Sidley Austin has appointed energy specialist Tju Liang Chua as a partner at its Singapore office. Chua joins from Vinson & Elkins in Shanghai.

With experience in the energy and natural resources sectors, Chua has advised clients on international cross-border transactions, including energy M&A deals between Asia and the Americas. He also handles energy and natural resources-specific matters, including LNG and crude oil sales agreements, drilling services agreements, joint operating agreements and production sharing contracts.

“We expect energy and natural resource transactions and projects to continue to grow in number and complexity as the Southeast Asian economies try to meet the surging demand in these sectors, and we believe that Singapore will be the key energy hub for such matters,” said Thomas Albrecht, managing partner, Asia-Pacific, at Sidley Austin.

The firm established its Singapore office in 1982, and received its Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licence in February this year.

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