Bree Miechel
Bree is a partner at Reed Smith based in Singapore. She advises on energy and infrastructure projects globally with a focus on emerging markets.
Bree has lived and worked in Asia, the Middle East and Australia acting for sponsors/investors, governments, lenders, contractors and suppliers and understands the drivers and constraints of all parties on major infrastructure projects. She was previously seconded as acting Head of Legal East Asia for a rail group and works efficiently alongside in-house legal and commercial teams.
Bree advises across asset class including on power (conventional and renewable), energy efficiency, oil & gas, water & waste, transport and commercial property projects. As part of a multi-law firm and industry team, Bree is working with TWI and IRENA to develop a standardized suite of documents to de-risk and decrease project and transaction costs to accelerate the development of solar PV projects globally.
Asian Legal Business named Bree Miechel one of the "40 under 40" in 2018, an award that recognizes outstanding legal professionals in the region, and shortlisted her as Woman Lawyer of the Year in 2019. She is recognised by IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Global rankings 2019 and 2020 as a highly regarded project development lawyer and described in Legal500 as 'brilliant', 'deeply involved in the project' with 'the highest level of professionalism'.