Profile: Tan Joo Thye

Project Finance

Biography: Project Finance

Tan Joo Thye is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP's finance practice group.

Joo Thye is experienced in areas of infrastructure, project finance, restructuring, banking and direct investment transactions. His recent and current infrastructure transactions include representation of an Indonesian conglomerate in the purchase of a turnkey hydroelectric power plant by way of tender; advising on the procurement of financing and representation of a Singapore-based company with assets in Indonesia in the financing of a pulp mill and chips mill in Indonesia; and advising on the procurement of financing and representation of an Indonesia-based company for the purchase of a water supply-related facility.

His recent banking experience includes the representation of a Singapore-based telecommunications company in their equity financing for the purchase of a substantial equity interest in an Indonesian telecommunications company.

Joo Thye also handles other large cases involving offshore lenders taking Indonesia performance risks. His experience is beneficial in helping clients in the origination of finance-related products or substantially improving the performance or payment risks of an Indonesia-based counter-party in a transaction, through the use of credit enhancements, including insurance or derivatives, to improve the structural credit, or shift counter-party risks.

His good understanding of bank credit and risks management issues makes identifying and assessing structural credit risks from operation and legal perspective especially relating to issuers or borrowers or counter-parties from the emerging markets in Asia more effective, and helps to ensure that legal documentation will be executed in a timely manner.

Joo Thye graduated with an LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore.