Registered Foreign Consultant (New South Wales, Australia)
Projects & Infrastructure
Project sponsors, developers, contractors, export credit agencies, multilateral agencies, and commercial lenders trust Matthew Chow's 17 years of legal and commercial experience in the construction and power industries. Clients seek his counsel on the full development life-cycle of major power, LNG, and infrastructure projects from inception to financial close/commercial operations and, in particular, on the front-end aspects of project delivery.
Jurisdictions: Clients trust Matthew's representation on project transactions in many jurisdictions, including in Central Asia and the Middle East (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Dubai), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines), the Americas (US, Mexico, Brazil), Africa (Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa), and Australia.
Sectors: Clients come to Matthew for counsel on projects involving renewable power wind, solar, hydropower (both run-of-river and impoundment), thermal power (coal, CCGT), oil & gas and petrochemical facilities (FSRUs, FPSOs, LNG terminals, oil tankers, refineries, processing facilities), and major infrastructure (airports, mines, roads, HSR, MRT, tunnels).
Documentation Matters: Clients rely on Matthew to draft and negotiate a broad range of project and project finance documentation, including bespoke and standard form EPC contracts (including FIDIC), offtake agreements (including PPAs), concession agreements, O&M agreements, FSRU shipbuilding/conversion contracts, FSRU and FPSO charters and terminal usage agreements, and the full suite of finance documents for limited/nonrecourse project financings.
Clients served by Matthew include Mitsubishi Corporation, LNG Link, and ADB.
LNG and Petrochemicals
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Power— Wind
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Power— Solar
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Power— Hydropower
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Power— Thermal
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Other Renewables
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Mining and Resources
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M&A
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