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Vincent Seah

Partner
Country Managing Partner, Singapore
Singapore
About

Vincent's practice focuses on the development and financing of projects in the power, infrastructure, mining, metals, oil and gas, and petrochemicals industries. With particularly strong experience in advising sponsors and developers in the development of power projects in Asia and South Asia (including Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan and Bangladesh), Vincent has advised on some of the most significant, first of its kind projects to have reached financial close in recent years.

Vincent's clients include developers, domestic and international energy companies, public utilities, contractors, commercial lenders, export credit agencies, multilateral development banks and other financial institutions.

Areas of FocusEnergy and Natural ResourcesFinancial Services
Professional QualificationsAdvocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of SingaporeSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Hartree Partners on the development and financing of a portfolio of standalone utility-scale battery energy storage system projects (BESS) in Taiwan. This first-of-its-kind transaction was recognized by Project Finance International (PFI) as the “Asia-Pacific Battery Deal of the Year 2022”.
  • Advising ENGIE and Mitsui & Co in relation to the development and financing of the Yuri green hydrogen production facility in the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Once completed, the facility will be one of the world’s first industrial-scale green hydrogen production operations.
  • Advising China Huadian in relation to the development and financing of a 160MW solar power project in Moheskhali, Bangladesh.
  • Advising DBS Bank in relation to the financing of a 70MW solar project in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
  • Advising Barito Pacific, KEPCO and Indonesia Power in relation to the development and financing of the 2,000MW Jawa 9&10 IPP project in Indonesia.
  • Advising a consortium of TTCL and Japanese investors on all aspects of the development and financing of a 388MW LNG-to-power project in Ahlone, Myanmar.
  • Advising Asian Development Bank in relation to the procurement and development of a 60MW solar power plant in Cambodia.
  • Advising ICBC in relation to the financing of a 700MW coal-fired power project in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
  • Advising Sembcorp Utilities in relation to the development of the Dung Quat 2 gas-fired power project in Vietnam.
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese (Mandarin)

Awards

Vincent is recognized as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500 Asia Pacific (Projects and Energy), 2023. He is also ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific, 2023.
Education

  • University of Nottingham, UK, LLB

  • National University of Singapore, Diploma in Singapore law

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+65 6512 9595
(Work, Singapore)