K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, continues its expansion, welcoming partner Brad Roach and senior associate Alexandra Jones to the firm’s Energy, Infrastructure and Resources practice. The duo joins from Gibson Dunn, where Roach was a co-chair of its global Oil and Gas practice group. Roach has been based in Singapore for more than 25 years, and is recognized for his extensive industry knowledge of the upstream oil and gas, LNG, power and downstream energy industries throughout Southeast Asia. He has a market-leading M&A practice, and has advised on transactions with an aggregate value of more than US$10 billion. In 2019, the team advised Murphy Oil on the divestment of its Malaysian operations to TEP for US$2.127 billion, which is the largest upstream M&A transaction undertaken in Southeast Asia in the past nine years. Roach and Jones have worked together on a number of high-profile transactions. They advised Chevron on its operations in the Rokan in Indonesia, including the divestment of the 200 MW North Duri cogeneration facility to PLN (Persero). Currently, they are advising on the development of various oil and gas fields in Southeast Asia, and advising on industry-first CCS project developments within the region. Roach also has extensive experience in the development of LNG projects, and advised the sponsors of the Donggi-Senoro LNG project and the Tangguh LNG project in Indonesia. He has advised several state-owned energy companies on acquisitions and divestments and project developments. He is a past director and regional committee member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators. Roach has received numerous accolades from his peers and industry rankings, and is recognized as a leader in his field.
