Chris Osborne

Partner in the Corporate and M&A Group of Watson Farley & Williams

Based in Thailand since 2001, Chris leads cross-border M&A (sell-side and buy-side) and advises developers in the renewable energy sector across the full project life cycle, from early phase diligence, EPC, PPA, O&M and project finance documentation through to post-commissioning performance. Chris has advised some of the largest wind energy developers active in Asia from early phase development through to commissioning and on pre-contentious negotiations with turbine suppliers. Chris has, for many years, been recognised for both his corporate and energy sector expertise by leading legal directories Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers Global, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and IFLR1000. In 2020, Chambers note “he is a good communicator who clearly does energy work and knows what is going on” and that “he explains issues properly and makes them easy to understand.”