District, will be a testing ground for new technologies in the clean energy industry and a collaborative learning community for research institutions focused on hydrogen and the circular carbon economy (CCE).
  • Advising Solar Philippines on various investments and joint ventures, including in the proposed Terra Solar project, a 3,500MW solar project with 4,500MWh of associated battery energy storage that, when constructed.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Simon Cowled

Other key lawyers

Zoe Bromage