Norton Rose Fulbright has expanded its senior bench with the promotion of Aditya Rebbapragada to the partnership along with the relocation of Ben Carrozzi to Singapore from London; he was also elevated to partner status in 2025. Carrozzi brings extensive offshore wind expertise to the Singapore team, while Rebbapragada has a background in ECA and commercial bank-driven project financings across Asia Pacific. The broader team remains active in renewables, energy transition and circular economy projects around the region. It has worked on a series of carbon capture and storage (CCS), green ammonia and hydrogen, and material recycling plant projects. It continues to be recognised for its power expertise in India and Bangladesh, and large-scale infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa. Digital infrastructure and data centre projects are another forte. Andrew Digges is an experienced figure in project structuring and project contracts (including construction, concession and power purchase agreements), and has long track record in Indonesia. Nick Merritt heads the team and is a leading name in project finance across energy, infrastructure and mining.
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Key clients
- Standard Chartered Bank
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Work highlights
Advised Standard Chartered Bank on an Islamic financing to Akij Food And Beverage.
Advised IFC on a $150m million bridge loan to Yondr Group to finance its construction of a 98MW hyperscale data centre in Malaysia.
Acted as international transaction counsel to provide advice in relation to a senior unsecured financing package from IFC to Austrian chip board manufacturer, Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik (Malaysia) to support its investment in a modern integrated circuit substrate plant in Kulim, Malaysia.
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Laurie Pearson
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Nick Merritt
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Aditya Rebbapragada; Ben Carrozzi; Andrew Digges; Laurie Pearson