Akaash M. Singh

Akaash is representing several clients on LNG and FSRU related transactions across Southeast Asia, including ITOCHU on LNG sale and purchase agreements into Asia, and Nippon Yusen Kabishiki Kaisha and PT Nusantara Regas on their id to build, own, and operate a new FSRU project in Indonesia. He works across the LNG value chain, including in respect of LNG sale and purchase agreements. 

Before joining Mayer Brown, Akaash gained significant experience advising on a variety of energy projects and PPPs. He advised Sojitz and ENEOS on their successful purchase, financing, procurement, and delivery of a 204MW solar power plant in Queensland; facilitated Asian Development Bank’s involvement in the financing, tender, and offtake for Timor-Leste’s first utility-scale power plant; and COBRA INSTALACIONES Y SERVICIOS on its successful bid to build renewable energy transmission infrastructure in the Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone. 

Akaash’s experience in construction law issues puts him in a unique place to advise on any project, regardless of complexity or size. He has advised clients on a variety of project development documentation across energy, infrastructure, and resources, including EPC, D&C, BOOM, BOOT and BTO contracts; FSRU ship building contracts; PPAs, operation and maintenance agreements; project deeds; joint venture agreements; and supply and offtake agreements. 

In addition, having earned a Diploma of International Arbitration from the University of Vienna, Akaash advises on dispute avoidance when preparing project documentation and works well with Mayer Brown’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. 

• A technology company on the construction of data centres in Australia, including negotiations on construction documentation and agreements with distributed network service providers, with an approximate value of US$500 million
• COBRA INSTALACIONES Y SERVICIOS on its role in the ACE Energy Consortium in relation to the maintenance and lifecycle arrangements for transmission infrastructure in the Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone, with an approximate value of US$250 million; 
• A government owned corporation on the construction, funding and project delivery of the Rookwood Weir water asset in Queensland, with an approximate value of US$244 million);
• Queensland’s network operator on a market-first ‘Strategic Partnership’ for the maintenance of rolling stock, with an approximate value of US$216 million; 
• Japanese sponsors, Sojitz and ENEOS, on the EPC and O&M arrangements for a 204MW solar farm in Queensland, with an approximate value of US$180 million; 
• A global Oleochemical organization on the procurement, construction and BOOM arrangements for its Marvel 2 expansion, with an approximate value of US$175 million;
• The Asian Development Bank preparing, structuring and procuring a 100MW utility scale photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant and battery energy storage system (BESS) in Timor-Leste. The project also included producing a power purchase agreement (PPA) and procurement suite and represents the first project of its kind in the country, with an approximate value of US$120 million; and

Represented PureCycle Technologies Inc on the negotiation and development of various joint venture arrangements with Korean and Japanese companies for the development of recycling plants throughout Asia, with an approximate value of US$80 million.