Profile
Daniel Senger advises on cross-border project finance transactions and mergers and acquisitions, representing project sponsors, lenders, multilateral development agencies, and export credit agencies. His experience extends across the energy and infrastructure sectors, with particular focus on renewable energy projects, power generation facilities, and digital and energy transition infrastructure. His practice encompasses, among other things, greenfield project development, refinancing of operational assets and M&A transactions involving such assets.
With over a decade of experience in Asia, he advises on both transactions and ventures inbound into Asia as well as outbound from Asia to the rest of the world. Daniel handles complex international project financings that involve multiple lenders and export credit agencies. His work includes advising on offshore wind projects, battery manufacturing facilities, data centers, natural gas-fired power plants, and LNG infrastructure.
During an extended secondment at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Daniel played a key role in advising on power generation projects throughout Asia and globally. This experience provided him with insight into how development finance institutions and export credit agencies approach project risk assessment and structuring. Daniel’s practice benefits from his understanding of both lender and borrower perspectives in cross-border transactions.
Daniel is admitted to practice in New York and is a registered foreign lawyer in Japan. He regularly conducts business in both English and Japanese.
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الاختصاص
- Advised Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Northland Power Inc. in relation to the financing of the Hai Long 2 and 3 offshore wind projects in Taiwan - a complex international project financing involving 7 export credit agencies (including JBIC and NEXI).°
- Advised sponsors in relation to the project financing of a 100MW hyperscaler data center facility in Rayong, Thailand.°
- Advised UKEF, the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF) and commercial lender syndicate in relation to the financing of AESC’s 12 GWh-capacity Gigafactory in Sunderland, UK, the UK’s first at scale battery manufacturing plant at the International Advanced Manufacturing Park.°
- Advised SMBC as lender and sole mandated lead arranger on the JPY 70.3 billion green loan project financing of a gigafactory battery manufacturing facility in Ibaraki Japan sponsored by AESC Group.°
- Advised Ørsted A/S on the strategic partnership with Japan Wind Development Co. (JWD), and Eurus Energy, with the intention to jointly bid for offshore wind projects in the Akita Prefecture in Japan, and a potential bid for other offshore wind projects in Japan.°
- Advised an offtaker in relation to the LNG SPA offtake arrangements from the Texas LNG terminal project in Brownsville, Texas.°
- Advised JBIC, NEXI and other lenders in connection with the US$1 billion financing of an iron pellet feed facility owned by CSN Mineração S.A. in Brazil.°
- Advised lenders on the project financing of Hin Kong Power (HKP), a gas-fired power project sponsored by Gulf in Thailand – Project Finance International Asia Pacific Power Deal of the Year (2022).°
- Advised lenders on the leveraged financing of Bain Capital’s US$18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory – the largest leveraged buyout deal in Asia.°
- Advised an Asian integrated resort operator on a potential bid to participate in the development of an integrated resort in Japan, and an integrated resort in Cyprus.°
- Advised Actis on its acquisition of a majority stake in Levanta Renewables, a Southeast Asia focused renewables platform with 300MW of onshore wind projects in advanced development in Vietnam.°
- Advised JBIC, NEXI, and other lenders in relation to the proposed 300MW Morupule B coal-fired power plant in Botswana, sponsored by Marubeni and POSCO.°
- Advised the sponsors Mitsui and Tokyo Gas on a c.US$1 billion ECA/IFI financing of the proposed Bojonegara LNG receiving terminal in Indonesia and the long-term LNG SPA arrangements in connection therewith.°
- Advised in relation to financing the Nghi Son 2, Van Phong 1, and Vung Ang 2 BOT Thermal Power Plant projects in Vietnam.°
- Advised in relation to the potential financing of the Dung Quat gas-to-power project in Vietnam.°
- Advised in relation to financing the GSRC and GDP gas-fired IPP power projects in Thailand, sponsored by Gulf and Mitsui.°
- Advised in relation to financing the Meghnaghat natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant project in Bangladesh, sponsored by JERA.°
- Advised lenders (including JBIC) on the project financing and proposed expansion of Cameron LNG, an LNG liquefaction terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana, sponsored by Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sempra Energy, and Engie.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Senger prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Tokyo Law Offices.
- Secondee Attorney, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, New Energy and Power Department 1, 2018-2021
المؤهلات المهنية
- J.D., University of Illinois College of Law
- B.A., Northwestern University
- New York
- Japan, Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi
- English, Native
- Japanese, Fluent