Claude Jiang is an of counsel in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Projects & Infrastructure, Power and Renewables, and Finance Practice Groups. His practice focuses on energy and infrastructure related project development and finance.
Claude has extensive experience working on both the project side and the financing side of transactions and has been involved in a variety of transactions from different project aspects including traditional project financing, structuring for projects without a financing component, project-related M&A as well as project-based bond offerings. Recently, he has concentrated on energy transition/renewables and assorted infrastructure projects while leading cross-border and cross-practice teams on several large-scale transactions.
Claude is recognized as a “Rising Star” for Projects in Singapore and is also recommended as a key lawyer for Banking and Finance in Singapore by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024. He was named Project Finance Lawyer of the Year – China by the Finance Monthly Magazine in 2017. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Claude was with his previous firm’s project development and finance team for 13 years based in Singapore and Shanghai, and he was an associate in the project finance team of a leading international firm for 4 years.
Claude received his Master of Laws from the Indiana University School of Law in 2007 and earned his Bachelor of Laws from the Nanjing University in 2006. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York and is qualified to practice in China. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Representative Experience*
- DITO Telecommunity Corporation, as borrower and developer, on the US$3.9 billion long-term financing of its Philippines-wide 4G/5G-ready telecommunication network project, one of the largest project finance telecoms deals in Asia to date. Awarded “Best Project Finance Deal of the Year – Southeast Asia” and received a commendation for “Best Infrastructure Deal of the Year – Southeast Asia” at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2023 and awarded “Telecoms Deal of the Year – APAC” at the IJGlobal Awards 2023.
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, ING Bank NV, DBS Bank Ltd, Bank of China Limited, Mizuho Bank Limited and Société Générale, on the MIGA-covered refinancing of the 220 MW Bhola Combined Cycle Gas Turbine project in Bangladesh. Awarded “Power Deal of the Year (Bangladesh)” at The Asset Triple A Infrastructure Awards 2023 and “Asia Pacific Refinance Deal of the Year – Power” at the IJGlobal Awards 2022.
- Masdar and PJBI, a subsidiary of Indonesian state-owned offtaker PT PLN, on the development and financing of a 145 MW floating solar PV project over the Cirata reservoir in Indonesia. It is the first floating solar project in Indonesia, the country’s largest solar plant and the biggest floating solar project in Southeast Asia. Awarded “Renewable Energy Deal of the Year (Indonesia)” at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2022 and “Asia Pacific Solar Deal of the Year 2021” by Project Finance International.
- A consortium of lenders including KfW, Standard Chartered Bank, Riyad Bank, Bank Saudi Fransi and Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation (Apicorp) supporting ACWA’s development and financing of Al Dur 2 IWPP with a 1500 MW natural gas fired power facility and a 50 MIGD desalination facility in Bahrain. Awarded “MENA Refinancing Water Deal of the Year” at the IJGlobal Awards 2020.
- A consortium of lenders including The Export-Import Bank of China, China Development Bank, Silk Road Fund and International Finance Corporation on the US$1.69 billion financing of the 720 MW Karot Hydropower project, which is the largest hydro project to date in Pakistan at the time it was financed. Awarded “Asia Pacific Hydro Deal of the Year” at the IJGlobal Awards 2017.
* Includes experience gained prior to joining Gibson Dunn.
Publications
- “Bhola 2 IPP – A Bangladesh milestone”, PFI Yearbook, 2023
- “Eurasian power sector investment by China”, Financier Worldwide, 2018
- “Project Finance in China”, Redback Reporter, 2017
- “China Sector of the Project Finance Journal”, Law Business Research, 2017
- “China Sector of the Project Finance Journal”, Law Business Research, 2016
- “China Sector of the Project Finance Journal”, Law Business Research, 2015
Speaking Engagements
- Guest speaker, PPP structure forum in the Philippines in association with the Commercial Law Development Programme (CLDP) funded by the US Department of State, December 2023
- Guest speaker, PPP structure forum in Bangladesh in association with the Commercial Law Development Programme (CLDP) funded by the US Department of State, May 2023
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Indiana University - 2007 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- Nanjing University - 2006 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Admissions:
- New York Bar