Ean MacPherson

Ean MacPherson is the head of Projects and Energy in APAC, based in the Tokyo and Singapore offices. His practice area focuses on the renewable energy and data center sectors.

With experience across the Asia Pacific region spanning over 20 years, including Australia, Thailand, Japan and Singapore, Ean focuses on renewable and conventional energy power projects (including offshore wind, solar and biomass), data centre, joint ventures, major projects and corporate work.

For over a decade, since the introduction of the Japanese renewable energy feed in tariff regime, he has acted for foreign renewable energy investors to acquire, develop, finance and construct renewable energy projects in Japan. His power experience includes assisting multiple clients on their Japanese retail and wholesale electricity businesses, including acting for the first foreign company to obtain an electricity retail license after the 2016 liberalization of the Japanese retail energy sector.

With the growth in data centre projects, he has advised multiple data centre developers on construction, power procurement and capital raising for their Japanese projects.

Ean has also acted for numerous Japanese utilities and trading houses companies investing in power, mining and oil & gas projects outside Japan.

At the vanguard of Japanese renewable energy law changes, in his role as legal advisor to foreign companies investing in the Japanese market, Ean regularly writes articles and presents at leading industry conferences, and is a sought after adviser for clients investing in projects across the region.