Lian Yok Tan

Renewables

• Advising a client on the acquisition of interest in a 50MW wind power project in Kazakhstan.
• Advising an international oil company on its activities that are intended to form the basis for carbon capture, carbon credit extraction and carbon trading framework in Indonesia.
• Advising a US MNC in connection with its proposed corporate power purchase agreement from a Vietnamese solar power plant project.
• Advising a multinational technology corporation in connection with its proposed corporate power purchase agreement from a solar power plant to be built in Singapore by Sembcorp Solar Singapore.
• Advising a multinational company in relation to its proposed DPPA arrangement in Vietnam.
• Advising SPHP (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. (a joint venture company owned by ISDN Holdings (SGX:I07), eREX Co. Ltd. (TYO:9517) and Cambodian company, Asia Energy Power Co. Ltd) on the construction contract for an 80MW hydropower plant and a large-scale water storage capacity in Pursat Province, Cambodia.
• Advising a technology solutions company on its project to build, operate and supply energy storage facilities and services in the Philippines. The facilities will store power generated by a solar power plant on-site, and will be built using Chinese-made equipment.
• Advising on proposed corporate purchase of renewal energy in Singapore, including a proposed virtual solar power purchase agreement with a solar energy provider.
• Advising a US multinational corporation in connection with its proposed joint purchase with a US tech giant of environmental attributes from a Vietnamese solar power plant project.
• Advising Cosmos Chemicals Bhd on the proposed US$1.6 billion development, construction and operation, and limited recourse financing of a polysilicon manufacturing plant in Samalaju Industrial Park, Sarawak, Malaysia.
• Acting for a subsidiary of ISDN Holdings Limited (SGX:I07) on its engineering, procurement and construction contracts for mini hydropower plants in Indonesia with Chinese contractors, and financing from Sinosure.

