Matt Bubb
Singapore

Biography
Matt Bubb is the Head of Infrastructure, Energy,Resources & Projects (IERP) practice for the Asia Pacificregion. Matt Bubb is a highly respected and recognizedenergy and infrastructure specialist. He has extensive
expertise in the development and financing of complex
projects in the power, renewables, energy, oil & gas,
natural resources and infrastructure sectors. His
experience includes advising lenders, sponsors, projectcompanies and contractors in Asia Pacific and globally,
including Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brunei,
Cambodia, Dubai, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Laos,Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Mongolia, Pakistan,
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka,Thailand, Vietnam, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan. Healso has deep experience in public private partnership(PPP) work.
Over the years, Matt has advised on numerous crossborder projects and transactions involving awardwinning matters. He is also widely recognized as aleader in the profession, evidenced by multiple
accolades in the Asia Pacific region.
Immediately prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Matt wasthe founder and managing director of a boutique legal
firm providing advice to Australian and Asian clients inrelation to energy and infrastructure matters in the Asia
Pacific region. Prior to that, he was a partner in aninternational law firm from 2006 until 2019 based

Phone+65 6302 2454

Fax
+65 6538 7077

Emailmatt.bubb@hoganlovells.com

Practices
Infrastructure, Energy, Resources,and Projects
Banking and Loan FinanceTransportation
Environment and Natural Resources

Industries
Financial Institutions

Areas of focus
Project Finance, DFI and ECAFinancePower and Renewables
Oil and Gas: Refinery andPetrochemical Projects

primarily in Singapore and Tokyo, including roles as
Singapore office managing partner, Asian managing
partner and Global Head of Utilities.
Matt is qualified to practice law in Australia and inEngland & Wales.

Representative experience
Asian Development Bank in relation to the project
financing of a water distribution project in Bangladesh(on-going). *Asian Development Bank and Public Private Partnership
Authority and Roads & Highways Department on theprocurement of the Rampura-Amulia-Demra Tollway
PPP in Bangladesh. *Asian Development Bank and Public Private Partnership
Authority and Roads & Highways Department on theprocurement of the Dhaka Bypass PPP in Bangladesh. *Asian Development Bank, Japan International
Cooperation Agency and Development Bank of Austria
in connection with loan facilities and grants totaling
US$41m made available to Bank of Maldives to support
lending to SMEs and Blue Economy projects. *Asian Development Bank on the project financing of 4
dialysis centres under a PPP modality in Uzbekistan(on-going). *Bank of South Pacific in connection with the refinancing
and restructuring of facilities made available to thePNG Ports Corporation. *Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd, the proponent of a 2100 tpd
ammonia production facility in Western Australia, on all
aspects of its US$410m project financing. *Commercial lenders and Japanese and Korean ECAs inrelation to the limited recourse project financing of a
1,200MW coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. *Daewoo International, KOGAS, GAIL and ONGC on thedevelopment and financing of the Shwe Gas Field,Myanmar. *Mining and Resources

Education and admissions
Education
Bachelor of Laws, University ofAdelaide, 1998
Graduate Certificate in Legal
Practice, University of South
Australia, 1998
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom),
University of Adelaide, 1994

Bar admissions andqualifications
Solicitor, England and Wales

Court admissions
Supreme Court of Victoria
Supreme Court of South Australia

DBS Bank Limited on its project financing of theSingapore District Cooling Project. *Hengyi Industries Sdn. Bhd. and Damai Holdings
Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Strategic
Development Capital Fund of Brunei) on the $US 4.5bdevelopment of an integrated refinery andpetrochemical facility in Brunei. *Itochu, Petroleum Brunei and Mitsubishi Gas Chemicalon the development and financing of a new US$560
million methanol project in Brunei (the first crossborder project finance transaction in Brunei). *Japanese trading company and Japanese airport
operator in relation to their bid, as part of a consortium,
to develop and operate 5 regional airports in thePhilippines under a PPP structure. *JBIC, K-EXIM and local and international commercial
lenders on the US$700m limited recourse project
financing of the Khanom 930 MW gas fired IPP inThailand. *Lenders on the refinancing, on a project finance basis,of Helios Terminals Pte Ltd, Singapore. *Lenders to Tuaspring Pte Ltd on the project financing ofthe Tuas Desalination PPP Project in Singapore. *PowerSeraya on its SGD450 million commercial
borrowing facility. *PowerSeraya Limited on its development and financingof its S$1 billion 800MW cogeneration project inSingapore. *PPP Centre of the Philippines and the Department ofTransport & Communications on the proposed
procurement of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
PPP in the Philippines. *Proponent on the proposed 3000 tpd methanol
production facility in Western Australia on all aspects ofits project financing. *Queensland Oil Refinery Pty Ltd on the proposed
160,000 bpd petroleum refinery project in Gladstone,Queensland, Australia. *Singapore incorporated issuer on the US$105 million
private placement note issue to finance a coal mine
operation in Indonesia. *The lenders (Credit Agricole, BTMU, SMBC, National
Australia Bank, Natixis, WestLB, OCBC, DBS, HSBC, BNP
Paribas, Standard Chartered Bank) on the financing ofthe Singapore Sports Hub PPP. Awarded "Project
Finance Deal of the Year " by IFLR Asia in 2011 andGlobal and Asia PPP Deal of the Year" by Project
Finance Magazine 2011. **Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

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