Member Profile

Richard Nelson is a partner in King & Spalding’s Projects and Energy practice, based in the firm's Singapore office. Richard focuses on energy-related projects and transactions in Asia Pacific, including on a range of oil and gas and LNG matters. Richard is the global head of the firm’s LNG practice.

Based in Singapore since 2008, Richard regularly advises international oil and gas companies, host governments, project developers and sponsors in jurisdictions across Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.

With extensive experience in the Asian energy field, Richard works with clients on energy-related transactions and projects, particularly in the upstream oil and gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and power sectors. He has counselled clients on large numbers of LNG import projects in the region and beyond.

Richard is currently ranked as a Band 1 energy lawyer in Singapore and Asia-Pacific by the leading law directories, including Chambers and The Legal 500. He has also been listed by the IFLR 1000 2018 guide as a leading lawyer in Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development, Banking, Project Finance and M&A.

With more than 250 dedicated energy lawyers located in the world’s primary energy centres, our energy practice combines deep sector knowledge and experience with a highly commercial approach to help clients enter new markets, advance innovative projects and transactions, navigate challenging regulatory environments and find favourable paths through high-stakes disputes. Our award-winning and internationally ranked team of energy lawyers operates from major world energy centres including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Houston, London, Moscow, New York, Paris, Riyadh (affiliated office), San Francisco, Singapore and Tokyo, as well as from our other offices worldwide.

• Energy Market Authority of Singapore and Singapore LNG Corporation in connection with the development of a multi-user LNG import terminal project in Singapore and on the second aggregator terminal use arrangements.

• PTTEP in connection with several upstream oil & gas investments in Indonesia and Thailand.

• Woodside Energy on the acquisition by way of farm-in of several upstream oil & gas assets in Myanmar and other upstream investments in South East Asia.

• Summit Corporation on the development of a new LNG import terminal (FSRU) in Bangladesh.

• A bidding consortium including Mitsubishi Corporation and JERA in connection with the Jawa-1 IPP LNG-to-power project

• Chevron Corporation on certain upstream issues relating to the East Kalimantan PSC in Indonesia, including decommissioning and abandonment works.

For more details, please visit Richard’s profile: https://www.kslaw.com/people/richard-nelson

Energy Market Authority of Singapore

Singapore LNG Corporation

Tenaga Nasional Berhad

BP

BW Maritime

H-Energy

Summit Corporation

MOL

Mitsui Co. Ltd.

BW Gas

Golar LNG

Anadarko Corporation

INPEX Corporation

Pavilion Energy

Diamond Gas International (Mitsubishi)

Woodside Energy

Ramba Energy

Chevron Corporation

Premier Oil

PTTEP

Ophir plc

Woodside Energy

Marubeni Corporation

JERA

Richard is the global head of King & Spalding’s LNG practice. Prior to joining the firm, he has previously practiced in London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. He relocated to Singapore (from London) in 2008 and was responsible for establishing the Southeast Asia energy and projects practice of an international UK firm.

• LL.B., King's College, University of London, UK

• Maîtrise en droit privé, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

• Legal Practice Course, College of Law

Richard is a regular moderator and speaker at a number of leading energy conferences in Asia including Gastech Tokyo (2017), PFI Asia Pacific (2017), CWC World LNG Summit (2015, 2016, 2017), CWC Asia Pacific Summit (2016, 2017), Energy Risk Asia (2017), IBA (2017), Gas Asia Summit, FLNG Summit, IPFA and Myanmar Upstream Congress.

Leading lawyer (Ranked Individual): Energy & Natural Resources, Asia Pacific region

Chambers Asia, Chambers Global 2014-2018 (Band 1, Energy & Natural Resources)

Leading Lawyer (Ranked Individual): Projects & Energy, Singapore (International Firms)

Chambers Asia, Chambers Global 2012-2018 (Band 1, Projects & Energy)

Leading lawyer (Ranked Individual): Projects & Infrastructure, Asia Pacific region,

Chambers Asia, Chambers Global 2011-2018

Leading Lawyer (Ranked Individual): Indonesia, Projects & Natural Resources (International Firms)

Chambers Asia, Chambers Global 2012-2018

Leading Lawyer – Singapore International Who's Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers 2010 – 2018

Leading Lawyer: Energy (Foreign Firms)

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018, Singapore

Highly Regarded: Energy, Oil & Gas, Banking, Energy and Infrastructure, M&A, Project Development

IFLR1000 2018, Singapore