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Zoë Bromage is an energy partner in King & Spalding’s Singapore office. Her practice focuses on cross-border transactions, project development and first-of-their-kind projects in the energy sector.

Zoë represents clients from the full spectrum of the energy industry throughout Asia and globally on structuring and developing projects in the traditional oil, gas and LNG sectors, as well as low-carbon energy sector, including hydrogen and its derivatives, carbon capture, battery storage and renewables. She also has extensive experience assisting clients on merger and acquisition activity ranging from smaller-scale farmouts to high value / multi-jurisdictional corporate and asset transactions in the energy sector.

Zoë’s experience as a leading energy lawyer is recognized by independent legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. She has practiced in Singapore, London and Aberdeen and has experience working in-house, having spent 9 months at Premier Oil’s (now Harbour Energy) headquarters in London.

Most recently, Zoë was named as Women in Hydrogen 50 by the Hydrogen Economist, 2024.

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Credentials

Legal Practice Certificate, BPP Law School London, Distinction

LL.B., University of Bristol, UK, Second Class Honours (Upper Division)

England and Wales

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)

England & Wales (SRA # 543351)

Recognised as Women in Hydrogen 50


Hydrogen Economist, 2024

Recognised as a Rising Star


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2024

Zoë is recognised for her expertise in the oil and gas and LNG space


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Zoë is a fast-rising partner in Singapore with experience handling cross-border transactions and project development


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Zoe is careful and deliberate, while not being overly risk averse in a commercial context


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë is particularly attentive and is very good at pushing negotiations forward.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë’s very practical, quick to understand issues and highly responsive.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë is proactive, with good management skills and in-depth knowledge of the subject matter.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

Shortlisted Lawyer: Rising Star of the Year


Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards, Projects and Energy

Rising Star


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022

“Very happy with Zoë and would use her again without a doubt.”


Legal 500, Asia-Pacific 2022

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Recognition

Recognised as Women in Hydrogen 50


Hydrogen Economist, 2024

Recognised as a Rising Star


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2024

Zoë is recognised for her expertise in the oil and gas and LNG space


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Zoë is a fast-rising partner in Singapore with experience handling cross-border transactions and project development


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Zoe is careful and deliberate, while not being overly risk averse in a commercial context


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë is particularly attentive and is very good at pushing negotiations forward.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë’s very practical, quick to understand issues and highly responsive.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë is proactive, with good management skills and in-depth knowledge of the subject matter.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

Shortlisted Lawyer: Rising Star of the Year


Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards, Projects and Energy

Rising Star


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022

“Very happy with Zoë and would use her again without a doubt.”


Legal 500, Asia-Pacific 2022

Matters

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Project Development - Low-Carbon Energy

Scatec on the development, construction and financing of a large-scale, green hydrogen production facility and associated PV / wind power production facilities in Egypt

ENOWA, the energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary of NEOM, on Saudi Arabia’s first Hydrogen and Innovation Development Center (HIDC), a hydrogen and e-fuels demonstration plant together with Hydrogen filling and refueling station utilities facilities and other ancillary equipment and facilities

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) during its procurement of 3,750 MW of renewable energy resources and 1,500 MW of energy storage resources, one of the single largest energy transition programs in the United States

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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Project Development - Low-Carbon Energy

Scatec on the development, construction and financing of a large-scale, green hydrogen production facility and associated PV / wind power production facilities in Egypt

ENOWA, the energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary of NEOM, on Saudi Arabia’s first Hydrogen and Innovation Development Center (HIDC), a hydrogen and e-fuels demonstration plant together with Hydrogen filling and refueling station utilities facilities and other ancillary equipment and facilities

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) during its procurement of 3,750 MW of renewable energy resources and 1,500 MW of energy storage resources, one of the single largest energy transition programs in the United States

NEOM on the first and largest megacity to be constructed in Saudi Arabia, fueled 100% by renewable energy

Project Development - LNG - Liquefaction and Regasification (including FLNG, FSRU and FSU)

