Milbank’s projects and infrastructure team is widely acclaimed for its regional expertise in power projects. The firm assists lenders and borrowers with high-end project acquisitions, developments, financings and refinancings, including conventional and Islamic financing structures. Oil and gas, LNG, power, and mining are key sector strengths for the group, which has a highly visible presence in the Indonesian and Malaysian markets. The practice is headed up by James Murray, who excels in handling power generation and renewable energy matters. James Orme regularly advises on large-scale infrastructure projects. Andrew Gibb and Rosaline Yusman are singled out for their contributions.

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Testimonials

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‘The Milbank team has an extraordinary depth of experience in the LNG supply and LNG-to-power markets in Asia.’
‘The level of expertise and responsiveness of the Milbank team is second to none.'
‘The Milbank team has a very strong team. They are very knowledgeable about project finance. They work very professionally and are very responsive. The way the firm works is to find a solution by considering all aspects including the commercial aspects.’
‘Andrew Gibb is very smart. He understands the issue from all perspectives.'

Key clients

JBIC
NEXI
ADB
KEXIM
K-Sure
AIIB
Farallon Capital Asia
Equinor
PT Supreme Energy
The Amman Group
PT Adaro Energy Tbk
Yinson Boronia Production B.V.
Sumitomo Corporation
Medco
Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation III (SEPCOIII), HTG Development Group & S. Alam Group
MUFG
GNPower
International Finance Corporation
SMBC

Work highlights

Advising PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara on the development and financing of a 400MW gas-fired power plant, supplying power to the Batu Hijau mine in Indonesia.
Advised Asian Development Bank and other lenders in connection with the Monsoon 600 MW wind project, a greenfield wind power project which will sell power from Lao into Vietnam.
Assisted PT Amman Mineral Industri (AMIN) and Sponsors with the development of a 900,000 tonnes copper concentrate smelting and refinery at the Batu Hijau mine in Indonesia.