Tag: New-energy

IREDA raises USD235 million via QIP, advised by Trilegal, Hogan Lovells, and Dentons Link Legal

Thailand’s renewable energy sector is in focus after 6.98GW PPAs and the Jan 2025 launch of the UGT programme

KWM, Jia Yuan, and C&F advised Huadian New Energy on its RMB15.8bn SSE debut, the largest SOE A-share IPO in 3 years

Shujath Bin Ali becomes chief legal officer at Fourth Partner Energy, a top renewable energy platform in India      

Pillsbury boosts its Tokyo energy and real estate offering with the strategic hire of Jones Day partner Katsumi Shirai

Clayton Utz has boosted its energy practice by hiring Alexander Danne, former senior partner at Gilbert+Tobin, as the new leader of its energy team

Orrick adds partner Adam Moncrieff in Singapore, boosting its energy and infrastructure team in Asia

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advised REC India on a landmark USD1 billion loan to Greenko for a 1,600MW pumped-storage project in Karnataka

Sarthak adds partner Tarun Bhattacharya to strengthen its corporate and energy practices

Latham, WongP, A&G, and Rajah & Tann advised on Tokyo Century–OUE JV to build SG’s first zero-energy hotel at Changi

Power Finance funds Juniper Green’s hybrid renewable energy project with BESS integration

HopgoodGanim hires Andrew Hynd and Jo Garland to lead growth in energy transition and digital sectors, reinforcing its presence in Brisbane and Perth

Climate change and population growth strain energy and water resources

A&O Shearman has appointed Scott Neilson as the new managing partner of its Tokyo office, effective 17 February

Ashurst has hired Teruma Naito to boost its energy transition and infrastructure capabilities in Tokyo

India has significantly expanded its renewable energy capacity, especially from solar and wind (VRE) sources

Ashurst adds Kok Jin Ong as partner in Singapore to boost its energy practice

Chi Weihong, ex-TianTong, founded Zai Sheng Law Firm, specializing in debt restructuring and bankruptcy

Simon Chen is the new managing partner of Wei Tu's Shanghai branch

TianTong Law Firm has appointed Wen Min as head of its new energy and environment practice in Shanghai

Stephenson Harwood expanded its energy transition practice by adding partners Nick Dingemans and John Zadkovich, and associate Lena Ow

Latham & Watkins, SyCipLaw, Milbank handle USD600 million Terra Solar Project investment

Senior in-house counsel at China Power International analyse risks for overseas energy power plant investments, and delve into defence strategies

Shi Qi and Wang Boyang have joined JunHe’s Xi’an office as partners, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in commercial dispute resolution

Clifford Chance advises Barito Renewables Energy on acquiring 5 Indonesian wind farms from UPC Renewables Asia Pacific

Latham & Watkins has assisted the book running lead managers for Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy’s qualified institutional placement (QIP)

Linklaters has advised BlackRock on acquiring a 49% stake in Chow Energy, its first renewable energy venture in Thailand, for an undisclosed sum

Maserati’s holding company Stellantis has acquired a 20% stake in new-energy carmaker Leapmotor for USD1.6 billion

Baker McKenzie and Fangda Partners assisted NWTN Motor’s (NWTN) HKD3.89 billion (USD496 million) strategic investment into Evergrande New Energy Auto

Akshay Malhotra has joined TT&A as partner in the firm’s projects, infrastructure and energy team, increasing the partnership to 26

After being a partner at K&L Gates for almost a decade, Singapore-based energy and infrastructure expert Tan Lian Yok Tan has joined Squire Patton Boggs, also as a partner

The HKEX has launched a consultation on lowering the bar for companies going public from five “specialist technology industries”  to generate business for the Hong Kong bourse from the rapidly evolving tech sector

Merits & Tree Law Offices has appointed Wang Tingru, Diao Shengyan and Ren Gulong as Beijing-based partners, while Wang Wenchao, Huang Guangde and Gao Songsong were hired as Shenzhen-based partners

Ashwathh Legal, on behalf of Dabur India, filed a lawsuit before the District Court, Saket, in New Delhi, rebuking the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for false accusations over an advertisement breach for their client’s new energy drink, Dabur Vita