EemsEnergy Terminal B.V (EET), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gasunie which is wholly owned by the Government of the Netherlands, on the development of the Eemshaven LNG import terminal in the Netherlands

Energy Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), on plans to develop an LNG FSRU import terminal in Thailand

Keppel Corporation on its investment in the Gimi floating LNG facility, which following its conversion will be located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP. This matter was awarded Africa Oil & Gas Deal of the Year by IJGlobal in 2019

Summit Corporation Limited, part of the Summit Group, in all aspects of Bangladesh’s second floating LNG import terminal, including advising on the Implementation Agreement with the Government of Bangladesh and the Terminal Use Agreement with Petrobangla, the 15-year FSRU time charter party agreement with Excelerate Energy, the subsea pipeline and marine work turnkey contract for the FSRU terminal with Geocean and MacGregor, and the port serves and vessel support agreement with PSA Marine

H-Energy on all aspects of its floating LNG import project at Jaigarh on the West coast of India including negotiation of (i) long term FSRU vessel charter party contract with ENGIE; (ii) negotiation of LNGC charter party contract; (iii) negotiation of LNG sales contract with PETRONAS; (iv) short and mid-term LNG procurement tender and (v) LNGC charter arrangements

Singapore LNG Corporation in connection with the SLNG project including multi-user terminal use agreements

BW Gas on its charter party arrangements with a confidential LNG project company (Central America) on a long term FSRU charter to support a 670 MW LNG to Power development and small scale, break bulk and reloading services

Mitsubishi Corp., JERA Inc., PJB and Rukun Raharja in their bid and financing arrangements for the 1,600MW Jawa 1 LNG-to-Power project in Indonesia, including advising on long term LNG supply to the project, the FSRU and the interconnecting offshore pipeline

Project Development - Oil and Gas

Upstream operator on transition agreements in connection with handover of large offshore natural gas field in Gulf of Thailand for transfer to successor operator

Chevron in connection with its operations in the Chuandongbei sour gas field in Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, China

Hess Corporation on a variety of commercial matters relating to its upstream assets in Malaysia and the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area

Sojitz on the negotiation of the decommissioning security agreement for the Gryphon field, North Sea with Total

Upstream operator on project development, tie-in arrangements for gas and condensate, and joint marketing in Vietnam

Brunei Fertilizer, a company which is majorly owned by the Government of Brunei, on all aspects of its establishment of a petrochemical plant in Brunei, including advising on its natural gas supply arrangements; pipeline crossing agreement, construction and O&M agreements

Conrad Petroleum on the development of the Mako gas field that will transport gas to Singapore through the West Natuna Transportation System Gas Pipeline

Conrad Petroleum on the conversion of the Duyung PSC, Indonesia from a Cost Recovery Production Sharing Contract to a Gross Split Production Sharing Contract

Ophir Energy Plc in relation to its FSO bareboat charter and O&M agreements in Thailand

Sarawak Energy Berhad, a state-owned utility in Sarawak, on all aspects of its development of the Sarawak Gas Market and Pipeline Network, including advising on market and pipeline project structuring, as well drafting and negotiating gas sales agreements, gas transportation agreements, the pipeline operation agreement and the pipeline system rules

Ministry of Mines and Energy, Cambodia on the drafting and negotiating of a new production sharing contract for an offshore oil and gas block

Supermajor on its proposed country entry into the downstream sector of a country in Asia

Consortium of international financial institutions in relation to a US$1 billion project financing for the second stage of the Shah Deniz gas development project in Azerbaijan

Hess Corporation on contract support in its tendering programme for offshore drilling services

Premier Oil on a variety of corporate and commercial matters

Project Development - Power

TEPCO Renewable Power on the development of hydrogen EPC construction templates

Japanese trading house on the potential development and construction of a peaking gas fired independent power project in Indonesia

NEPC Consortium Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pendekar Energy (L) Ltd., on the extension of a power purchase agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board and associated documents for its 110 MW (8 x Diesel Engine) barge mounted dual fuel power plant in Bangladesh

