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Nicholas Wong

Nicholas Wong

Global Clients, Markets and Products Partner

Global Clients, Markets and Products Partner
Nicholas Wong

Nicholas Wong is Global Clients, Markets and Products Partner and has over 20 years’ experience advising on project development and financing.

Nick acts for sponsors, investors, banks, export credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions and governments on the structuring, development and financing of major energy, oil and gas, infrastructure and mining developments in APAC, Europe, Turkey, Russia and the CIS, Middle East and Africa.

  • IFC, CDC, FMO, JIC and DEG in relation to the debt financing of an LNG import terminal utilising an FSRU situated offshore Moheshkhali, south eastern Bangladesh. Asia Pacific Midstream Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2017, IJ Global Awards
  • Macquarie, Orsted and Swancor on the Formosa I Offshore Wind Project, Taiwan (APAC's first commercial offshore wind project)
  • KEXIM, KSURE, Islamic finance parties and the lenders in connection with the project financing of the Malkara-Çanakkale motorway (including 1915 Çanakkale Bridge) PPP project, Turkey (the world's longest suspension bridge)
  • Asian Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank and the lenders in connection with the project financing of a gas to power project in Bangladesh
  • SABIC in connection with the development of a Petrochemicals complex in Fujian Province, China
  • SABIC in connection with the development of a Petrochemicals complex in Tianjin Province, China
  • Long Son Petrochemicals Company in connection with the financing of the development an integrated petrochemicals complex and ancillary facilities in Vung Tau Province, Southern Vietnam
  • SACE and the lenders in connection with the project financing of the Pengerang Energy Complex, Malaysia
  • the lenders (including IFC, EBRD, EIB, FMO, Proparco, K-Sure) in connection with all EnerjiSA power portfolio financings (over 4,000MW of greenfield development) including the Phase 1 portfolio financing (11 power plants, including one CCGT and 9 HEPP and one WPP), the Phase 2 portfolio financing (4 power plants, including one CCGT, two HEPP and one WPP), the Tufanbeyli lignite-fired power plant and mine, the Arkun HEPP, the Bares WPP and the Alpaslan II HEPP
  • the lenders in connection with the project financing of the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir Bridge and Motorway, Turkey, EMEA Finance – Project Finance Awards 2015, Best infrastructure deal in EMEA and the Best transport infrastructure deal in CEE

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Career and qualifications

  • Otago University (LLB) 1986
  • Victoria University of Wellington (LLM) 1990
  • Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand 1991
  • Joined Clifford Chance London 1996
  • Clifford Chance Washington DC 1999
  • Clifford Chance Frankfurt 2001
  • Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2003
  • Partner since 2003
  • Clifford Chance Paris 2009
  • Clifford Chance Singapore 2015
  • Co-Head of APAC GFM from 2016 – 2022
  • Co-Head of the WWPG from 2015 – 2022
  • Global Clients, Markets and Products Partner since 2022

Professional bodies

  • Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
  • Solicitor of the High Court of England and Wales

Awards and citations

  • "Nicholas Wong is praised by a client for his "commercial thinking" and ability to "find a solution in complicated situations." He is an accomplished practitioner with a wealth of experience advising on project finance across the globe. He led the firm's work on the Yamal LNG project, and has also advised on several notable power project mandates.”
    Chambers Asia Pacific: Projects & Infrastructure (International): Singapore 2018
  • “Nicholas Wong is an accomplished practitioner with a wealth of experience advising on project finance. Peers regard him as ‘a formidable opponent,’ whilst clients describe him as ‘friendly, relaxed and experienced’.”
    Chambers Asia Pacific: Projects & Infrastructure (International): Singapore 2017
  • “Nick receives excellent client feedback and is singled out for his "logical and analytical reasoning and ability to identify and bring out the best, in order to reach the optimal outcome for clients."
    Chambers Global, France, Section Projects: international Projects, 2015
  • “The “brilliant” Nicholas Wong is renowned for his representation of sponsors and banks in projects around the world and stands out for his “superb handling” of complex, high profile projects... He is “unrivalled” according to sources”
    Who’s Who Legal, 2014
  • One of ‘the world’s leading project finance lawyers’
    Legal 500, 2013
  • Market observers describe Nicholas Wong as “an outstanding lawyer” and praise his skills in handling highly complex transactions.
    Chambers Global, Projects: International Projects, France 2012

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