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Alfred Ng advises sponsors, developers and financiers (including commercial lenders, ECAs, DFIs, MDBs and private credit funders) on the development and financing of assets and projects in the power, infrastructure, oil & gas, and petrochemicals sectors, the digital economy and property and logistics, as well as on transactions across the energy transition. This includes holdco, structured, leveraged and acquisition financings, upstream reserve-based financings, and various forms of Islamic financing.

Alfred focuses on transactions in Southeast Asia and South Asia, in particular across Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines, and has deep experience in the Middle East as well. He is known for providing practical and commercially-minded advice to help clients navigate complex legal issues to pursue their commercial objectives.

Concentrations

  • Development and financing of power, petrochemicals, metals and minerals mining and processing and other infrastructure projects, as well as data centres and other digital assets
  • Structured and acquisition financings of energy and infrastructure assets and portfolios
  • Holdco and portfolio financings of energy and infrastructure asset portfolios.
  • Contracting and transactions across the energy transition

תחומי התמחות

ניסיון מקצועי

  • A multilateral development bank on the proposed renewable energy import projects into Singapore, including an analysis of the Singapore power market and the challenges in integrating imported renewables.° 
  • DBS and UOB on the S$86.8m green loan financing of the portfolio of rooftop solar projects developed under the Solar Nova 4 programme, the first project in the SolarNova programme to be project financed.°
  • The lenders on the project financing of a 255MWp solar + 80MWh BESS project being developed in a private industrial park in Indonesia. This will be the first project of its kind and the largest solar project in Indonesia upon completion.°
  • The lenders on the development and financing of Equis Energy's 72-MW Tolo 1 wind farm in Indonesia.°
  • IFC, IIGF and commercial lenders on the US$280m refinancing of the 180 MW Asahan 1 hydropower project in Indonesia.° (2014)
  • Local and international lenders on the 50 MW Oursun solar photovoltaic power plant in Gharo, Sindh Province, Pakistan, one of the first solar power projects in Pakistan to be internationally financed, with an offtake and escrow arrangement with the private offtaker K-Electric.° (2017)
  • BII and local lenders on the project financing of the 100MW Atlas solar project, the 50MW Indus Wind project, the 50MW Liberty 1 Wind project and the 50MW Liberty 2 Wind project in Pakistan.° (ongoing)
  • CEXIM bank, CDB, Silk Road Fund and IFC in connection with the development and financing of the US$1.69bn 720 MW Karot hydropower plant in Pakistan.°
  • ADB, BII, IFC and KEXIM in connection with the financing of the Gulpur and Patrind hydro power projects in Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.°
  • BII, Clifford Capital and IFC in connection with the development and financing of the 414MW dual-fuel fired Sirajganj 4 power project in Bangladesh.°
  • The sponsors, including Pertamina, Marubeni and Sojitz in relation to the development and financing of the 1,760MW Jawa 1 LNG to power project in Indonesia, where ADB, JBIC and NEXI are involved. This was the first and remains the only integrated LNG to power project to achieve financial close in Asia Pacific. Asia Pacific Power (Gas) Deal of the Year, IJ Global Awards 2018, Asia Pacific Power Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2018, Project Finance Deal of the Year, IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 2019.° (2018)
  • J-Power, Itochu Corporation and Adaro as sponsors on the development and financing of the approximately US$4.3bn 2,000MW Central Java greenfield coal-fired power project in Indonesia. The project, located in Batang Regency in Central Java, will be Indonesia's first ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant and one of the largest coal-fired power plants in Asia. This transaction was awarded Asia-Pacific Power Deal of the Year at the IJ Global Awards 2016.°
  • Export Finance Australia (EFA) and senior commercial lenders on their investment in the Green Infrastructure Partnership, a blended finance programme investing in green and sustainable infrastructure in Asia, managed by Pentagreen Capital (a sustainable infrastructure debt platform established by Temasek and HSBC).°
  • IFC on its PHP14.5 billion (US$250 million) sustainability-linked loan to Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), ALI's first sustainability-linked loan, and the first sustainability-linked loan in the Philippine real-estate sector.°
  • IFC and PT Bank OCBC NISP Tbk as senior lenders in relation to the financing of a retail and logistics property group in Indonesia.°
