Chin Chuan Chen, a veteran in the infrastructure, energy, and mining project finance space, leads the financing-oriented practice at Ashurst. Advising project sponsors and lenders, ECAs, and agencies on the large-scale financing of transport, energy, and infrastructure projects across numerous Belt and Road countries is a key work area for the team, which was recently engaged in an array of China outbound renewable energy and energy transition projects. Chen is supported by Zhibin Fan, who advises PRC and global lenders on cross-border energy, infrastructure, and natural resources projects.
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Key clients
- China Development Bank
- Bank of China
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- China Construction Bank
- Export-Import Bank of China
- Deutsche Bank
- DBS Bank
- China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
- China Minsheng Bank
- Malayan Banking Berhad
- OCBC Bank
Work highlights
Advised a syndicate of lenders to provide a term loan facility of more than US$4 billion to the Republic of Angola to finance the construction of the Caculo Cabaca hydroelectric power project.
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Practice head
Chin Chuan Chen
Other key lawyers
Zhibin Fan; Hao Wang; Xinpei Shen