Senior Foreign Attorney
Lachlan BARTH
Energy · Natural Resources
Lachlan Barth律师作为隶属于融资、能源&资源业务部门的澳大利亚律师，在澳大利亚及亚太地区的太阳能项目相关业务具有丰富的经验. Lachlan Barth律师主要从事能源及基础设施项目、投资及收购相关大型项目开发及金融相关咨询业务，以及再生能源（风力、太阳能、生物燃气）、火力、上流及中流石油、燃气、基础设施及与基础设施类似的资产、房地产相关开发及收购业务.
此外，Lachlan Barth还被派遣至POSCO能源及澳大利亚最大基金公司Colonial First State Global Asset Management从事相关工作，在韩国国内能源项目相关的开发商、金融机构、基金公司及私募基金主导的各类Inbound及Outbound能源、基础设施开发及收购业务领域具有专业性.
此外，Lachlan Barth还被派遣至POSCO能源及澳大利亚最大基金公司Colonial First State Global Asset Management从事相关工作，在韩国国内能源项目相关的开发商、金融机构、基金公司及私募基金主导的各类Inbound及Outbound能源、基础设施开发及收购业务领域具有专业性.
主要业绩
- Korean lender counsel on Jeonnam 1 Offshore Wind Farm project financing. The first international sponsor led OWF project financing in Korea and role included drafting of Korean security documents, advising finance parties in respect to Korean laws and regulations, management of Korean law CPs.
- Korean lender counsel on the ongoing 532MW Project Anma project financing. The first ECA backed offshore wind farm in Korea.
- Assisting lender counsel on Sinan-Ui offshore wind project.
- Acting as Korean lender counsel in respect to a bridge loan financing for the Nakwol Blueheart offshore wind project financing. A bilateral loan from an international bank, Lee & Ko advised in respect to all Korean law matters including relevant due diligence, regulatory matters and Korean security.
- Acting as Korean counsel to Octopus Energy in respect to its acquisition of a stake in the Deep Wind Offshore wind project and ongoing development advice.
- Korean counsel to K-Sure in respect to the K-Sure backed acquisition financing for the CHW04 Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan being developed by Orsted.
- Project Galaxy – advising NHIS & NH Amundi in respect to the approx. USD 10.1 Billion acquisition of an interest in an ADNOC owned and operated natural gas pipeline network in Abu Dhabi.
- Assisting Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd., (“HFI”) with:
- debt financing to Phoenix Tower group for the purchase and operation of a portfolio of mobile communication towers in Ireland;
- USD 150 Million debt financing to Capital Dynamics group for purchase of a suite of operating solar farms spread across the USA;
- multiple facilities extended to Aberdeen Standard Investments to assist with Aberdeen’s investments into PPP infrastructure in the USA (including Rail and Toll Roads).
- Advising Shinhan Bank & Kookmin Bank and drafting senior financing documents for the senior loan project financing of a greenfield wind farm development in Sweden.
- Assisting Hanwha and HFI with their senior loan to project finance a free standing ESS in California, USA.
- Assisting Equis with all aspects of their first greenfield solar development in Korea from permitting and project due diligence to drafting project and finance documents to closing.
- Advising Total Energies with their joint venture development of an approx. 1.5GW offshore wind farm development in Korea.
- Advising Northland Power with respect to their ongoing investments in Korean offshore wind farm developments.
- Advising Enel with respect to their ongoing Korean solar and wind farm developments.
- Advising Blueleaf Energy with respect to their entry into the Korean renewable energy market including with respect to their first Korean solar project.
- Assisting multiple Korean financial institutions (NHIS, KB, HFI, Mirae Asset etc.) with numerous Australian PPP debt financings including with respect to North-East Link, New Royal Adelaide Hospital, Inland Rail and EastLink.
- Assisting KEPCO with its bid to develop a gas-fired power station in Saudi Arabia in cooperation with Saudi Aramco.
- Advising Anschutz Entertainment Group in connection with a proposed USD 100 million investment into a joint venture with CJ ENM for a Korean Arena Project.
- PineStreet Asset Management Co., Ltd. in connection with a AUS$242 million secured credit loan facility for KKR’s acquisition of Arnotts Campbell group in Australia.
- Korean Counsel to Aberdeen Standard Investments in connection with its fund sell down of its interests in the New Royal Adelaide Hospital, New Queensland Rollingstock, Mundarring Water Treatment Plant and Denver FastTracks PPPs.
- Shinhan Asset Management with its cross-border financing of a suite of solar farms being developed in Japan by a Canadian Solar / Macquarie led consortium.
- Samsung Asset Management with the private placement bond refinancing of the Norte II gas-fired power plant in Mexico.
学历
| 2013 | The College of Law – Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice |
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| 2012 | University of New South Wales – J.D. |
| 2009 | Monash University – B.A. in Linguistics & Spanish |
经历
| 2019-至今 | 韩国广场律师事务所（Lee & Ko） |
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| 2019 | 派遣至Colonial First State Global Asset Management |
| 2018 | 派遣至POSCO能源 |
| 2017-2019 | White & Case LLP |
| 2016 | 派遣至Queensland Competition Authority |
| 2013-2017 | Johnson Winter & Slattery |
语言
| English and Korean |
获奖经历
| 2025 | IFLR1000 2025 Edition Leading lawyers - Rising Star Partner |
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| 2023 | IFLR1000 2023 Edition Leading lawyers - Rising Star Partner |
