Herbert Smith Freehills adds Lachlan Clancy as energy partner in Tokyo

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Lachlan Clancy as an energy partner in Tokyo.

His appointment reflects the firm's ongoing investment in its energy practice, and follows the hire of Singapore energy partner Anthony Patten in September.

"Lachlan has extensive experience in the energy and mining industries, including energy transition project and transactions," said Asia Head of Corporate Andrew Blacoe. "Our Japanese clients are active investors in this sector, and his hire strengthens our ability to advise on their investments into Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Europe."

The two new partners join a regional energy team that spans Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Singapore and Tokyo, and that works seamlessly as part of the firm's 700-strong global energy team.

"Anthony and Lachlan have worked together for over a decade and boast top-level client relationships in the energy and mining industries," said Asia managing partner Graeme Preston. "At such a critical time for energy transition investment, their appointments strengthen both the firm's energy credentials and its ability to respond to growing client demand in Asia and beyond."

ABOUT LACHLAN

Lachlan specialises in project development, project finance and transactions in the oil and gas, mining and transition minerals, and new energy sectors. A bachelor's degree graduate in law from the University of Melbourne, he is qualified in Australia and England & Wales and is licensed to advise in Japan as a Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi. Lachlan joins Herbert Smith Freehills from King & Spalding in Tokyo.

NOTES FOR EDITORS

1. Operating from 24 offices across Asia Pacific, EMEA and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills engages with the most important challenges and opportunities facing our clients. With a nearly 40-year history in Asia, the firm has over 300 lawyers and legal professionals in the region, advising clients on complex corporate, disputes and finance matters from offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta*, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai*, Singapore* and Tokyo.

1. With more than 400 lawyers in its global energy team, Herbert Smith Freehills has advised on some of the most significant energy and renewables projects, disputes and transactions around the world. The firm is continuously ranked as a tier one firm for energy globally. Across the Asia Pacific, the firm has over 100 lawyers who focus on advising clients on energy and natural resources transactions, projects, financings and disputes.  The firm offers specialist teams on-the-ground in Asia covering all of the major practice areas in the energy sector. This includes local law capability in China, Indonesia and Singapore.
2. Partners hired by Herbert Smith Freehills and its alliance firms in Asia since January 2022 include Anthony Patten, Peiwen Chen, Justina Zhang, Daniel Chia, Jonathan Tang, Yanguang Ker, Xavier Amadei, Rupert Baker, Adrian Wong, Nonnabhat (Niab) Paiboon, Irfan Ghazali, Abimata Putra and Prawidha Murti.  Partner David Webb relocated to the firm's Hong Kong office in August and partner Malika Chandrasegaran was seconded from the firm's Sydney office to Singapore in September

*In Shanghai, the firm has a joint operation with Kewei, allowing access to China legal services alongside Herbert Smith Freehills' international expertise. In Jakarta, Herbert Smith Freehills' international counsel practise on secondment at its affiliate firm, Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung, one of Indonesia’s leading commercial and corporate law firms. In Singapore, Herbert Smith Freehills entered a Formal Law Alliance (FLA) with Prolegis LLC in 2015, that allows access to Prolegis' Singapore law capabilities.