MARKETING & TRADING

Marketing and Trading - LNG

Commonwealth LNG on its entry into two LNG SPAs for the supply of up to 2.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG over 20 years from Commonwealth’s LNG export facility under development in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Diamond Gas International in connection with several short and mid term supply arrangements in Asia

PV Gas on LNG procurement plans for the Thi Vai LNG import terminal facility in Vietnam

NextDecade in connection with its marketing activities from the Rio Grande LNG export facility in the United States

Confidential LNG seller on its LNG price review negotiations

TNB Fuels in connection with LNG purchase, regasification and gas supply arrangements in Malaysia and on the liberalisation of the natural gas market, including introduction of third-party access requirements

Pavilion Energy in relation to new LNG import and bunkering arrangements in Singapore, including truck loading arrangements

Anadarko on the long-term offtake and marketing of LNG volumes from the Mozambique LNG project, including long-term SPA with CNOOC Gas & Marketing

RGE on the development of and offtake arrangements from the Woodfibre LNG export facility in Canada

San Miguel Corporation on the strategic review of the Ilijan IPP project in the Philippines and potential LNG importation options

Confidential project sponsor in connection with its bid for an LNG import project in Sri Lanka, including advising on FSU chartering arrangements, LNG sale and purchase arrangements, and downstream gas arrangements

H-Energy on its LNG sale and purchase arrangements for its Indian West coast LNG import project

Japanese Trading House in connection with supplying LNG into Pakistan

Marketing and Trading – Oil & Gas

Conrad Petroleum on the negotiation of its international gas sale agreements

Ophir Energy Plc on the negotiation of its gas sale agreements from Bangkanai PSC, Indonesia to PLN

Mubadala on the development of a model form crude sales agreement

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

M&A – Oil and Gas

Dialog Group Berhad on its acquisition of Tarpon Platform Systems Malaysia and all assets of Tarpon Systems International II, LLC. Tarpon Malaysia provides engineering, construction, installation, and maintenance services in connection with the Tarpon platform system, which is an alternative to traditional wellhead platforms and has been used extensively in water depths less than 90m

Dialog Resources Sdn Bhd, on its acquisition of Canadian publicly listed entity oil and natural gas company Pan Orient Energy Corp. (POEC) for USD$38.7 million, by way of a plan of arrangement. POEC, through its wholly-owned Singapore incorporated subsidiary Pan Orient Petroleum Pte Ltd holds a 50.01% equity interest in Pan Orient Energy (Siam) Ltd, which is the operator of Concession L53/48, onshore Thailand

Confidential bidder on its bid to acquire Repsol Exploración, S.A.’s upstream assets in Malaysia and Vietnam, which includes 60% participating interest in PM305 PSC, PM314 PSC and 2012 Kinabalu Oil PSC, 35% participating interest in the PM3 CAA PSC and 70% participating interest in the Block 46 Cai Nuoc PSC

Batavia Oil on the acquisition of Perenco Rang Dong Ltd. from Perenco Overseas Holdings Ltd., which holds a 30.5% non-operating interest in the Block 15-2 Rang Dong, offshore Vietnam

Philippine Downstream Company on its proposed sale of a minority interest to a foreign investor and related long term petroleum supply agreement

European commodity trader on its proposed acquisition of an oil products trading business with operations in Singapore and South East Asia

PTTEP on its acquisition of 33.8% stake in APICO LLC from Tatex Thailand LLC and Tatex Thailand II LLC. APICO LLC holds 35% participating interest in Blocks EU1 and E5N or the Sinphuhorm Project and 100% participating interest in Block L15/43 and Block L27/43 both located in the northeast of Thailand

Ophir Energy Plc on the US$205 million agreement to acquire a package of Southeast Asian assets including material producing assets in Vietnam and Indonesia plus exploration and appraisal assets in Malaysia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, from Australian-listed Santos Limited

Coro Energy Plc on the acquisition of a 42.5% participating interest in the Bulu PSC, Indonesia contains the Lengo gas field