  • DBS, ING Bank, KfW IPEX-Bank and OCBC Bank as mandated lead arrangers, bookrunners and lenders on the S$280m sustainability-linked loan to the Stolt-Nielsen group for the refinancing of its terminal in Singapore.°
  • ADB as lender and administrator of the Leading Asia's Private Sector Infrastructure (LEAP) Fund on the US$131m financing of the Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal in India.°
  • An ICT company on its entry into a joint venture with the private fund management arm of a premier asset manager in Asia for the development and operation of a data centre in Taiwan.°
  • The senior finance parties comprising 11 local and international commercial banks on the handover of the approximately US$1.33bn Singapore Sports Hub facility to the Government of Singapore, the termination of the PPP agreement for the operation of the facility and the early payment of the senior debt.°
  • Lenders on the financing of a 20MW hyperscale data centre developed by Pure Data Centres in Indonesia - the first data centre financed on a limited recourse/project finance basis in Indonesia.°
  • A global hyperscaler on its power offtake agreements with a number of renewable power producers, including for supply of renewable energy to its data centre assets in Singapore.°
  • A multilateral lender in relation to an up to US$600m green loan financing of a logistics company's logistics and data centre assets in India and Vietnam.°
  • A global hyperscaler in connection with its investment in and joint build arrangements in relation to a number of trans-Pacific and other subsea fibre optic cable systems.°
  • MIND ID in connection with shareholder funding arrangements between MIND ID and BAI for the development of a 1 mtpa aluminium refinery and dedicated thermal power plant and related infrastructure in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.°
  • PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium on the proposed financing of its landmark US$3.85bn acquisition of a 51% interest in the Grasberg mine (the largest gold mine and second largest copper mine in the world) from leading mining companies Freeport-McMoRan and Rio Tinto.°
  • The mandated lead arrangers, bookrunners and lenders on a US$425m reserve-based lending facility to finance the acquisition by Udenna Corporation of Chevron's 45% interest in the Malampaya gas field in the Philippines.° (2019 - 2020)
  • The mandated lead arrangers, bookrunners and lenders on Udenna Corporation's US$415m reserve-based lending facility for the purpose of acquiring a 45% share and operatorship of the Malampaya Deepwater Gas-to-Power Project from Shell in the Philippines, and the refinancing of an existing facility.°
  • The lenders to Udenna Corporation on an up to US$152 million reserve-based lending facility in relation to the Malampaya gas field in the Philippines.°
  • The mandated lead arrangers, bookrunners and lenders on the financing of Jadestone Energy's portfolio of upstream assets in Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia and for the financing of its acquisition of assets in Thailand, financed via loans to a Singapore-incorporated holding company.°
  • IFC on a reserve-based financing, structured on an Islamic compliant basis, for a Middle East upstream energy group.°
  • Sponsors ENI, PETRONAS and Euglena on the development and construction financing of a US$1.3bn bio-refinery in Malaysia to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil and bio-napththa, which will have a processing capacity of up to 650,000 tonnes of renewable feedstock annually.°
  • United Overseas Bank on the financing of SPCI Advance's development, construction and operation of a sulphur de-pelletising facility that will provide critical services to ExxonMobil's multibillion-dollar expansion of its integrated petrochemicals manufacturing complex on Jurong Island, Singapore.°
  • PETRONAS on the development and financing (including bridge and long-term financing) of its RAPID (Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development) project in Malaysia (also known as Project Marigold).°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Ng prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Singapore LLP.

הישגים ותפקידי מפתח

  • Ranked, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Projects & Infrastructure: International, 2022-2025
  • IFLR Asia Awards, “Rising Stars,” Project Finance, 2014
  • Legal 500, Singapore Projects: foreign firms, “Next Generation Partner”, 2025
  • Law360
    • Project Finance “Rising Stars,” 2017
    • “Project Finance MVP of the Year,” 2017
  • Solicitor, Supreme Court of England & Wales, 2006-Present

הכשרה מקצועית וכישורי שפה

השכלה
  • M.A. Cantab, University of Cambridge
  • B.A. (Hons), Law, University of Cambridge
הסמכות
  • England and Wales
  • Singapore, foreign lawyer
כישורי שפה
  • English, Native
  • Chinese (Mandarin), Conversational
  • Chinese (Cantonese), Conversational

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Project & Infrastructure Finance