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Jessica Lee

Partner

Email

jessica.lee@aoshearman.com

Phone

+65 6671 6045

Offices

Singapore

V-CARD
Jessica is experienced in a broad range of financing transactions, including project finance, structured finance, general corporate and syndicated lending, green and sustainability-linked finance, leverage finance and private credit transactions.

She has acted on innovative and award-winning transactions, both sponsor and lender side, for a breadth of clients, including development finance institutions, corporates, credit funds, ECAs and commercial lenders.

She has extensive experience advising on cross border transactions in developing markets in ASEAN and the wider Asia-Pacific region, in particular in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Jessica has a particular focus on data centers and other digital infrastructure, renewables, green and sustainability-linked finance, development finance transactions and private credit.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • EdgeConneX Inc., a leading global data center developer, on USD403.8m sustainability-linked facilities for its subsidiary PT Graha Teknologi Nusantara to finance (i) the build out and capacity expansion of an existing multi-tenant data center; and (ii) the development on adjacent land of greenfield built-to-suit data center facilities for a global hyperscaler in Jakarta, Indonesia. Awarded IJ Global “Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year” in 2024.
  • AdaniConneX, a 50:50 joint venture between Adani Enterprises Ltd. and EdgeConneX Inc., on the largest data center financing in India to finance its under-construction data center portfolio of 67MW in Noida and Chennai. Awarded “Digital Deal of the Year” at the PFI Awards 2024.
  • The Mandated Lead Arrangers on the financing of the 145 MW Cirata floating solar PV project in Indonesia. Awarded “Asia-Pacific Solar Deal of the Year” at the PFI Awards 2022.
  • The Lenders (including ADB and IFC) on the financing to Prime Road Alternative (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Thailand-based Prime Road Power Public Company Limited, to fund the development of a 60MW solar power project in Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia. Awarded “Cambodia: Renewable Energy Deal of the Year” at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2023.
  • IFC, ADB and DEG on a USD300,000,000 blue loan to Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a Thai-listed leading producer and recycler of PET resin. The financing was one of the first blue loans to be done in Asia Pacific.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a barrister and solicitor, State of Western Australia, 2014

Admitted as a solicitor, England and Wales, 2024

Academic

Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Australian National University, 2014

Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), University of Western Australia, 2013

Bachelor of Science (Major: Environmental Management), University of Western Australia, 2013

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.