Energy, Mining, Infrastructure

2011 ALB Project Finance Deal of the Year
Awarded project finance deal of the year for the Hongsa Mine-Mouth Power Project: (US 2.7 B, largest Thai project financing syndication, first thermal power project in Lao PDR) 

2011 ALB IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd South East Asia Deal of the Year
Awarded IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd. South East Asia deal of the year for the Hongsa Mine-Mouth Power Project deal

DFDL has one of the leading energy, mining and infrastructure development and finance practices in the Mekong region, and we are rapidly expanding into neighboring countries such asI ndonesia, Bangladesh and emerging markets the Middle East. Since 1994, we have represented developers and sponsors, lenders, governments, multilateral agencies and others on some of the highest-profile projects in the region.  Working with governmental and non-governmental entities, we have also actively contributed to the development of laws and legal frameworks in many of our core jurisdictions which have seen significant political and institutional changes in recent years.

We are committed to providing our clients with seamless advice of the highest quality at local and international levels.  The EMI Practice Group draws on our firm’s highly regarded commercial, M&A, finance, construction & engineering, tax and dispute resolution capabilities, as well our deep international and local experience and industry knowledge, to assist clients seeking to develop and finance infrastructure projects across a broad geographic footprint.

Over the last decade, attorneys at DFDL have led or been key team members of “Deals of the Year” for every year but one.  As a firm, we have advised on major projects valued at well over US$25 billion. In 2010 alone, we advised on projects valued at nearly US$14 billion.

The EMI Practice Group is organized along lines that reflect the businesses of our clients and enable our teams to develop and refine a high level of technical, financial and commercial knowledge of relevant sectors, as well as key legal issues.  Our goal is to provide our clients with focused legal advice tailored to fit their needs and useful in sight of the business realities they face in connection with complex infrastructure projects.

Our focus sectors are:

• Infrastructure
• Renewable energy
• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Hydro & Thermal energy
• Telecom

Within each of these industry sectors, advisers at DFDL have experience in a wide range of transactions related to infrastructure project development and financing in the Asia Pacific region, South Asia and the Middle East.  In particular, we have expertise in the following:

• Power generation projects employing both fossil and non-fossil fuel generation, including coal; simple and combined cycle gas and integrated gas-to-power projects; co-generation, wind, solar hydro and biomass energy;
• Concession based projects (such as BOOT/BOO, PPP and other governmental agreements);
• Oil and gas fields, pipelines, transmission lines, mine development and port development;
• FSOs and FPSOs, including all related shipping and handling issues and FSO conversions and related shipping finance;
• Project financings and other limited and non-recourse structures;
• Securitizations and other receivables financing structures and hybrid structures;
• Multilateral and ECA support;
• Major M&A transactions (including private equity investments), takeovers and IPOs; and
• Commercial dispute resolution (including international arbitration).

Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Partner, Country Managing Director Thailand, Head of Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Practice Group

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