Scott Neilson

Other noteworthy experience 

Advising:

LNG Liquefaction

• Tangguh LNG Train 3 expansion project – USD3.745bn trustee borrower scheme financing acting for the lenders.
• Donggi Senoro LNG – All aspects of the project acting for the project company. This included a USD2.8bn project financing and was the first time the trustee borrower scheme was dispensed with and the first all Asian sponsored LNG project.
• Bonny Island LNG complex expansion project – Nigeria LNG and its shareholders on the financing of the seventh phase expansion of its Bonny Island LNG complex.

LNG regasification and LNG to power

• Jawa 1 gas to power in Indonesia – USD1.8bn project financing acting for the lenders. This was the first integrated gas to power project in Asia and is a 1,760MW gas fired power plant and an FSRU.
• Manzanillo onshore LNG regasification plant in Mexico – USD875mn project financing acting for the project company.

Power

• 50MW Tsetsii wind farm in Mongolia – acting for the lenders. This was the first dollar-denominated project finance debt transaction by JICA through its Private Sector Investment Finance scheme.
• 129MW Q10 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands – acting for the lenders.
• 210MW Westermost Rough wind farm in England – acting for the lenders. This was the first financing in the UK OSW sector which took construction risk.
• 1,800MW gas fired power plant in Sharjah, UAE – acting for the project company. Included a USD1bn financing.
• Acquisition of 5 CCGT power plants (2.2GW) and a gas pipeline in Mexico by Mitsui and Tokyo Gas – acting for the lenders on the USD750mn innovative limited recourse portfolio financing. 90MW geothermal power plant in Theistareykir, Iceland – acting for JBIC. The USD68mn buyer’s credit financing included JBIC’s first loan to Iceland.

Acquisition financing

• Acquisition of Jaguar and LandRover by Tata Motors from Ford – acting for the lenders on the USD3bn financing.
• Acquisition of RBC’s aircraft leasing business by SMBC and Sumitomo Corporation – acting for JBIC on the USD3bn financing.

Published work

• "Spotlight on COP26: Asia Pacific countries have come a long way on their climate commitments" (December 2021)

• "Japan's new energy strategy: Reflections on COP" (November 2021)

• "How COP26 will be relevant to future financings: Reflections on COP" (November 2021)

• "Spotlight on COP: The USD100 Billion Pledge" (November 2021)

• S Neilson, 'Export credit agencies' (2017) Liquefied Natural Gas, The Law and Business LNG, Third Edition.

• S Neilson, 'Home Loans' (2009) March Asialaw 14.

• S Neilson, 'Effects of the Credit Crunch on Asia' (2008) 1(2) Bloomberg Law Reports 14.

• S Neilson, 'Erosion of Security; Impact of Changes under the Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) on financier's security' (2003) Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practise.

• P Lalich & S Neilson, 'Review of the Land and Environment Court's Jurisdiction: Discussion of issues relating to the Working Party review and reform of the Court' (2001) 7(1) Local Government Law Journal 49. Law Reports 14.