Kris R. Leevongcharoen

Kris focuses his practice on the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects, international acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and other cross-border commercial transactions in the Asia-Pacific region.

Before joining Hunton Andrews Kurth, Kris worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Tax Practice of a “Big Four” accounting firm in New York where he advised private equity clients on deals tax structuring and tax due diligence.

• Project and financing counsel to sponsors and a developer for the continuing development and financing of a major logistics dry port and connecting railway between Lao and Vietnam.
• Acquisition and financing counsel to a major Philippine energy firm in connection with the acquisition of a 49% equity interest in a top five renewable energy portfolio in Vietnam.
• Acquisition counsel to one of Thailand’s largest independent energy developers in connection with the acquisition of a 50% equity interest in a US portfolio of natural gas-fired cogeneration power plants with a total combined capacity of 1,325 MW.
• Project and financing counsel to a multi-national group of sponsors in a 600 MW cross border wind facility in Lao and Vietnam.