Sam Farrands is Managing Partner of Minter Ellison's Hong Kong office and Head of the firm's Major Projects practice in Asia. Recognised as one of Hong Kong's leading projects lawyers, Sam advises developers, contractors, financiers and governments on major projects and privatisations throughout Asia. He has worked on major projects and privatisations around the region, primarily in the energy, petroleum, gas, LNG, water and wastewater sectors.

Increasingly, Sam is developing a reputation as an expert in public private partnerships (PPPs) having led the Minter Ellison team that advised the successful consortium to build the HK$2.3 billion international exhibition centre at Chek Lap Kok airport - Hong Kong's first PPP project, and on the SkyCity Hotel development, which is the SAR's second PPP. He is currently also advising an organisation in relation to its bid to develop a hotel at the Shenzhen Airport using a PPP procurement method.

Services

• PPPs
• Energy and Resources projects (LNG, Oil and Gas)

About Minter Ellison

With a legal staff of around 1200, based in offices in Australia, New Zealand, UK, and Asia, Minter Ellison has been ranked the largest firm in the Asia Pacific region by Asian Legal Business magazine for the past four years.

The firm's Asian offices are located in the key Greater China business centres of Hong Kong and Shanghai, with an association in Jakarta. The locally based teams regularly work with clients operating or investing in many cities across the Asian region.

The Hong Kong office provides a central point of reference for clients investing or operating in Greater China. There are more than 40 specialist lawyers based there, operating across the firm's core practice areas: Major Projects and Resources; Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure; Corporate and Commercial; Dispute Resolution; Employment and Human Resources; and Technology, Media and Telecommunications.