Andrews Kurth (Middle East) DMCC has hired energy and infrastructure lawyer Patricia Tiller as a partner in its Dubai office from Baker Botts.
Tiller has worked on projects including an offshore LNG regasification project, a $3 billion Dubai metro project, and has represented Kuwait Gulf Oil Company on issues arising under a joint operating agreement in the Saudi Arabia–Kuwait Neutral Zone.
Prior to Baker Botts, Tiller worked with K&L Gates, Allen & Overy and Allens Arthur Robinson.
Watson Farley & Williams has hired a second energy partner in Singapore from U.S. law firm McDermott, Will & Emery in the form of Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi.
Indian law firms AZB & Partners and Khaitan & Co have advised energy company Sterlite Power and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has represented Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC on the creation of their joint venture to build a power transmission platform in India.
Vietnamese law firm Frasers Law Company has hired Gwendoline Yi-Quin (Gwen) Brooker, an energy lawyer with extensive experience at majors Total and ExxonMobil, as a partner in its Hanoi office.