Bill McCormack

Bill McCormack is Of Counsel at A&O Shearman in Singapore, focusing on Infrastructure Law. Based in Asia for over 30 years, he has advised on the development and financing of many significant energy and infrastructure projects in South and Southeast Asia, as well as acquisitions and disposals in the power and oil and gas sectors.

He advises a mix of sponsors and lenders including IFC, ADB, Marubeni, SembCorp, Pertamina and PETRONAS. He has advised on some of the most complex “first-of-kind” projects in Asia and has a particular focus on renewables projects, including hydro, wind and solar.

His representative matters include advising PETRONAS on the development and financing (including bridge and long-term financing) of its approximately US$28 billion RAPID (Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development) project in Malaysia; advising Pertamina, Marubeni and Sojitz as sponsors on the development and financing of the Jawa 1 LNG-to-power project in Indonesia; advising the sponsors Metro Pacific Investments Corp, Ayala Corp and Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings on the development and financing of the US$1.1 billion LRT 1 project in Manila, Philippines; and advising IFC, ADB, DFC, FMO, Proparco, DEG, IsDB, ETDB, KEXIM and other agencies and DFIs on multiple hydro, wind and solar projects in Pakistan, Nepal and Indonesia.

His recognitions include “Senior Statesperson” for Projects & Infrastructure in Singapore, Projects & Energy in Indonesia and Projects, Infrastructure & Energy in Vietnam by Chambers Asia-Pacific (2024); “Star Individual” for Projects & Infrastructure in Singapore by Chambers Asia-Pacific (2015–2023); “Hall of Fame” for Projects and “Leading Lawyer” for Energy in Singapore and for Foreign Firms in Indonesia by Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2023); “Market Leader” for Banking, Project Development and Project Finance in Singapore by IFLR1000 (2023); and recommendation by Who’s Who Legal: Southeast Asia – Energy (2023). Chambers Asia-Pacific has described him as “a fantastic reputation as a deal maker” and noted that “if there has been a complex structure on a project in Asia in the last ten-plus years, you can bet that Bill has been involved.”

He holds an LL.B. from the University of Dublin Trinity College (1989, Foundation Scholar) and was admitted as a Solicitor of England & Wales in 1993. He speaks English.