Ben Thompson
Ben specialises in advising lenders and sponsors on developing and financing power and infrastructure assets, focusing in particular on power (conventional and renewable), energy transition and ESG financings.
Ben is a highly experienced project finance partner with over two decades of experience working with clients in project finance and development work. He has a particular focus on conventional power (including LNG-to-power), and renewable power (including hydropower) and has also worked on large petrochemical, FSRU, FPSO, telecoms and water sector financings.
Ben brings a deep understanding of MDB/DFI lending, given the emerging markets in which many of his projects have been located, and on outbound Japanese investments in Asia Pacific.
Ben is recognised as a top tier project finance lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific and Legal 500 Asia Pacific.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- the lenders on the 912MW Pak Beng hydropower project in Laos
- ADB, JICA and EFA as lenders on the 144MW Lotus wind IPP (Vietnam's then largest wind power project)
- the lenders (ADB, AIIB, IFC, Clifford Capital and DBS Bank) on the 225MW Myingyan IPP (Myanmar's first internationally tendered power project)
- AIIB, NDB and SocGen on a 300MW solar project in India for SAEL Industries
- MOL on the 1.76GW Jawa 1 LNG-to-power project in Indonesia (first LNG-to-power project in the Asia Pacific region)
Sectors
Background
Ben holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Glasgow. He is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales.
