Global law firm Ashurst has appointed Kate Muller as a partner in its global Projects & Energy Transition (PET) team, reflecting the market's shift beyond renewables toward large scale, system critical investments. Her arrival underscores the firm's commitment to advising on complex, capital intensive projects across the energy value chain and the broader energy transition.
Kate has deep experience at the intersection of project development and finance across Australia, Japan and Singapore. She has advised on both the debt and revenue sides of the capital stack for major energy transactions. On the debt side, her work includes limited recourse single asset project financings, portfolio and HoldCo financings, and development finance facilities. On the revenue side, she has significant experience with power purchase agreements, services agreements, virtual tolling arrangements, hedging, and government underwritten instruments, including CISAs and LTESAs. Her practice focuses on energy, as well as resources and infrastructure. She joins from Norton Rose Fulbright.
Dan Brown, Co Practice Head, Projects & Energy Transition (APAC), said:
"Consistent with our global strategy, Ashurst is investing heavily in our Energy team to help clients move capital at pace in a fast-changing market. Opportunities in transmission, gas peakers, green metals, alternative fuels, critical minerals, digital infrastructure and energy precincts demand multidisciplinary teams that move seamlessly from structuring and development through financing, delivery and operations. Kate brings deep market knowledge and outstanding expertise across key geographies, spanning project finance, development and revenue contracting. Her global perspective strengthens our end-to-end support, helping us scale with confidence and deliver the clear, coordinated insight and action clients expect."
Kate added:
"Joining Ashurst's global PET team at this inflection point for the sector is incredibly exciting. Clients are advancing ever more complex projects that require integrated, cross border, multidisciplinary teams that can align development, financing and revenue strategies from the outset. Ashurst's global platform and collaborative culture make it optimally positioned to do precisely this. I look forward to working with my colleagues across Projects, Finance, Corporate, Disputes and our expert regulatory teams to support our clients to seize opportunities in the diverse and dynamic energy and infrastructure sector - including on transmission, energy generation and storage, green metals, alternative fuels and digital infrastructure and carbon solutions."
