Joo Thye Tan

Joo Thye is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Finance practice group and Co-Head of the Infrastructure practice. He is experienced in the areas of banking and finance, energy, mining, infrastructure, project finance, restructuring, M&A and direct investment transactions.

He has undertaken complex cross-border projects in emerging markets where project development, execution and borrowing are difficult through the use of structuring, risks transfers and risks mitigation from familiarity with these markets. He has advised on, among others, the development of both traditional and renewable energy power plants and other infrastructure assets, routinely seeing the transaction through from inception to commercial operation. He is familiar with working with export credit agencies or multilateral agencies through the use of their insurances and guarantees to enhance the bankability of power projects. His in-depth understanding of bank credit and risks management issues makes identifying and assessing structural credit risks from both the operation and legal perspective more effective especially relating to borrowers or counterparties from the emerging markets in Asia, and helps to ensure that legal documentation will be executed in a timely manner.

• Advised as lead counsel for China Huadian Engineering Co. Ltd in its US$2.3billion acquisition of a majority interest in a Vietname Project Company to develop a 2X660MV coal-fired power facility in Vietnam.
• Acted for PT TAEL Management Indonesia in the restructuring of approximately US$185million of debt owed to it by an Indonesian mining group of companies.
• Advised Sinohydro Corporation Limited on the development of the Sulut-3 coal-fired steam power plant in North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia amounting to US$200million.

• Asset finance
• Financial restructuring
• M&A
• Project development
• Project finance

• Energy
• Financial services
• Forestry
• Mining
• Natural resources

• England & Wales
• Singapore

• LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore, (1989)