Kristian Bradshaw, an internationally recognized energy attorney who advises clients in Japan and worldwide on complex project developments and financings, announced it has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Tokyo. And Bradshaw focuses his practice on energy, infrastructure, and the energy transition, emphasizing LNG, hydrogen and ammonia, clean fuels, solar, wind, geothermal, carbon capture and storage, and cleantech matters.
Bradshaw joined the firm from White & Case LLP, where he was a local partner. His previous roles included positions at a Japanese energy major and a secondment at a Japanese bank. And a selection of Bradshaw’s notable representations includes:
-Advised an international energy fund on its acquisition of interests in several LNG projects in Australia.
-Worked on an international energy fund on a joint venture with a Japanese company to develop a wind project in northern Japan.
-Advised the lenders on developing and financing a floating LNG project in Mozambique.
-Working with a Japanese company on developing and financing a low-carbon ammonia production and export project in Texas.
-Advised the project company on developing and financing an LNG project in Indonesia.
-Worked with a Japanese consortium to develop and finance a low-carbon iron metallics production plant in the Sultanate of Oman.
-Advised the buyer on its negotiation and entry into a long-term LNG agreement with Venture Global LNG to purchase LNG from the Plaquemines LNG facility in Louisiana.
-Worked with a Japanese-Korean consortium on developing an IPP project in Vietnam.
Bradshaw is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales and the Tokyo Bar Association and speaks English, Japanese, French, and German. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge and his law degrees from The College of Law and BPP Law School, both in London.
Bradshaw is the latest addition to the firm’s global energy team. And in September, energy project finance partners Ayesha Waheed and Seyfi Can Kandemir joined Hunton Andrews Kurth’s London office. Last year, the firm welcomed London-based corporate energy Partner Philip Mace and energy and infrastructure disputes Partners Maurice Kenton and David Hesse, Counsel Edward Hamilton and Special Counsel Simon Schooling, who collectively are leading members of the firm’s international arbitration team.
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“Kristian’s addition further strengthens our position as a leading advisor to the global energy sector, as we continue to execute on our international strategic growth plan. He is widely regarded as an outstanding energy project development lawyer, committed to creating innovative and thoughtful solutions to help his clients achieve their business goals.”
-Jeffrey P. Schroeder, head of Hunton Andrews Kurth’s energy and infrastructure team
“In addition to bolstering our project development and finance practice in Tokyo, Kristian brings a complementary skillset and experience that provides exciting opportunities for collaboration with our existing energy practices throughout the region. We are pleased to welcome him to the firm.”
-George Borovas, who leads Hunton Andrews Kurth’s nuclear practice
