Paul Hastings boosts project finance practice

US law firm Paul Hastings has hired Raj Pande to head up its Asian project finance practice. Pande joins the firm from White & Case in Singapore and will divide his time between Paul Hastings's offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Pande specializes in energy and infrastructure projects, and has recently advised on two of the biggest LNG deals in the region. He represents the project lenders - all of the big Chinese banks - on the 3.7 million tonne a year LNG terminal and 213 km pipe…