Desiree Woo
MilbankMilbank is a name to note in the project development space, assisting a spread of clients on power, natural resources and infrastructure projects on a national and international basis. Operating from Beijing, Shepard Liu advises on project finance, working with lenders and sponsors on transport, infrastructure and energy projects, and has, in recent years, been increasingly involved in projects within the renewables space. Marco Ying, offers up his support from Beijing, leveraging his expertise in infrastructure finance, while Desiree Woo handles project finance and development.
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Key clients
- The Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM)
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- Shandong Electric Power 3 (SEPCOIII)
- Asian Development Bank
- PT Amman Mineral Industri
- ACEN Corporation / Ayala Group
- Aboitiz Power
- GNPower Ltd
- PT Supreme Energy Rantau Dedap (SERD)
- BOC (Central and Eastern Europe)
- S. Alam Group
- PT Medco Power Indonesia
- CITIC Construction
- China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Co., Ltd.
Work highlights
- Advised Asian Development Bank and the Senior Secured Parties in connection with the financing and construction of the Monsoon Wind Power Project – a 600-megawatt wind power plant in southern Laos that feeds into Vietnam.
- Acting for PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara on the development and financing of a 400MW gas-fired power plant supplying power to the Batu Hijau copper and gold mine and smelter and refinery in Indonesia.
- Advised ] the commercial lenders (including MUFG, SMBC, ING and Natixis) on a project for an up to 120MW hyperscale data center located in West Java Province, Bekasi District, Indonesia.
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Shepard Liu