17 February 2021
Joining from Latham & Watkins, where he has been a partner since 2014, Andrew is one of Asia's leading project finance lawyers with more than 15 years of experience advising on the development, project financing and acquisition of energy, resources and infrastructure projects in the Asia-Pacific region. He advises financiers (commercial banks, export credit agencies, multilaterals and development banks), sponsors/developers and project companies, and host governments on projects in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, power, mining and infrastructure sectors. Andrew is recognized as a leading lawyer for projects and energy by Chambers and Partners and Legal500.
Joss Dare, co-head of global projects practice, comments: "Andrew is a well-regarded lawyer in the Asia market and his technical expertise, commercial skills and solutions-driven approach are highly commended by his clients. He has extensive experience across the energy & resources and utility sector and his breadth of industry knowledge will contribute to the growth of our market-leading project development, project finance and projects acquisitions capabilities."
Regional head of Asia Jini Lee adds, "Andrew has a strong reputation for both his technical and commercial excellence and has developed long term trusts and rapports with his clients. He has a deep understanding of the Asia markets and extensive transactional experience in a wide range of Asia jurisdictions including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Philippines and Malaysia. His appointment reflects our commitment to continue to invest in the region and provide the highest quality legal service for our clients in Asia and abroad."
Andrew says, "I am excited to be joining a firm that has a strong geographical footprint and extensive industry expertise at an exciting time of growth. I look forward to working with talented lawyers across the network and collaborating as part of Ashurst's global team."
For further information, please contact:
Andrew Roche, Partner, Ashurst
Andrew.Roche@ashurst.com