Batavia Oil in connection with its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Premier Oil Kakap B.V. which holds an 18.75% participating interest in the Kakap PSC, Indonesia

Confidential international oil & gas company in relation to the potential acquisition of ENGIE’s (GDF Suez) 33.334% participating interest in the Muara Bakau PSC, Indonesia, which included a 0.11% participating interest in the Indonesian Deepwater Development

Confidential international oil & gas company in relation to the potential acquisition of a participating interest in the Andaman III PSC, Indonesia

National oil company in relation to the potential acquisition of a participating interest in the Bentu PSC, Indonesia

Japanese Trading House on its bid for the acquisition of Chevron’s 28.3% participating interest in producing blocks M5/M6 and related export pipeline between Myanmar and Thailand and 99% participating interest in exploration block A5

National oil company on the potential divestment of its participating interest in a producing gas field offshore Indonesia

Sona Petroleum Berhad on its proposed US$280 million acquisition of a 40% stake in the Greater Bualuang Area, offshore Thailand

National oil company on the divestment of its downstream business in a country in Africa

Genting Oil & Gas Limited on its wholly owned subsidiary, Genting CDX Singapore Pte Ltd’s acquisition of a 57% participating interest in Chengdaoxi Block, Bohai Bay, offshore China

Premier Oil on its acquisition of a 55% participating interest in Block 2B, onshore Kenya

BP on the divestment of its participating interest in the Southern Gas Area of the North Sea to Perenco UK Limited for US$400 million. A key element of the deal was that, instead of a full disposal, BP retained a significant interest in the carboniferous reservoirs in the Amethyst and Ravenspurn licenses in the southern basin. This was the first deal of its kind in the UK Continental Shelf

BP on its divestment of its participating interest in the Alba and Britannia fields in the North Sea to Mitsui for US$280 million

BP on the disposal of its non-operated 50% participating interest in in the Sean gas field in the UK North Sea to SSE Plc for US$288 million

ConocoPhillips on the potential disposal of certain North Sea assets

M&A – LNG

JAPEX on the acquisition of a 36% stake in ITECO Joint Stock Company, an LNG terminal business operator in Vietnam

LNG portfolio company on its proposal to acquire an interest in the Bac Lieu LNG-to-Power project, Vietnam

Keppel Corporation on its 30% investment into Gimi MS Corporation (Golar LNG Limited is the other shareholder), which will undertake the development, construction and operation of a floating LNG facility located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP

M&A – Power

Mitsui on its exit from coal-fired power generation, including Mitsui's announced sale of its 45.5% stake in PT Paiton Energy, Indonesia's largest power plant

JERA Co., Inc, a leading Japanese energy company, on its US$1.6 billion acquisition of a 27% stake in publicly-traded Aboitiz Power Corporation (PSE: AP), one of the largest power producers in the Philippines, including on a strategic alliance for co-investment in clean and renewable energy projects

TEPCO Renewable Power on its acquisition of 25% of the issued shares of PT Kencana Energi Lestari, Tbk, an Indonesia-based renewable energy company listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange that focuses on hydroelectric power and currently owns three hydroelectric power subsidiaries

Scatec Solar ASA, a leading publicly-listed solar power producer with its headquarters in Oslo Norway, on its US$1.166 billion acquisition of SN Power AS, a leading hydropower developer and independent power producer, with operating assets the Philippines, Laos and Uganda with a total gross capacity of 1.4 GW plus a pipeline of 2.5 GW across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

AES Corporation in the auction sale of its 51% interest in the 990MW Masinloc power project and associated 30MW battery energy storage project in the Philippines to a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, including the negotiation of an associated co-sale by EGCO of its 49% stake to SMC, for a total enterprise value of US$2.4 billion

Edra Global Energy Berhad on its US$2.3 billion power assets’ portfolio divestment to a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation. The transaction is the largest announced M&A transaction in Malaysia to date, and one of the largest in the Asia power sector in 2015

