The energy, infrastructure and projects team at Allen & Gledhill LLP has great depth, offering expertise across a broad range of sectors, including energy and natural resources, petrochemicals, telecoms, transportation, construction and infrastructure. The group reports an uptick in cross-border work involving subsea cables, water treatment, and rapid transit systems. Other key areas of instruction include large regional restructurings, high-value financings, and acquisitions. Kelvin Wong is very experienced in advising on energy and gas sector matters and has a solid track record advising on infrastructure projects across Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia; he jointly heads the practice with Kok Chee Wai, who advises banks and sponsors on domestic and international financings. Tan Wee Meng, who leads the telecoms department, and Boon Kiat Yeo stand out for their experience in project development, negotiations, and PPPs.

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‘The projects and energy group at Allen & Gledhill are very knowledgeable about the renewable energy market in Singapore. Solid legal advice combined with good business acumen makes the team a pleasure to work with for the client.’
‘Boon Kiat was always ready to assist us with understanding the sector specific regulatory requirements for the energy market in SEA. Smart yet most humble, dispensing pragmatic legal advice is Boon Kiat's strength. He is definitely a go-to for clients in navigating the heavily regulated energy market in Singapore and SEA.’
‘Aloysius Ng and his team has in depth knowledge of industry and cross-border deals. They were exceptionally prompt in responding to the queries and offered solutions to overcome any deadlocks during the negotiation and structuring of deals as we were working on very tight timelines.’

Work highlights

Assisted the client with the restructuring of the TuasOne Project, which involved the financing, construction, and operation of a waste-to-energy plant.
Advised BCG-SP Solar 1 Joint Stock Company on entering into a facility agreement with a group of financial entities as lead arrangers, concerning a US$31.6 million club term loan to be issued to the client.
Advising SP Powerasset on importing electricity between Malaysia and Singapore.

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Chee Wai Kok

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Co-Head of the Firm’s Financial Services Department and separately, Co-Head of the regional Energy, Infrastructure & Projects Practice, and Co-Head of the Banking & Finance Practice