Simon Cowled
King & Spalding LLP
King & Spalding LLP
Client SatisfactionKing & Spalding LLP’s team in Singapore works across Asia across the energy spectrum in areas including renewable and conventional power projects. It stands out for its work within the LNG, hydrogen, and ammonia space, and often advises on first of their kind projects. Notably, key individual Simon Cowled specialises in cross-border energy M&A and project development transactions, having recently advised major clients in the solar, wind, and hydropower sectors. Zoe Bromage has a global practice that focuses on energy across the value chain, from the traditional oil and gas, LNG, and power sectors to renewables, hydrogen, and its derivatives.
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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
- Korea Electric Power Corporation
- Star Energy Oil & Gas Pte. Ltd.
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 on the financing aspects, of (1) all of Electricity Generating Public Company Limited’s (Thailand’s first independent power producer) and (2) half of Mitsubishi Corporation’s minority stakes in Star’s underlying geothermal assets in Pangalengan, Sukabumi and Garut (all based in Indonesia) (the “Project”).
- Advising Solar Philippines on various investments and joint ventures, including for the proposed Terra Solar project, a 3,500MW solar project with 4,500MWh of associated battery energy storage which, once constructed, will be the world’s largest ever solar power project.
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Simon Cowled