M&A – Infrastructure

Aeropark Development Philippines Inc., a special purpose entity owned by CarVal Investors, acquired West Aeropark a five-building development in Clark Global City, Pampanga, Philippines with a combined gross floor area of 142,000 square meters, previously owned by Udenna Land’s Global Gateway Development Corp. in Clark Global City, Pampanga

Cerberus Capital Management on its US$2.4 billion acquisition of shipyard in the Philippines (the largest ever foreign investment in the Philippines (largest ever foreign investment in the country, once employing 40,000 people) out of the country’s largest ever bankruptcy

Matters

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Project Development - Low-Carbon Energy

Scatec on the development, construction and financing of a large-scale, green hydrogen production facility and associated PV / wind power production facilities in Egypt

ENOWA, the energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary of NEOM, on Saudi Arabia’s first Hydrogen and Innovation Development Center (HIDC), a hydrogen and e-fuels demonstration plant together with Hydrogen filling and refueling station utilities facilities and other ancillary equipment and facilities

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) during its procurement of 3,750 MW of renewable energy resources and 1,500 MW of energy storage resources, one of the single largest energy transition programs in the United States

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Matters

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Project Development - Low-Carbon Energy

Scatec on the development, construction and financing of a large-scale, green hydrogen production facility and associated PV / wind power production facilities in Egypt

ENOWA, the energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary of NEOM, on Saudi Arabia’s first Hydrogen and Innovation Development Center (HIDC), a hydrogen and e-fuels demonstration plant together with Hydrogen filling and refueling station utilities facilities and other ancillary equipment and facilities

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) during its procurement of 3,750 MW of renewable energy resources and 1,500 MW of energy storage resources, one of the single largest energy transition programs in the United States

NEOM on the first and largest megacity to be constructed in Saudi Arabia, fueled 100% by renewable energy

Project Development - LNG - Liquefaction and Regasification (including FLNG, FSRU and FSU)

EemsEnergy Terminal B.V (EET), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gasunie which is wholly owned by the Government of the Netherlands, on the development of the Eemshaven LNG import terminal in the Netherlands

Energy Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), on plans to develop an LNG FSRU import terminal in Thailand

Keppel Corporation on its investment in the Gimi floating LNG facility, which following its conversion will be located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP. This matter was awarded Africa Oil & Gas Deal of the Year by IJGlobal in 2019

Summit Corporation Limited, part of the Summit Group, in all aspects of Bangladesh’s second floating LNG import terminal, including advising on the Implementation Agreement with the Government of Bangladesh and the Terminal Use Agreement with Petrobangla, the 15-year FSRU time charter party agreement with Excelerate Energy, the subsea pipeline and marine work turnkey contract for the FSRU terminal with Geocean and MacGregor, and the port serves and vessel support agreement with PSA Marine

H-Energy on all aspects of its floating LNG import project at Jaigarh on the West coast of India including negotiation of (i) long term FSRU vessel charter party contract with ENGIE; (ii) negotiation of LNGC charter party contract; (iii) negotiation of LNG sales contract with PETRONAS; (iv) short and mid-term LNG procurement tender and (v) LNGC charter arrangements

Singapore LNG Corporation in connection with the SLNG project including multi-user terminal use agreements

BW Gas on its charter party arrangements with a confidential LNG project company (Central America) on a long term FSRU charter to support a 670 MW LNG to Power development and small scale, break bulk and reloading services

Mitsubishi Corp., JERA Inc., PJB and Rukun Raharja in their bid and financing arrangements for the 1,600MW Jawa 1 LNG-to-Power project in Indonesia, including advising on long term LNG supply to the project, the FSRU and the interconnecting offshore pipeline

Project Development - Oil and Gas

Upstream operator on transition agreements in connection with handover of large offshore natural gas field in Gulf of Thailand for transfer to successor operator

Chevron in connection with its operations in the Chuandongbei sour gas field in Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, China

Hess Corporation on a variety of commercial matters relating to its upstream assets in Malaysia and the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area

Sojitz on the negotiation of the decommissioning security agreement for the Gryphon field, North Sea with Total

Upstream operator on project development, tie-in arrangements for gas and condensate, and joint marketing in Vietnam

