The team at King & Spalding LLP continues to act as a full-service energy practice, advising high-profile clients across traditional energy majors, Japanese trading houses, Singapore conglomerates, European sponsors and Middle East investors. Key strengths include market-leading expertise in low-carbon hydrogen and derivatives, energy transition and digital infrastructure financing, and complex international disputes and regulatory matters. The group is jointly spearheaded by Simon Cowled, Andrew Brereton and Wade Coriell. Cowled is credited for ‘providing tailored solutions’ in cross-border energy M&A and project development transactions across the Asia-Pacific region. Brereton maintains a market-leading reputation in private credit and special situations, energy transition loans, and digital infrastructure financings. Dividing his time between Houston and London, Coriell draws on decades of international practice experience, having served as first chair or key partner in some of the region’s most high-profile energy-related international arbitration disputes.
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Testimonials
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'K&S's Singapore team definitely has one of the best energy practice groups amongst major international firms operating in Southeast Asia. Particularly for Indonesia, the K&S team has long experiences and was involved advising many Indonesian as well as multinational clients in major Indonesian energy projects. Their works are impressive and the K&S team not only excels in the legal side of the works, by also exudes very strong acumen on the commercial and technical aspects of the transactions.’
‘I'm particularly impressed with the quality of works provided by Simon Cowled and Zoe Bromage. Both of them excel in providing tailored solutions and always go beyond the generic standardised works often found in other practices. They provide assurance and comfort to the clients that all aspects of the transactions have been thoroughly analysed and the risks are properly assessed with proper mitigations being put in place.’
‘We are working with Zoe Bromage on green hydrogen projects, I cannot speak for her team, but she is being wonderful: insightful, to the point, very pragmatic and oriented to results.’
Key clients
- Scatec Solar ASA
- Venice Energy
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
- OMV Petrom
- PT Barito
- Star Energy Group Holdings Pte. Ltd.
- Star Energy Geothermal
- National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
- Prime Energy Resources Development B.V
- KEPCO
- Masdar
- Intermediate Capital Group
Work highlights
Advising Scatec ASA (lead Sponsor) and EGH (the Project Company) as International Project Counsel on Egypt's most advanced green hydrogen project being developed by Egypt Green Hydrogen.
Represents Prime Energy Resources Development B.V. in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of the Philippines under the Philippines-Netherlands BIT.
Advising Intermediate Capital Group on the acquisition of a stake in Obton Japan’s renewable power platform in Japan, which comprises numerous solar power projects.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Simon Cowled; Andrew Brereton; Wade Coriell
Other key lawyers
Zoe Bromage