Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure

DFDL’s Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure practice guides clients through Southeast and South Asia’s booming project landscape. We advise governments, financial institutions, developers, and investors on project development, financing, and acquisitions, contributing to nationally significant projects. Our extensive experience spans innovative, landmark energy, natural resources, and infrastructure projects. Since 1994, we have been committed to providing high-quality and tailored legal services to our clients in the energy and infrastructure sector.

Key Credentials

  • Impact Energy Asia Development, as project counsel, on the Laos-based 600 MW Monsoon Wind Power Project supplying power to Quang Nam Province, Vietnam delivered via privately held 500kv transmission line.
  • Ratch Group, Thailand’s largest private power producer by capacity, as Vietnamese and Thai counsel, on its USD 605 million Singapore-based Nexif Energy acquisition.
  • Blue Circle on a share sale transaction of 49.9% stake valued USD 147 million. We provided due diligence on renewable energy assets and holding companies and project companies in six jurisdictions: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
  • B.Grimm and Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company on financing of a 257 MW solar power plant project in Phu Yen Province, Vietnam from a lending syndicate led by Asian Development Bank.
  • Sinohydro (Hong Kong) Holding Co. in relation to the development with Gulf Energy Development PLC of a 770 MW hydropower project selling generation to Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).
  • SHV Energy on the USD 150 million acquisition of local LPG bottler, marketer and cylinder manufacturer – Petromax LPG and Petromaz Cylinders in Bangladesh.
  • Export Import Bank of China, as lender’s local counsel, in relation to providing export buyer’s credit facility to the precedent PPP project in Bangladesh, the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway.
  • AIIB on its USD 75 million loan to Cambodia Fiber Optic Communication Network (CFOCN) for building new regional backbone and metro networks.
  • China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation on its overseas investment insurance to China Road and Bridge Corporation on the development of the Phnom Penh–Sihanoukville expressway project.
  • Mandated lead arrangers and lenders on the USD 195 million term loan financing to Ha Noi Thien Y Environmental Energy Joint Stock Company for the development of the largest waste-to-energy plant in Vietnam.

How We Can Help

  • Renewable Energy Projects: Support for solar, wind, and hydropower developments.
  • Infrastructure Development: Legal guidance for concession-based and transport projects.
  • Oil and Gas Expertise: Advising on oil, gas, and pipeline projects.
  • Project Financing: Assistance in securing funding for large-scale projects.
  • Mergers and Acquisitions: Specialist facilitation of M&A in the energy sector.