Practice areas

Energy & infrastructure; real estate; commercial contracts; financing; M&A

Introduction

Jim Bradley is a partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth. He focuses on cross-border power projects in multiple countries in Southeast Asia and also has worked on commercial and hospitality-related real estate projects in Thailand. He has supported all aspects of negotiating, risk evaluation and advising, and documenting agreements for or relating to the development, sponsor and equity participation, financing, engineering, procurement, and construction, operation and maintenance, management services, procurement and supply, dispute resolution, claims enforcement, workouts, divestitures, and acquisitions.

Starting his practice with Hunton & Williams in 1994 in the US, he has been based in Asia since 2000 with Hunton & Williams and after its 2018 merger with Andrews Kurth Kenyon, Hunton Andrews Kurth. Recent or ongoing work involves:

• Development and structuring work for a proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) fueled project in the Philippines including in relation to the procurement of LNG quantities and floating storage facilities and related services with a view to the operation and maintenance needs of a proposed combined cycle generating facility;
• Development including preparation and negotiation with a Chinese contractor of a full suite of EPC and O&M arrangements for a major project to be situated in Laos; and
• Investments by a major U. based firm in connection with investments in a 77-storey multi-use hotel, residential, and commercial tower project in Bangkok.

He has been involved for decades with the 500MW Quezon Power project and more recently the 500MW San Buenaventura supercritical project, supported the 100MW Cambodian Energy Limited project and more recent 150 MW Cambodian Energy Limited II project, supported both phases of the 78MW Natural Energy Development project, and supported the Theppana wind project and the Bowin project, among many others.

He has had significant involvement with projects and parties in or relating to Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the US and dealt with contractors from those countries, the People’s Republic of China, and European industrial centres. He has assisted sponsors, owners, and managers with major complex agreements and their administration through all phases of their projects and has a good working knowledge of historical transactions and transaction issues, and has worked with many local lawyers licensed in these jurisdictions.

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