Brunei Fertilizer, a company which is majorly owned by the Government of Brunei, on all aspects of its establishment of a petrochemical plant in Brunei, including advising on its natural gas supply arrangements; pipeline crossing agreement, construction and O&M agreements

Conrad Petroleum on the development of the Mako gas field that will transport gas to Singapore through the West Natuna Transportation System Gas Pipeline

Conrad Petroleum on the conversion of the Duyung PSC, Indonesia from a Cost Recovery Production Sharing Contract to a Gross Split Production Sharing Contract

Ophir Energy Plc in relation to its FSO bareboat charter and O&M agreements in Thailand

Sarawak Energy Berhad, a state-owned utility in Sarawak, on all aspects of its development of the Sarawak Gas Market and Pipeline Network, including advising on market and pipeline project structuring, as well drafting and negotiating gas sales agreements, gas transportation agreements, the pipeline operation agreement and the pipeline system rules

Ministry of Mines and Energy, Cambodia on the drafting and negotiating of a new production sharing contract for an offshore oil and gas block

Supermajor on its proposed country entry into the downstream sector of a country in Asia

Consortium of international financial institutions in relation to a US$1 billion project financing for the second stage of the Shah Deniz gas development project in Azerbaijan

Hess Corporation on contract support in its tendering programme for offshore drilling services

Premier Oil on a variety of corporate and commercial matters

Project Development - Power

TEPCO Renewable Power on the development of hydrogen EPC construction templates

Japanese trading house on the potential development and construction of a peaking gas fired independent power project in Indonesia

NEPC Consortium Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pendekar Energy (L) Ltd., on the extension of a power purchase agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board and associated documents for its 110 MW (8 x Diesel Engine) barge mounted dual fuel power plant in Bangladesh

MARKETING & TRADING

Marketing and Trading - LNG

Commonwealth LNG on its entry into two LNG SPAs for the supply of up to 2.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG over 20 years from Commonwealth’s LNG export facility under development in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Diamond Gas International in connection with several short and mid term supply arrangements in Asia

PV Gas on LNG procurement plans for the Thi Vai LNG import terminal facility in Vietnam

NextDecade in connection with its marketing activities from the Rio Grande LNG export facility in the United States

Confidential LNG seller on its LNG price review negotiations

TNB Fuels in connection with LNG purchase, regasification and gas supply arrangements in Malaysia and on the liberalisation of the natural gas market, including introduction of third-party access requirements

Pavilion Energy in relation to new LNG import and bunkering arrangements in Singapore, including truck loading arrangements

Anadarko on the long-term offtake and marketing of LNG volumes from the Mozambique LNG project, including long-term SPA with CNOOC Gas & Marketing

RGE on the development of and offtake arrangements from the Woodfibre LNG export facility in Canada

San Miguel Corporation on the strategic review of the Ilijan IPP project in the Philippines and potential LNG importation options

Confidential project sponsor in connection with its bid for an LNG import project in Sri Lanka, including advising on FSU chartering arrangements, LNG sale and purchase arrangements, and downstream gas arrangements

H-Energy on its LNG sale and purchase arrangements for its Indian West coast LNG import project

Japanese Trading House in connection with supplying LNG into Pakistan

Marketing and Trading – Oil & Gas

Conrad Petroleum on the negotiation of its international gas sale agreements

Ophir Energy Plc on the negotiation of its gas sale agreements from Bangkanai PSC, Indonesia to PLN

Mubadala on the development of a model form crude sales agreement

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

M&A – Oil and Gas

Dialog Group Berhad on its acquisition of Tarpon Platform Systems Malaysia and all assets of Tarpon Systems International II, LLC. Tarpon Malaysia provides engineering, construction, installation, and maintenance services in connection with the Tarpon platform system, which is an alternative to traditional wellhead platforms and has been used extensively in water depths less than 90m

