Dentons Rodyk

Energy, Banking, Project Finance, Trade and Commodity Finance, Derivatives and Structured Products

Jonathan is a partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Finance practice group and Co-Head of the Energy practice and the Vietnam desk.

He has handled various complex cross-border transactions in emerging markets, successfully seeing multiple projects from inception to commercial operation, and is well versed to manage the unique challenges in such markets. Projects undertaken include hydroelectric power, solar power, wind power, gas and coal fired power plants and other infrastructure projects in Asia such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and China. He has experience in advising on the development of Projects from inception and drafting the various related documents such as consortium agreements, sale and purchase agreements (SPAs), shareholders’ agreements (SHAs), engineering, procurement and construction contracts (EPCs), fuel supply, operations and maintenance contracts (O&M), power purchase agreements (PPAs), build, operate and transfer contracts (BOT) and their related financing documents.

His experience in finance and commercial work encompasses a wide range of transactions including acquisition financing, project financing, bilateral and syndicated lending, asset-backed financing, ISDA transactions and trade financing, as well as pre-export financing and has handled numerous transactions involving mergers, takeovers and joint ventures, and has acted for vendors, purchasers and financiers.

Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2010 to present Legal Counsel, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., 2007–2010

English, Chinese

University of Nottingham, 2006, LLM University of Nottingham, 2004, LLB