A partner in the Project Finance & Development, Finance and Infrastructure Groups, Jamie Franklin represents clients across the North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions on some of the most complex transactions in the energy sector, particularly in relation to liquefied natural gas (LNG), gas, natural resources, power and large-scale renewables/clean energy projects. Jamie has extensive experience in multi-source project financings, acquisition financings, holdco and hybrid financing structures, project bonds/private placements, structured financing platforms, refinancings and other debt-structured products and equity financings in the energy and infrastructure sector. He also advises on joint ventures and project development matters (including power purchase, feedstock and offtake agreements).
Jamie has worked on multiple award-winning, first-of-their-kind transactions, including the financing of INPEX Corporation’s Ichthys LNG export facility in Australia and Sempra Infrastructure Partners’ Cameron LNG export facility in Louisiana, and other representative matters including*:
LNG/Oil & Gas/Petrochemicals
- The co-investors in a Blackstone Credit & Insurance-led investor consortium on a $7 billion investment in Sempra Infrastructure Partners’ Port Arthur LNG Phase 2
- A Middle East sovereign wealth fund on its investment, joint venture arrangements and equity commitments for the $18.4 billion financing of the Rio Grande LNG project in Texas
- Cheniere Energy in the $3.4 billion refinancing of its Sabine Pass LNG project in Louisiana
- Excelerate Energy on its entry into a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG)agreement with Venture Global LNG to purchase 0.7 Mtpa of LNG on a free on board (FOB) basis from the Plaquemines LNG facility in Louisiana
- Woodfibre LNG in connection with the development and financing of its liquefaction project in British Columbia, Canada
- Lenders in the development and financing of the Anna Nery FPSO project in Brazil
- ExxonMobil Corporation on various structured financing solutions for oil & gas and petrochemical assets
- PT Pertamina EP Cebu in the $1.84 billion project financing of gas processing facilities and pipelines in Bojonegoro Regency, East Java, Indonesia
Mining & Metals
- Serra Verde Group in connection with the development and financing of its rare earth mine project in Goias, Brazil
- Mesabi Metallics Company LLC in connection with the financing of its iron ore mine and pellet production facility in Minnesota
- A Japanese developer in connection with investments, joint venture formation, development and financing for integrated and non-integrated geothermal lithium projects in North America
- A Middle Eastern strategic investor in a prepayment/project financing structure for a greenfield iron ore mine in the U.S.
- Hancock Prospecting in its royalty stream and offtake arrangements in connection with Sirius Minerals plc’s Woodsmith polyhalite mine in England
- State Bank of India on the financing of Adani Enterprises’ Carmichael coal mine and rail connection to Abbott Point
Energy Transition
- The arranger in connection with the financing of a renewable fuels terminal project in California
- INPEX Corporation in the joint venture formation and development and financing of its Port of Houston blue ammonia export project in Texas
- Orbia in the proposed development of two facilities in Louisiana and Georgia for the production of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) with an expected investment value of approximately $850 million
- Various Japanese energy and utility companies in investments in blue ammonia export projects on the U.S. Gulf Coast
Power & Renewables
- EverWind Fuels in the development and financing of its wind, hydrogen and terminal projects in Nova Scotia
- Fervo Energy in connection with the development and financing of a geothermal power project in Utah
- Cumulus Digital Holdings in its strategic partnership with Orion Energy Partners for the development and financing of a hyper-scale data Center campus and bitcoin mining joint venture
- The borrower in the refinancing of the Wampu hydroelectric power project in Indonesia
- PT AKR Corporindo Tbk in the development of a combined cycle gas-fired captive power project in Indonesia
- SK E&S and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on the contract procurement, project development and project financing of the 99MW Jeonnam offshore wind project in Sinan County, South Korea.
- The financiers and ECAs on the approximately $3 billion project financing of the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan
*Includes matters handled prior to joining Paul, Weiss