Dialog Resources Sdn Bhd, on its acquisition of Canadian publicly listed entity oil and natural gas company Pan Orient Energy Corp. (POEC) for USD$38.7 million, by way of a plan of arrangement. POEC, through its wholly-owned Singapore incorporated subsidiary Pan Orient Petroleum Pte Ltd holds a 50.01% equity interest in Pan Orient Energy (Siam) Ltd, which is the operator of Concession L53/48, onshore Thailand

Confidential bidder on its bid to acquire Repsol Exploración, S.A.’s upstream assets in Malaysia and Vietnam, which includes 60% participating interest in PM305 PSC, PM314 PSC and 2012 Kinabalu Oil PSC, 35% participating interest in the PM3 CAA PSC and 70% participating interest in the Block 46 Cai Nuoc PSC

Batavia Oil on the acquisition of Perenco Rang Dong Ltd. from Perenco Overseas Holdings Ltd., which holds a 30.5% non-operating interest in the Block 15-2 Rang Dong, offshore Vietnam

Philippine Downstream Company on its proposed sale of a minority interest to a foreign investor and related long term petroleum supply agreement

European commodity trader on its proposed acquisition of an oil products trading business with operations in Singapore and South East Asia

PTTEP on its acquisition of 33.8% stake in APICO LLC from Tatex Thailand LLC and Tatex Thailand II LLC. APICO LLC holds 35% participating interest in Blocks EU1 and E5N or the Sinphuhorm Project and 100% participating interest in Block L15/43 and Block L27/43 both located in the northeast of Thailand

Ophir Energy Plc on the US$205 million agreement to acquire a package of Southeast Asian assets including material producing assets in Vietnam and Indonesia plus exploration and appraisal assets in Malaysia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, from Australian-listed Santos Limited

Coro Energy Plc on the acquisition of a 42.5% participating interest in the Bulu PSC, Indonesia contains the Lengo gas field

Batavia Oil in connection with its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Premier Oil Kakap B.V. which holds an 18.75% participating interest in the Kakap PSC, Indonesia

Confidential international oil & gas company in relation to the potential acquisition of ENGIE’s (GDF Suez) 33.334% participating interest in the Muara Bakau PSC, Indonesia, which included a 0.11% participating interest in the Indonesian Deepwater Development

Confidential international oil & gas company in relation to the potential acquisition of a participating interest in the Andaman III PSC, Indonesia

National oil company in relation to the potential acquisition of a participating interest in the Bentu PSC, Indonesia

Japanese Trading House on its bid for the acquisition of Chevron’s 28.3% participating interest in producing blocks M5/M6 and related export pipeline between Myanmar and Thailand and 99% participating interest in exploration block A5

National oil company on the potential divestment of its participating interest in a producing gas field offshore Indonesia

Sona Petroleum Berhad on its proposed US$280 million acquisition of a 40% stake in the Greater Bualuang Area, offshore Thailand

National oil company on the divestment of its downstream business in a country in Africa

Genting Oil & Gas Limited on its wholly owned subsidiary, Genting CDX Singapore Pte Ltd’s acquisition of a 57% participating interest in Chengdaoxi Block, Bohai Bay, offshore China

Premier Oil on its acquisition of a 55% participating interest in Block 2B, onshore Kenya

BP on the divestment of its participating interest in the Southern Gas Area of the North Sea to Perenco UK Limited for US$400 million. A key element of the deal was that, instead of a full disposal, BP retained a significant interest in the carboniferous reservoirs in the Amethyst and Ravenspurn licenses in the southern basin. This was the first deal of its kind in the UK Continental Shelf

BP on its divestment of its participating interest in the Alba and Britannia fields in the North Sea to Mitsui for US$280 million

BP on the disposal of its non-operated 50% participating interest in in the Sean gas field in the UK North Sea to SSE Plc for US$288 million

ConocoPhillips on the potential disposal of certain North Sea assets

M&A – LNG

JAPEX on the acquisition of a 36% stake in ITECO Joint Stock Company, an LNG terminal business operator in Vietnam

LNG portfolio company on its proposal to acquire an interest in the Bac Lieu LNG-to-Power project, Vietnam

