Jonathon G. Hannah

Oil & Gas/Petrochemicals

• eLNG – representing eLNG on the financing of its $35 billion eLNG project in Mozambique (pending)
• Australia Pacific LNG, Refinancing – represented APLNG’s subsidiary Australia Pacific LNG Processing in connection with its Section 4(a)(2)/Regulation D private placement of $1.4 billion of senior notes used to prepay a portion of its project debt incurred in the financing of its LNG liquefaction project
• Dolphin Pipeline Project, Supplemental Financing – advised the lenders on the US$863 million supplemental senior debt financing for the Dolphin Pipeline Project
• Australia Pacific LNG – represented the project company, a ConocoPhillips, Sinopec and Origin Energy joint venture, in relation to the $8.5 billion project financing of two gas liquefaction trains in Queensland, Australia
  • IJGlobal Asia-Pacific Midstream Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2018
  • Project Finance International Asia-Pacific Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2012
  • Standout: Financial Times US Innovative Lawyers 2012, Energy
• Dolphin Energy Pipeline – represented the bank lenders and underwriters on the $4.14 billion refinancing of the Dolphin Energy pipeline project, the largest cross-border gas project in the Middle East
  • Infrastructure Journal Global Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 
  • PFI Middle Eastern Oil & Gas Deal of the Year
  • Middle East Oil & Gas Deal of the Year by Project Finance
• Papua New Guinea LNG – advised the sponsors in relation to the $18 billion Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project
• South Stream Pipeline – advised the project company and sponsors in relation to a multi-billion Euro project financing of a cross-border natural gas pipeline (currently under review)
• Total – advised Total on a US$1 billion equivalent loan facility to a Scandinavian subsidiary
• Tengizchevroil (TCO) Gas Sales – advised Tengizchevroil, a joint venture between Chevron, ExxonMobil, KazMunayGas and LukArco, on the negotiation of three long-term gas sales agreements
• Cameron LNG – advised Sempra on certain English-law aspects of the US$7.5 billion financing of the Cameron LNG Project
  • Highly Commended: Financial Times North America Innovative Lawyers 2014, Finance
• Salalah Methanol – represented the commercial bank syndicate on the $640 million non-recourse project financing of a methanol plant in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman*
• Aromatics Oman – represented the Export-Import Bank of Korea and the commercial bank syndicate in relation to the $1.25 billion financing of an aromatics plant in Sohar, Sultanate of Oman*

Mining

• Ambatovy Project – 2024 Part 26A Restructuring Plan: $2.3 billion debt restructuring under a Part 26A restructuring plan, including a cross-class cram down of creditors. This was the first restructuring plan involving a mining company with limited recourse project financing
• Lundin Mining Corporation in connection with its and BHP’s agreement with Filo Corp. to jointly acquire 100% of Filo’s issued and outstanding common shares for C$4.1 billion, and related joint venture arrangements
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Teck Resources Limited in its consideration of strategic options with respect to Teck’s steelmaking coal business, Elk Valley Resources, ultimately resulting in the sale to Glencore plc and Nippon Steel Corporation for an implied enterprise value of $9 billion
• Barrick Gold on the Reko Diq Project in Balochistan, Pakistan, one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper and gold deposits
• Ambatovy Project Restructuring – represented the project company in relation to three restructurings of the senior debt obligations of Ambatovy nickel, cobalt and ammonium sulphate mining project
• Oyu Tolgoi – represented Rio Tinto and Oyu Tolgoi LLC in relation to the multi-billion project financing of a copper and gold mining project in Mongolia
  • PFI Asia-Pacific Mining Deal of the Year
• El Boleo Project – represented the hedging banks and commercial lenders on the intercreditor issues in relation to the $823 million project financing of the El Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese mining project in Mexico
• Emerging Market Mining Project – currently representing the Sponsors in relation to the structuring aspects of an emerging market mining project

Power/Telecoms

• Goldman Sachs Asset Management, through its infrastructure investing business, in the establishment of Verdalia Bioenergy
• Reykjavik Geothermal – Advised the project company in relation to a convertible term loan facility and the granting of certain investment rights to an institutional investor
• Chaglla Hydroelectric Power Plant – Advised a consortium led by China Three Gorges on the financing arrangements in connection with the acquisition of the Chaglla HEP
• Emerging Market Power Project – Advised the initial purchasers in relation to bankability aspects of a power plant in Kazakhstan (currently on hold)
• MIC Tanzania Limited – represented the lenders (including Standard Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, PROPARCO, EKN and local DFIs) in connection with the financing of MIC Tanzania Limited, a telecoms operator in Tanzania (trading as Tigo)*

Restructuring and Strategic Finance

• Consortium led by China Three Gorges – acquisition financing
• Philips – Advised Philips on a €1.75 billion term loan and revolving credit facility with respect to the IPO of its lighting business
• Goldman Sachs Investor Funds – Advised Goldman Sachs Investor Funds on the restructuring of a €1.4 billion real estate financing
• Towergate Creditors – restructuring
• Abengoa Coordinating Committee of Creditors – restructuring
• Swisscom – corporate financing
• Finmeccanica – corporate financing
• GS Capital Partners – acquisition financing
• Goldman Sachs Investor Funds – restructuring

* Denotes representations undertaken prior to joining S&C