Clifford Chance

Global Financial Markets

Mel Chan regularly advises sponsors, multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, export credit agencies and commercial banks on the financing of energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular emphasis on Asia Pacific. Her experience spans across the oil & gas, refining and petrochemicals, power and infrastructure sectors. She has worked on numerous first-of-a-kind projects, and has handled multiple complex multi-source financings and blended finance transactions. She also has extensive experience on ECA-backed financings.

Mel is a member of the Clifford Chance Global Energy Transition Initiative. Her focus is on renewables, carbon capture, green fuels and clean hydrogen/ammonia.

Joined Clifford Chance 2013

Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong 2014

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2023

Partner since 2025

Speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English

University of Oxford (BA Economics and Management) 2009

BPP Law School (Graduate Diploma in Law) 2010

University of Hong Kong (Postgraduate Certificates in Law) 2011