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

• Advising an Asian buyer in connection with price review clauses and other issues under its LNG SPA with TotalEnergies.
• Advising an NOC in connection with its LNG cargo scheduling dispute with a major LNG trader under its LNG MSPA.
• Advising Taiwan Power on its long-term LNG purchases for its two 1,300MW CGT LNG/gas-to-power plant projects in Taichung. The LNG will be delivered to Taiwan Power’s LNG receiving terminal in Taichung.
• Advising Taiwan Power on its long-term LNG purchases for its LNG/gas-to-power plant project in Hsieh-Ho. The LNG will be delivered to an FSRU (with a 170,000-cubic-metre capacity) pending development of the onshore LNG receiving terminal.
• Advising on purchase of LNG and reselling LNG in ISO containers to international and domestic buyers and equity investments by potential investors in the project.
• Advising a national oil company in relation to declaration of force majeure on an LNG vessel chartered by its buyer of LNG that it purchased from and to be supplied by Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi US LNG export terminal.
• Advising ExxonMobil on its long-term sale of LNG produced from Rovuma, Mozambique Area 4.
• Advising ExxonMobil on its long-term LNG sale to Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group.
• Advising an international oil company on US and EU antitrust issues pursuant to its long-term sale of LNG.
• Advising a national oil company on its long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement with Mozambique LNG1 Company for supplies of LNG from Mozambique Area 1.
• Advising Pertamina in relation to the proposed sale to Trafigura of a portion of its volumes from Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi US LNG export terminal, as part of Pertamina’s LNG portfolio adjustments.
• Advising CPC Corporation (Taiwan) on its proposed 20-year long-term 0.8 million tonnes per annum LNG purchase from seller, GDF Suez, of LNG tolled by Sempra in connection with the Cameron Project in the US.
• Advising a national oil company on its proposed long-term LNG purchase in connection with the Cameron Project in the US.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on various consultancy agreements with its advisors in connection with an LNG receiving terminal in China.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on procurement rules in connection with procurement of LNG for an LNG receiving terminal in China.
• Advising a national oil company on its FOB LNG SPA and related agreement with Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, for supply of LNG from Corpus Christi Bay in the US.
• Advising a national oil company on its proposed investment into the US$1 billion LNG receiving terminal project in Batangas, Philippines, developed by First Gen Corporation and Tokyo Gas.
• Advising a national oil company on its FOB LNG SPA with Diamond Gas for supply of LNG from the Cameron LNG terminal in the US.
• Advising CNOOC on the charter of a floating storage unit (FSU) vessel, Haiyang Shiyou 301, as floating storage of LNG and part of the facilities to supply gas into a power plant in Bali, Indonesia.
• Advising Shizuoka Gas in relation to its LNG gas-up, cool-down and top-up services agreement for its Shimizu LNG receiving terminal.
• Advising Ministry of Mines & Energy of an Asian country on its first-ever LNG import licences. Our work involved drafting of a licence to import LNG (covering LNG import, LNG terminal, LNG storage and LNG regasification), licence to distribute gas (covering natural gas transportation and distribution) and licence to purchase gas (covering purchase of natural gas and supply of natural gas to city gas network, power plants and other buyers of natural gas).
• Advising a leading full-service investment bank on its proposed establishment of an LNG shipping business with a Japanese trading house.
• Advising a leading full-service investment bank on its proposed expansion into the LNG trading business, including setting up LNG trading hubs in Singapore, London and other cities.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on its sale and purchase of gas measuring equipment and integrated test facility for gas meters.
• Advising on the pro forma long-term LNG master sale and purchase agreement for an Asian state-owned utility company.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on its various credit and banking facilities, foreign exchange transactions and intra company loans in connection with its LNG trading activities.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on its standard form LNG master sale and purchase agreement.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on various non-disclosure agreements and LNG master sale and purchase agreements with international oil companies, national oil companies, traders and end users in connection with its LNG trading activities, including in connection with COVID-19 force majeure issues.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on its framework agreement for LNG Cargo Inspection Services with SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. in connection with its LNG trading activities.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on its MOU and framework agreement with international oil companies and traders in connection with its development of its LNG trading activities.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on its tenancy agreement in connection with its LNG trading activities.
• Advising North Asian LNG player on its energy, trading and risk management (ETRM) software and services contract to facilitate its LNG trading activities.
• Advising a US oil trader on the financing of international sale and purchase of LNG.
• Advising a Chinese provincial gas and LNG company on its ISDA master agreement with Macquarie in connection with the roll out of its hedging programme.
• Advising an NOC in relation to its intention to early terminate its LNG SPA with a US supplier.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on its long-term LNG purchase agreement.

Oil and Gas

• Advising Pertamina in relation to its purchase of participating interest in Masela gas field, from which gas will be exported as LNG, and is a project of national strategic importance for Indonesia.
• Advising Pertamina in relation to its purchase of participating interest in West Qurna-1, a super oil field in Iraq.
• Advising a national oil company on its proposed acquisition of participating interests valued in excess of US$1 billion in two Nigerian hydrocarbon fields offered for sale by Total.
• Advising a national oil company on its proposed US$2 billion acquisition of participating interest in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil fields in Azerbaijan and other assets, including interest in the 1,768-kilometre Baku-Tibilisi-Cheyhan (BTC) crude oil pipeline connecting Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and Ceyhan, a port on the south-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, via Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
• Advising a national oil company on its oil and gas Exploration and Development Contract in Iraq.
• Advising the joint venture company established by PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya Tbk (IDX:SRTG) and other investors on their investment into Indonesian oil and gas assets.
• Advising a publicly listed company on its proposed termination of a joint venture in an oil and gas company.
• Advising CNOOC in connection with its divestment from the Malacca Strait production sharing contract.
• Advising on the proposed acquisition of one of the world’s largest petrochemical refineries, Jurong Aromatics Corporation (JAC), in Singapore, during the receivership of JAC.
• Advising on the proposed acquisition of pipe laying vessel, Lewek Constellation, from a subsidiary of EMAS Chiyoda Subsea, during its US Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
• Advised a national oil company on its proposed purchase of Shell’s 17% participating interest in the Mukhaiznah production sharing contract in Oman.
• Acting for M3nergy Berhad (KLSE:M3NERGY) on its acquisition of 25% participating interest in production sharing contracts and its joint operating agreement with Petronas Carigali and SapuraKencana in connection with Blocks SB331 and SB332 onshore Sabah.
• Advising a national oil company on its proposed US$250 million acquisition of two oil blocks in Kazakhstan.
• Advising Pertamina on its proposed US$725 million acquisition of a 32% interest in hydrocarbon fields in Venezuela from Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:HNR).
• Advising on Myanmar’s form of production sharing contracts for development of onshore and offshore oil and gas fields.
• Advising Pertamina on its acquisition of Talisman Energy’s participating interest in the Offshore Southeast Sumatra production sharing contract in Indonesia.
• Advising on the proposed acquisition of the entire share capital of a company existing under the laws of Bermuda, which is the contractor under a production sharing contract for an onshore block in Indonesia.
• Advising SK Gas in connection with its joint venture with Mitsui & Co, Bangladeshi East Coast Group and Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation to develop LPG import and bottling terminal in Maheshkhali, Bangladesh.
• Advising Pertamina on the development of proposed US$8 billion integrated refinery and petrochemical plant (with processing capacity of up to 350,000 barrels per day of crude oil and of around 2.5 million of naphtha, respectively) in Balongan, Indonesia.
• Advising on the proposed development of an oil refinery in Sapugaskanda, Sri Lanka, and the associated downstream infrastructure.
• Advising Pertamina on its US$5 billion refinery development master plan (RDMP) for Balikpapan refinery in Indonesia, which involves upgrading and modernisation of the 260,000-b/d refinery.
• Advising a consortium led by Russia's RT Global Resources, the subsidiary of Russian state corporation, Rostec, in relation to a request for proposal (RFP) for the financing, development and operation of a US$4 billion oil refinery in Uganda.
• Advising on the proposed acquisition of shares in a publicly listed company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Indonesia.
• Advising a subsidiary of Yinson Holdings Berhad (KLSE:YINSON) on its deployment of FPSO Abigail-Joseph to the Anyala & Madu fields in Block OML 83 & 85, offshore Nigeria.
• Advising on the provision of jack-up drilling rig "Tasha" for Petronas’ drilling programme for an initial contract term of two years.
• Advising shipyard, Keppel Offshore & Marine, on its joint venture with Rosneft and MHWirth, as well as advising on US and EU sanctions considerations against Russia.
• Advising a shipyard on its EPC contracts for the fabrication of drill ships for deployment into Brazilian deepwater, including issues related to the potential insolvency of the buyer.
• Advising China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd (COOEC) (SHA:600583) in connection with its EPC contract for the fabrication of FPSOs P-67 & P-70 for deployment to Brazilian deepwater.
• Advising a subsidiary of one of China's largest gas suppliers on various consultancy agreements with its advisors in connection with its proposed downstream oil and gas joint venture.
• Advising an Asian shipyard on sanctions rules imposed by the US and the EU against Russia in connection with the shipyard’s supply of a docking station to an affiliate of Russian entities that are blocked by these sanctions and preparing a sanctions compliance manual for employees of the shipyard.
• Advising an Asian shipyard on sanctions rules imposed by the US and the EU against Russia in connection with the shipyard’s supply of a dock and floating crane to an affiliate of Russian entities that are blocked by these sanctions and on the supply and construction contract between the parties.
• Advising a subsidiary of M3nergy Berhad (KLSE:M3NERGY) in connection with supply and construction of topsides/modules of its floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Ratu Nusantara, to be deployed to Bukit Tua field development project in Indonesia.
• Advising Overseas Petroleum and Investment Africa Corporation on procurement laws of Taiwan and the maintenance, repair and operation of oil production agreements for its project in Chad.
• Advising on the proposed leveraged buyout of a company with indirect ownership of vessels providing offshore oil and gas exploration and production services in Nigeria.
• Advising a national oil company in connection with claims (including competing claims from bank creditors of Hin Leong Trading) and counterclaims against Hin Leong Trading, an oil trader undergoing judicial management in Singapore with debts in excess of US$3 billion.
• Advising a national oil company on the effects of US trade sanctions on a trading of Nile Blend crude oil to be supplied from Sudan.
• Advising a national oil company on an ISDA master agreement with over a dozen counterparties in connection with the roll out of its hedging programme.
• Advising a subsidiary of New Standard Energy Limited (ASX:NSE) on its hedging programme covering 80% of oil production from its Eagle Ford shale project in the US, to protect against any potential future fluctuations in the oil price and to ensure the company can confidently service its loan commitments from Credit Suisse.
• Advising a national oil company in relation to an arbitration against its upstream oil and gas joint venture partner.
• Advising on the proposed acquisition of 25% of shares in a Thai petroleum products sales and marketing company.
• Advising a national oil company on the proposed joint venture in the sales and marketing of petroleum products in the Philippines.
• Advising on internal corporate restructuring of Pertamina involving its subsidiary in Singapore.
• Advising on the proposed entry of clients into the Singapore bunkering industry, including the bunkering licence regime in Singapore, and the acquisition of bunkering vessels or equity in bunkering licence holders.
• Advising Petrobras on its audit engagement letter with KPMG.
• Advising PGNiG in connection with its ISDA master agreement and Credit Support Annex.

