Ben Smith
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Ben Smith is an energy lawyer based in Singapore, where he advises on oil and gas matters and transactions. Ben has a particular focus on the development of LNG Projects and the long-term sale and purchase of LNG, but also advises on all types of upstream developments, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures.
Ben has been seconded to a supermajor in the UK for seven months and to a Japanese trading house in Tokyo for two years. On both secondments, he advised on oil and gas-related matters.
Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific 2015 comments that “Ben Smith draws much praise for his LNG work, in addition to his expertise across multiple aspects of oil and gas.”