Keppel Corporation on its 30% investment into Gimi MS Corporation (Golar LNG Limited is the other shareholder), which will undertake the development, construction and operation of a floating LNG facility located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP

M&A – Power

Mitsui on its exit from coal-fired power generation, including Mitsui's announced sale of its 45.5% stake in PT Paiton Energy, Indonesia's largest power plant

JERA Co., Inc, a leading Japanese energy company, on its US$1.6 billion acquisition of a 27% stake in publicly-traded Aboitiz Power Corporation (PSE: AP), one of the largest power producers in the Philippines, including on a strategic alliance for co-investment in clean and renewable energy projects

TEPCO Renewable Power on its acquisition of 25% of the issued shares of PT Kencana Energi Lestari, Tbk, an Indonesia-based renewable energy company listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange that focuses on hydroelectric power and currently owns three hydroelectric power subsidiaries

Scatec Solar ASA, a leading publicly-listed solar power producer with its headquarters in Oslo Norway, on its US$1.166 billion acquisition of SN Power AS, a leading hydropower developer and independent power producer, with operating assets the Philippines, Laos and Uganda with a total gross capacity of 1.4 GW plus a pipeline of 2.5 GW across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

AES Corporation in the auction sale of its 51% interest in the 990MW Masinloc power project and associated 30MW battery energy storage project in the Philippines to a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, including the negotiation of an associated co-sale by EGCO of its 49% stake to SMC, for a total enterprise value of US$2.4 billion

Edra Global Energy Berhad on its US$2.3 billion power assets’ portfolio divestment to a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation. The transaction is the largest announced M&A transaction in Malaysia to date, and one of the largest in the Asia power sector in 2015

M&A – Infrastructure

Aeropark Development Philippines Inc., a special purpose entity owned by CarVal Investors, acquired West Aeropark a five-building development in Clark Global City, Pampanga, Philippines with a combined gross floor area of 142,000 square meters, previously owned by Udenna Land’s Global Gateway Development Corp. in Clark Global City, Pampanga

Cerberus Capital Management on its US$2.4 billion acquisition of shipyard in the Philippines (the largest ever foreign investment in the Philippines (largest ever foreign investment in the country, once employing 40,000 people) out of the country’s largest ever bankruptcy

Credentials

Legal Practice Certificate, BPP Law School London, Distinction

LL.B., University of Bristol, UK, Second Class Honours (Upper Division)

England and Wales

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)

England & Wales (SRA # 543351)

Recognised as Women in Hydrogen 50


Hydrogen Economist, 2024

Recognised as a Rising Star


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2024

Zoë is recognised for her expertise in the oil and gas and LNG space


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Zoë is a fast-rising partner in Singapore with experience handling cross-border transactions and project development


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Zoe is careful and deliberate, while not being overly risk averse in a commercial context


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë is particularly attentive and is very good at pushing negotiations forward.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë’s very practical, quick to understand issues and highly responsive.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë is proactive, with good management skills and in-depth knowledge of the subject matter.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

Shortlisted Lawyer: Rising Star of the Year


Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards, Projects and Energy

Rising Star


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022

“Very happy with Zoë and would use her again without a doubt.”


Legal 500, Asia-Pacific 2022

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Recognition

Recognised as Women in Hydrogen 50


Hydrogen Economist, 2024

Recognised as a Rising Star


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2024

Zoë is recognised for her expertise in the oil and gas and LNG space


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Zoë is a fast-rising partner in Singapore with experience handling cross-border transactions and project development


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Zoe is careful and deliberate, while not being overly risk averse in a commercial context


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë is particularly attentive and is very good at pushing negotiations forward.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë’s very practical, quick to understand issues and highly responsive.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

“Zoë is proactive, with good management skills and in-depth knowledge of the subject matter.”


Chambers Asia-Pacific, Energy & Natural Resources: International, Singapore 2024

Shortlisted Lawyer: Rising Star of the Year


Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards, Projects and Energy

Rising Star


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022

“Very happy with Zoë and would use her again without a doubt.”


Legal 500, Asia-Pacific 2022