Power

• Advising ANTAM (ASX:ATM; IDX:ANTM) on its US$145 million engineering, procurement and construction contract with Sumitomo Corporation for the construction of two 30MW coal-fired power plants in connection with the modernisation and optimisation of a ferronickel smelter in Pomalaa, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
• Advised PT Merak Energi on its development of two 60MW coal fired captive power and steam plants in Merak, Indonesia.
• Advising a major coal supplier on its dispute under its contract for supply of coal to a coal-fired power plant in Southeast Asia.
• Advising Nippon Gas Co., Ltd (TYO: 8174) on its investments in Entrust Energy, a retail energy company delivering electricity and natural gas to homes and businesses in deregulated markets throughout the US and into Australia.

Mining and Metals

• Advising Chalco (SSE: 601600) on its prepayment arrangement for purchase of coking coal from Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi mines in Mongolia.
• Advising PT ANTAM NiTERRA HALTIM on its development, construction, ownership and operation of a ferronickel blast furnace smelting project to be built at East Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia, with the capacity of producing 80,000 metric tonnes of ferronickel per year.
• Advising on PT Indonesia Chemical Alumina on its chemical grade alumina production facilities in Tayan, Kalimantan, Indonesia, including restructuring of the financing for the project and acquisition of intellectual property.
• Advising ANTAM (ASX:ATM; IDX:ANTM) on its investment in PT Nusantara Halmahera Minerals, a joint venture between ANTAM and Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM) and operates the Gosowong gold mines in Indonesia.
• Advising ANTAM (ASX:ATM; IDX:ANTM) on its acquisition of 20% of shares held by Showa Denko K.K. (TYO: 4004) in PT Indonesia Chemical Alumina, which developed, owns and operates chemical grade alumina production facilities in Tayan, Kalimantan, Indonesia, and restructuring of the financing for the project and acquisition of intellectual property.
• Advising ANTAM (ASX:ATM; IDX:ANTM) on the proposed US$1.8 billion development, construction and operation of a 1.2 Mtpa alumina smelter in Mempawah, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
• Advising ANTAM (ASX:ATM; IDX:ANTM) on its US$250 million engineering, procurement and construction contract for the construction by an unincorporated consortium of Wijaya Karya (WIKA) (IDX: WIKA) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) of a 13,500 metric tonnes per annum of nickel in high carbon ferronickel shots ferronickel smelter in East Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia.
• Advising on the establishment of the investment into, and the gold streaming agreement with, Orinoco Gold (ASX:OGX) in relation to a gold concession in Brazil.
• Advising a Singapore company as borrower and developer with respect to financing (to be secured with redeemable convertible bonds) and development of a ferronickel smelter in Indonesia capable of producing up to 50,000 tonnes of nickel hydroxide per year.
• Advising on proposed US$300 million sale of a nickel concession in Indonesia to Chinese buyers.
• Advising a subsidiary of PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk (IDX: MDKA) on construction contracts for its Tujuh Bukit gold and copper mine in Java, Indonesia, which is partially funded from its US$130 million project financing by a syndicate of banks comprising HSBC (Singapore, Hong Kong and Jakarta), BNP Paribas (Singapore and Paris) and Société Générale (Hong Kong and Paris).
• Advising on the proposed sale of 40% and 60% interest, respectively, in two nickel concessions in Indonesia to Jinchuan Group and subsequent joint development of a nickel smelter with a major Chinese nickel producer.
• Advising on an agency agreement in relation to sale of ferronickel to European buyers.
• Advising on the proposed divestment of a majority stake in a gold mining concession in Zimbabwe.
• Advising PT Feni Haltim, a subsidiary of ANTAM (ASX:ATM; IDX:ANTM), on its proposed US$1.6 billion development, construction and operation, as well as limited recourse financing, of a ferronickel smelter and ancillary facilities, including coal-fired and diesel-fired power plants, in East Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia.
• Advising two state-owned coal mining companies on their proposed joint venture to invest in development of a coal-to-chemical-plant in Southeast Asia and in coking coal mines in Eastern Europe.
• Advising on the financing of an Australian listed company's development of its coal mining project in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
• Advising an Indonesian company on its US$500 million dispute with its joint venture partner and other parties in connection with the construction and operation of a process plant in Indonesia.
• Advising a major Indonesian coal producer on its ISDA agreement for non-US transactions and Annex II to it, including advising on the Dodd-Frank Act and the relevant Commodity Futures Trading Commission swaps regulations relevant to non-US swap transactions.

Infrastructure

• Advising a supplier of equipment for installation on vessels under construction at Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHIC Phil)’s shipyard in the Philippines in connection with HHIC Phil's bankruptcy filings, which was the largest bankruptcy in the Philippines, with unpaid loan obligations amounting to US$412 million.
• Advising Chinese state-owned shipping firm, COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (COSCO) and Lianyungang Port Holdings Group Co., Ltd (Lianyungang), on the acquisition of 49% in SEZ Khorgos-Eastern Gateway project, a dry port project in the Khorgos-East Gate Special Economic Zone logistics area, at the border of China and Kazakhstan, with the national railway company of Kazakhstan, Temir Zholy. The project is part of China’s Belt Road Initiative.
• Advising Evoqua Water Technologies (NYSE:AQUA) on its US$110 million divestment of Memcor® membrane product line to DuPont (NYSE: DD).
• Advised MRT Corporation Berhad on the construction contract and financing for the US$7 billion 40-kilometre Line 3/Circle Line of Kuala Lumpur’s metro system.
• Advising Shanghai Keolis Public Transport Operation Management (Shenkai) Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Keolis, in relation to the preparation of an operation and maintenance contract for Shanghai Pudong international airport light rail/rapid transit system.
• Advising on a co-investment opportunity in a water fund that invests into small-to-medium-sized water companies in Asia.
• Advising a US multinational engineering firm on FCPA and UK Bribery Act compliance.
• Advising a tech giant providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and application programming interfaces (APIs) in relation to the localisation of its standard construction contracts for data centres in Singapore and Indonesia.
• Advising on purchase of land parcels in an industrial park in Indonesia to build a factory, and on utilities supply contracts.
• Advising Seaco SRL, a company that sells and leases marine containers, on its Indonesian commercial contract.

Fintech, e-Commerce and Technology

• Advising an international financial institution on its ISDA master agreement put in place in connection with securitisation of credit card debts.
• Advising an international fintech solutions provider on the sale of interest in a company providing card-linked mobile wallet solutions.
• Advising a fintech company on its software licensing agreement.
• Advising on the proposed joint venture and research and development of agriculture robotic harvesting and genetic modifications using CRISPR technology.
• Advising on the investment and corporate restructuring of a company providing card-linked mobile wallet solutions.
• Advising a Chinese listed courier company on its proposed joint venture in Southeast Asia.
• Advising Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE:SSNI), a provider of smart grid products, on its master Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) reseller agreement.
• Advising a global wireless distribution and services corporation on the divestment of its stake in several joint venture companies in Malaysia.
• Advising the owner of a US technology company in relation to the company's Singapore and Indian subsidiaries.