Amos Yoo advises on debt and equity financings, M&A, and other strategic commercial transactions, with special focus on the energy and infrastructure, real estate and technology sectors.
Amos represents borrowers and financial institutions on a variety of cross border transactions, including project financing, secured and unsecured commercial loans and asset-backed financing. He has international experience in the energy industry across multiple sectors, including renewable energy and energy storage, oil and gas and conventional power generation.
Amos is not admitted in Japan.
Representative Experience
- Advised Korean ECAs and commercial lenders on financing of an EV battery plant in Indonesia for a JV consisting of LG Energy Solution, Kia, Hyundai Motors and Hyundai Mobis.
- Advised Korean ECA and JP Morgan on financing of a manufacturing facility for Dongjin Semichem in the United States.
- Advised Japanese sponsors (Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry and Mitsubishi Gas Corporation) in relation to financing of a Methanol and DME plant project in Trinidad and Tobago by JBIC and BTMU as lenders.
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- Energy and Infrastructure
- Advised Korean and German ECAs and commercial lenders on financing of a battery giga factory in Hungary for SK On.
- Advised a Korean ECA and commercial lenders on a green facility for Hanwha Energy USA Holdings Corporation.
- Advised ADB on financing of the utility-scale Solar PV plants in Indonesia.
- Acting for IFC, CDC, Clifford Capital and JICA on financing of the dual fuel fired power plant (approximately 413.8 MW (gas) / 333.02 MW (HSD) (net)) in Sirajganj, Bangladesh.
- Advised JBIC and Mizuho as lenders and NEXI on financing of the 350MW solar project in Andhra Pradesh, India being developed by Softbank Group.
- Advised ADB on financing of a 60 MW ± 10% wind farm in Indonesia.
- Advised sponsors Bhimasena Power Indonesia (BPI) on the development and financing of greenfield coal-fired power project in Central Java, Indonesia, and the lenders include JBIC and a syndicate of commercial banks.
- Assisted Hanwha QCELLS on a procurement and development of a new solar project in Turkey (YEKA project) which was financed partially by Korean ECAs.
- Assisted in the closing of financing of the 2 x 300MW mine-mouth Kalsel-1 IPP in Indonesia by K-SURE, KDB and other lenders.
- Advised lenders (Barclays, Citi, DBS, SMBC, Mizuho, SCB and Shinsei) on refinancing transaction involving notes issuance (US$2.1 billion) and debt financing (US$750 million) with respect to coal-fired power plant in Indonesia (Paiton).
- Advised Nomura Singapore Limited in relation to US$50 million loan facility for the working capital of mining company with copper and gold mine projects in Indonesia.
- Advised SK ecoplant Co. Ltd. on an acquisition of TES, a Singapore based e-waste processing company.
- Advised SK E&S Co. Ltd. on a merger deal with a U.S. battery energy storage system developer and operator, Key Capture Energy.
- Advised SK Inc. in its acquisition of a minority stake in Monolith Materials Inc., a U.S.-based leader in green hydrogen technologies.
- Advised SK Geocentric (formerly known as SK global chemical) in its acquisition of a minority stake in Loop Industries, a U.S.-based leader in sustainable plastics.
- Advised Link Asset Management on its investments in a U.S.-based aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company.
- Advised Hanwha QCELLS on structuring and formation of a renewables fund and asset manager in Europe.
- Real Estate Finance
- Advised Hana Alternative Asset Management on acquisitions and financings of an office building in Jersey City, New Jersey and an office building in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Advised Alpha Asset Management on acquisition and financing of an office building in Seattle, Washington.
- Advised Inmark Asset Management on the UCC foreclosure process in connection with its mezzanine loan position in acquisition financing of a multi-family portfolio.
- Advised IGIS Asset Management on the UCC foreclosure process in connection with its mezzanine loan position in acquisition financing of an office building in New York.
- Advised Mirae Asset Securities (Hong Kong) on acquisition and financing of a data centre in Hong Kong.
- Advised Meritz Securities in relation to an HKD mortgage-backed loan program and an HKD term-loan facility for the purchase of a Hong Kong property.
- Advised Woori Bank Hong Kong on various secondary debt participation deals.
- Advised KTB Asset Management on a debt purchase from a Vietnamese Bank and amendment and restatement of existing loans where the collateral was a portfolio of retail buildings.
- Advised Alpha Asset Management on a mezzanine financing of an office portfolio in Spain.
- Other Experience
- Advised PT Trans Media Corpora and PT Televisi Transformasi Indonesia, subsidiaries of an Indonesian conglomerate, CT Corpora, for a US$500 million senior secured financing involving original lenders—PT Bank ANZ Indonesia, Bank of America, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, ING Bank, Maybank, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
- Advised ADM Capital in relation to US$110 million bridge loan for potential acquisition of an Indonesian food and beverage business.
- Advised ANZ in relation to US$48 million term-loan facility for financing the acquisition of U.S. pharmaceutical company by a U.S. subsidiary of Aurobindo Pharma.
- Advised China Minsheng Banking Corp. in relation to US$54 million loan facility for the working capital of palm oil plantation in Indonesia.
- Advised a Hong Kong venture capital firm, Vectr, in its seed funding to an Australian biotech company.
Education
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PCLL, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law, 2011
J.D., University of Technology Sydney, 2008
B.MedSci, University of New South Wales, 2003
with Honours
Admissions
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New South Wales
Hong Kong
Languages
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Korean