Ross Howard
Clifford ChanceWith over four decades of experience in the Singaporean market, the worldwide projects group at Clifford Chance is very well known for acting for sponsors and borrowers, especially the former, in large-scale energy and natural resources, transportation, and infrastructure projects across the region. The team is active in the financing and acquisition of oil and gas, renewable energy, and transport infrastructure projects. The practice is led by the triumvirate of Nicholas Wong, Matthew Buchanan and Ross Howard, who fields expertise in project development and finance matters.
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‘The team has direct experience of many global transactions, allowing it to draw upon market precedent to assist clients solve commercial and legal issues, and contains project management specialists who are very good at monitoring and encouraging progress so that deadlines can be met.’
‘Nick Wong is a highly experienced, hands-on team leader who is extremely well regarded by his clients, project parties and team members. Ross Howard has a very strong ability to understand complex commercial issues, communicate these clearly and create solutions.'
Key clients
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
- Macquarie Capital
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Actis
- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP)
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
- DFC (formerly Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC))
- KEXIM
- K-SURE
- EKF
Work highlights
- Advised the lenders on a US$2.17 billion ECA financing of land development works for the first implementation phase of a new international airport to be developed near Manila in the Philippines.
- Advised Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, on the acquisition of a stake in a 220MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power plant located in Bangladesh from Indian company Shapoorji Pallonji Group; the firm also advised on the refinancing of the project.
- Assisted the export credit agencies and lenders with the project financing of the Pengerang Energy Complex, a greenfield integrated condensate splitter and aromatics complex.
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Nicholas Wong, Matthew Buchanan, Ross Howard