Lin Dongsheng Hosting Lawyer Supervision of Financial Institutions Global Finance, M&A, Real Estate DANIEL.LIN@SHLEYCOM Hong Kong +852 9615 0157

Lavin Lam is co-managing partner of Cheng Hsun's Tokyo office and his practice focuses on energy, infrastructure and general M&A transactions.

Lin regularly advises Asian utilities, trading companies, EPC companies, corporations and financial institutions on the development, acquisition and sale of energy and infrastructure projects, including conventional power, renewable energy and oil and gas projects. professional legal services. He also has extensive practical experience in assisting financial institutions in financing the development and acquisition of such projects. In addition to energy and infrastructure projects, Mr. Lin also regularly provides legal services to corporate clients on Japanese cross-border and foreign M&A projects in many other industries.

Mr. Lin’s expertise in project and energy matters has been highly praised by clients, and he has been listed among the Japanese foreign lawyers in Chambers Global and Chambers Asia-Pacific. Ranking list. Chambers noted that "Lin is client-focused and always efficient," "he is knowledgeable and exceeds expectations," and "provides prompt and sound legal advice."

Attorney Lin is fluent in Chinese and Japanese.

experience

Agency matters

In recent years, representative projects handled by Attorney Lin include:

Experience in M&A and general corporate law projects

Represented a Japanese power company in its investment (together with other consortium members) in two UK offshore wind farm transmission assets.

Represented Japanese investors in the acquisition of a technology consulting firm serving the renewable energy industry.

Represented an Asian consortium in its bid to acquire a U.S. oil major's geothermal assets in Indonesia and the Philippines as part of an auction.

Represented a Chinese engineering contracting company in its equity investment in a new geothermal project in Kenya.

Represented a Japanese consortium in its bid to acquire two offshore wind farms in the UK.

Represented multiple Japanese utility companies and trading companies in more than 15 investments in greenfield and brownfield power projects in North America, South America and Asia.

Represented a U.S. private equity fund in its acquisition of interests in a production sharing contract for an oil and gas field in Indonesia from a Chinese energy company.

Represented a Japanese public company in its investments in: (i) a financial group based in North Asia, (ii) an environmental consulting firm based in the United States, and (iii) a company with operations in the United States, Latin America and Asia food company.

Represented a Chinese sovereign wealth fund in investing in 15 logistics assets in Japan.

Represented Asian investors in investments in a Japanese confectionery company and two hotel resort developments in northern and southern Japan.

Financing project experience

Represented a group of lenders, including a Japanese commercial lender, in providing $1 billion for the world's largest commercial post-combustion carbon capture facility in Texas, sponsored by a U.S. company and a Japanese energy company USD financing support. Asian export credit agency and commercial lender that provides financing support to sponsors in Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and other countries for more than 10GW of independent power projects in Indonesia.

Represented a project company and its U.S. and Chinese sponsors in financing a greenfield power generation project in the Philippines.

Represented commercial lenders in providing financing support for a U.S. submarine cable project connecting Southeast Asia and the U.S. West Coast.

Represented Japanese lenders in the financing of a US$1 billion methanol plant in Trinidad and Tobago sponsored by Japanese and local sponsors.

Represented a Japanese export credit agency in (i) providing mezzanine financing for a Japanese sponsor’s equity investment in a mining project in Madagascar and (ii) participating in the restructuring of the project.

Represented a Singaporean lender in the US$140 million holding company refinancing of an Indonesian agribusiness group.

Represented a French lender in two yen-denominated syndicated corporate loans to a U.S. aviation leasing company.

Represented an international investment bank in its acquisition of two non-performing (mezzanine) acquisition debts owed by a subsidiary of a U.S. private equity fund company.

Represented a Japanese lending consortium in providing US$980 million in holding company-level financing to a Japanese trading company for its investment in a deepwater drillship. The drillship was chartered to Brazilian counterparties through various back-to-back innovative arrangements. *Includes projects participated in before joining Chengxun.

News & Views

• “Japanese Solar Photovoltaic Market – Some Observations,” October 2017 edition of Pratt’s Energy Law Report, Volume 17, No. 9.

• “New Petra Project – Capturing the Future” – PFI Yearbook 2015.

Certificate

Practice qualifications and certificates

New South Wales, Australia England and Wales (Solicitor) GJB (Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan)

Qualifications and Education

University of Sydney, Australia, Master of Laws, 2004

University of Sydney, Australia, Bachelor of Laws, 2000 (with honors)

University of Sydney, Australia, BA, 1998