Mihyun Melissa PARK (qualified in New York and Australia) is the Head of Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group of DR & AJU LLC.
She acts for contracting authorities, financiers (including ECAs), sponsors and EPC/ O&M contractors on a range of projects around the globe across different sectors including energy, renewable energy, power generation, power-to-gas, gas-to-power, LNG, oil & gas and infrastructure (including PPP). Prior to joining DR & AJU, she has worked at a top-tier global law firm for a number of years focusing on energy and infrastructure and has advised major international clients on the development, financing and acquisition of large-scale operational and greenfield energy, renewable energy, waste-to-energy, IPP and infrastructure/PPP projects both in developed and emerging markets.
She has provided comprehensive advice on all legal and commercial aspects of these landmark cross-border projects. She has also advised on innovative and multi-sourced financing structures including export credit agencies (untied /tied/ covered/ direct) financing, senior, mezzanine and sponsor debts, green bonds and project bonds. She has also been involved in innovative project financing where the lenders were considering taking merchant risk, offtaker’s credit rating risk or short-term tenor offtake risk.
She is currently a finance/technical/legal expert commissioner of Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND).
Melissa was recognised as “Up and Coming” Lawyer in Project & Energy by Chambers and Commerce and also nominated as “Recommended Lawyer” in Projects and Energy in 2021 and 2022 by Legal 500.
Advised Korea Western Power, Hana Financial Investment, and Energy Infrastructure Asset Management on the bid for the Australian 300MW solar power plant.
Advised on PF for the gastoliquids processing (GTL) business in Uzbekistan on behalf of a domestic financial company
Advised on PF for wastetoenergy project on behalf of NAB and SMBC
Advised a domestic financial company on the Westconnex Stage 3 project, Australia's largest road project
Advised Edify and Wirsol on the development, operation, and finance of three solar PV projects that became the first and largest portfolio project financing in Australia.
Advised on the development of a large-scale hydroelectric power plant on behalf of a government agency in Papua New Guinea (Kumul Consolidated Holdings)
Advised on the development, operation and finance of this project on behalf of a global business owner who participated in the bidding of the Western Roads Package PPP
Advised Trans ThailandMalaysia (Thailand) Limited on an offshore gas pipeline project in Thailand.
Advised a global financial institution on Australia's first quasimerchant project, the 240MW Ararat wind power plant development project and PF
Advised on the acquisition of a wind power plant worth about KRW 190 billion in Finland
Advised on the development, operation and finance of this project on behalf of a global business owner who participated in the bidding for the North East Gas Interconnector project (a gas pipeline project connecting northern and eastern Australia)
Advised Korea Electric Power Corporation, Korea Gas Corporation, and Exxon Mobile on overall bid participation for the South African gastopower project
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