K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, has bolstered its energy practice in Singapore with the hire of two energy lawyers from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher: Partner Brad Roach and senior associate Alexandra Jones.
Roach, who was previously co-chair of Gibson Dunn's global oil and gas practice group, brings over 25 years of experience in Singapore. He focuses on upstream oil and gas, LNG, power, and downstream energy industries across Southeast Asia.
Having advised on transactions with an aggregate value of more than $10 billion, Roach’s key work includes representing Murphy Oil on the divestment of its Malaysian operations to PTTEP for $2.127 billion, the largest upstream M&A transaction undertaken in Southeast Asia in the past nine years, and advising Chevron on its operations in the Rokan PSC in Indonesia, including the divestment of the 200 MW North Duri cogeneration facility to PT PLN (Persero).
He also has experience in the development of LNG projects and advised the sponsors of the Donggi-Senoro LNG project and the Tangguh LNG project in Indonesia.
Roach joined Gibson Dunn in 2013 from Hogan Lovells, where he was a partner. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at White & Case, and also worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
“Brad is an excellent addition to the firm and will bolster our regional and global energy capabilities given his experience, relationships, and long-term commitment to the region," said J Ryan Dwyer, III, regional managing partner for Asia at K&L Gates, in a statement.
The new hires are part of K&L Gates' ongoing expansion in Singapore. Since January, the firm has added partners across various practice areas, including Jason Nelms in asset management and investment funds from Morrison & Foerster, Samuel Kolehmainen and Duc Nguyen in aviation finance from Herbert Smith Freehills, and David Kuo and Meraj Noor in corporate from DLA Piper.
The firm’s Singapore office now has 16 partners. K&L Gates’ Straits Law’s former managing partner, Sreenivasan Narayan SC, recently left the firm to set up his own dispute resolution and advisory firm, Sreenivasan Chambers.
