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Founded in 1896, Withers is a leading international law firm dedicated to serving the business interests of organisations. Comprised of over 160 partners across 17 strategic offices in Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA, our lawyers are qualified to practice in the laws of several countries and work closely with colleagues around the world to provide seamless international services. Our firm can operate across multiple legal disciplines, time zones and jurisdictions. Legal services that we can advise on include: corporate, personal and corporate tax, intellectual property, dispute resolution, arbitration, immigration, real estate, wealth and estate planning. We have a team of experienced project finance lawyers who have worked on major project finance deals including in Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, CIS, Middle East and Africa across multiple sectors. The range of industries we have experience in include power generation and transmission, oil and gas, mining, transport, telecoms and agribusiness. We regularly advise clients from the early stages of project structuring on risk allocation between different counterparties, bidding procedures and concession agreements, as well as on project bankability and security arrangements. We also have significant experience advising lenders and borrowers on debt and equity investments by multilateral institutions in emerging markets. Our project finance clients include international banks, multinational borrowers, lenders, equity investors, project companies and state institutions. Our wide range of clients and jurisdictional coverage allows us to have a comprehensive understanding of the issues affecting our clients, and to come up with the relevant legal advice for their transaction.

Sidley is a premier global law firm with a practice highly attuned to the ever-changing international landscape. With 1,900 lawyers in 20 offices worldwide, the firm has built a reputation for being an adviser for global business. We maintain a commitment to providing quality legal services and to offering advice in transactional, regulatory and litigation matters spanning virtually every area of law.

Sidley’s global Project Finance and Infrastructure team represent sponsors, lenders, investors, contractors, credit agencies and service providers across virtually every major industry including energy and infrastructure, alternative energy, electric power, mining and manufacturing, oil and gas, telecommunications and transportation. We have, for decades, assisted clients within the energy industry on corporate transactions, litigation, international arbitration, internal and government-related investigations, rate cases, reliability standards, enforcement actions, market manipulation, compliance matters and corporate restructurings. In addition, our market-leading Investment Funds practice is widely recognized for their significant transactional and regulatory capability in all key segments of the fund management market in Asia. We have deep experience in advising our clients on alternative investment structures related to infrastructure and energy assets.

Leveraging the firm’s vast network of lawyers across regions, we have been actively involved in projects, as well as transactional, regulatory and litigation matters in the Belt and Road countries including China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, the Middle East and Vietnam, etc.

Strong leadership in advising clients has earned us acknowledgment from numerous industry publications including Chambers, Euromoney and Who’s Who Legal. We were ranked as a first-tier firm in Project Finance and Energy in the 2017 U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Survey. Chambers Global 2017 also ranked Sidley as Band 1 in Mongolia in the General Business Law (Expertise-based Abroad) category. Our work on the Aboitiz Equity Ventures–CRH’s acquisition of Lafarge’s cement and building materials business deal was awarded “M&A Deal of the Year 2016” by Asian Legal Business.

Lockton is a global professional services firm with 6,500 Associates who advise clients on protecting their people, property and reputations. Lockton has grown to become the world’s largest privately held, independent insurance broker by helping clients achieve their business objectives.

Lockton Companies (Hong Kong) Limited, established in 1983 and controlling office of the Greater China’s operation of Lockton Companies LLC, is a leading provider of risk consulting, insurance broking services and employee benefits solutions to a wide range of businesses. Our operation today comprises of 140 experienced professionals and our operating divisions cater to our clients’ needs and offer them access to experts throughout Asia and around the globe.

Our Services: risk management, insurance & reinsurance solutions to: construction and property development, catering and restaurants, financial services, hotel and hospitality, innovation and technology, manufacturing, power and energy, professional Services, retail and trading, marine hull & P&I.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited ("ICBC (Asia)") is the flagship of overseas banking business of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (“ ICBC”) – currently the largest commercial bank in China. It is engaged in commercial banking, investment banking and other financial services including securities, insurance and funds, with a focus on commercial and retail banking as well as financial market related businesses.

ICBC Group has established a comprehensive network with operations covering 42 countries and regions globally. Through the collaboration with ICBC institutions, ICBC (Asia) is well positioned to provide services like syndicated loan, project financing and bond financing to support the high quality transportation infrastructure, energy development, transportation and logistics facility projects in Asia-Pacific and “Belt and Road” region.

JLT is one of the world's leading providers of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and associated services. We are specialists. Our deep expertise and entrepreneurial culture give us the insights, creative freedom and tenacity to go beyond the routine and deliver better results for our clients. Because at JLT, clients come first.

JLT acts as insurance adviser and broker to many of the world’s largest construction companies and project owners. In addition to arranging insurance programs for some of the world’s largest construction projects, we are also one of the market leaders in delivering solutions for project finance and public private partnership transactions. We are renowned for our ability to add value to all parties involved in these complex deals.

Our Asia construction practice has grown to be one of the largest construction teams in the region with over 45 dedicated professionals. We work closely with our London construction team, which brings together over 135 people, making JLT the largest onshore construction broker in the London market. The JLT Global Construction Practice facilitates global marketing and enables our clients to benefit from the experience and intellect of a vast group of practitioners.

We place in excess of USD750m of construction premium into the London and Asian marketplace every year enabling us to negotiate the best terms for our clients while also giving us a unique overview of the worldwide construction industry.

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is a leading global provider of environmental, health, safety, risk, social consulting services and sustainability related services. We have more than 160 offices in over 40 countries and territories employing more than 4,500 people who work on projects around the world. ERM is committed to providing a service that is consistent, professional and of the highest quality to create value for our clients. We have worked with many of the Global Fortune 500 companies delivering innovative solutions for business and selected government clients helping them understand and manage the sustainability challenges that the world is increasingly facing.

For over 40 years we have been working with clients around the world and in diverse industry sectors to help them to understand and manage their environmental, health, safety, risk and social impacts. The key sectors we serve include Oil & Gas, Mining, Power, and Manufacturing, Chemical and Pharmaceutical. All face critical sustainability challenges and our clients in these and many other areas rely on our ability to assist them operate more sustainably which has a positive impact on our planet.

Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, the USA, Big Ass Fans (www.bigassfans.com) designs, engineers, manufactures and sells high technology and energy efficient fans ranging from 18 inches to 24 feet (0.45m to 7.3m) in diameter since its founding in 1999. Big Ass Fans couples energy-efficient motors with patented airfoil designs, inspired by airplane wings, to move large volumes of air quietly and efficiently. The increased airflow can not only improve comfort, but also reduce cooling and heating costs by 20% and 30%, respectively. The Company sells products in more than 125 countries/regions and operates offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Canada. Currently, Big Ass Fans has gained extensive experience in providing professional green building solutions to customers with diversified industries at the Belt and Road region, including residential, hotels and restaurants, retailers, schools, theme parks, factories, airports and hangers.