Latham & Watkins LLP exhibits market-leading capabilities in high-profile M&A, project development and finance, corporate finance, secured lending, regulatory and environmental matters, with a robust client roster spanning private equity, sovereign wealth funds, national oil companies, and global energy majors. The group is jointly headed by Sidharth Bhasin, Don Stokes and James Clayton-Payne. Bhasin leads on complex energy and infrastructure transactions across Asia, particularly in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines, with a client base spanning private equity, infrastructure and sovereign wealth funds, state-owned entities, and financial institutions. Clayton-Payne’s workload focuses on energy infrastructure, digital infrastructure, oil & gas, and natural resources, while Stokes is an expert in infrastructure and energy project developments.
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Key clients
- I Squared Capital
- PT Mineral Industri Indonesia
- Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte Ltd
- PTTEP
- MGen Renewable Energy
- Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
- The AES Corporation
- Unioil Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
- PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk
- Golden Energy and Resources Pte Ltd
Work highlights
Advised Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and its subsidiary, Solar Philippines New Energy Corporation, on its strategic partnership with Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, on its 40% stake in the Terra Solar Project.
Advised Unioil, one of the largest petroleum companies in the Philippines, on its agreement with Aramco, a global leading integrated energy and chemicals company, to acquire a 25% equity stake in Unioil
Advised I Squared Capital on the acquisition of Philippine Coastal Storage & Pipeline Corp from Keppel Infrastructure Trust and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
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Practice head
Sidharth Bhasin; James Clayton-Payne; Don Stokes