Paul Elliott has been practicing law for over 30 years and was recently head of the Finance and Projects Practice Group in Singapore. He has been consistently named as one of the leading project finance lawyers in Asia by top legal publications, including Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer? 2009 and Who’s Who Legal – Singapore 2009. Chambers Asia 2009 likewise describes him as "one of the region’s leading power lawyers."

Practice Focus

Paul has practiced in England, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Zealand and, most recently, Singapore and has advised numerous clients on project, structured and cross border financings as well as on debt restructurings. His extensive expertise covers industries including power, oil, gas & petrochemicals, telecommunications, transportation, and water.

Representative Legal Matters

• Advised on the USD3 billion project financing of the expansion and upgrade of an existing telecoms network and the Greenfield rollout of eight telecom circles in India.
• Acted for the offshore and onshore project lenders in relation to the USD880 million limited recourse financing of the Gulf Power 1,400MW gas fired power plant in Thailand.
• Acted for BLCP Power Limited in relation to the development and financing of its USD1.2 billion 1,400MW coal fired power project in Thailand (this transaction was named Asiamoney’s Project Finance Deal of the Year for 2003).
• Acted for the syndicate of lenders in the USD1.2 billion refinancing of the privatization of the Maxis Group in Malaysia.

Admission

Hong Kong (1984)
England & Wales~United Kingdom (1983)
New Zealand (1979)

Education

London University  (LL.M.) (1980)
University of Canterbury at New Zealand  (LL.B. First Class Honors) (1978)