Houston-headquartered Baker Botts has returned to Asia after opening a Singapore office. The office is led by projects partner Richard Guit, who was mostly recently with Ashurst in Perth.

The office opening comes little less than a year after it shut down its last Asia office in Hong Kong in December. In 2020, it had shuttered its Beijing outpost.

With this office, Baker Botts becomes the latest international firm to establish a presence in Singapore, following in the footsteps of Three Crowns, Goodwin Procter, Greenberg Traurig, and Pérez-Llorca.

According to Baker Botts, the Singapore office will act as a hub for the firm’s energy, infrastructure, and project finance capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, working closely with the firm’s U.S., U.K, and Middle East offices.

Guit has experience in different delivery, financing, and operating models across infrastructure and energy assets. His clients include governments, project sponsors, multi-laterals, senior debt providers and investors.

Guit joined Ashurst as a partner in 2015 from Australian law firm Minter Ellison. He previously worked with Addleshaw Goddard and CMS Cameron McKenna in London.