Sylvia Koh

Sylvia Koh is a renewable energy attorney who advises clients on project finance, tax equity finance, tax credit transfers, corporate M&A and corporate governance and compliance. She has led financing transactions ranging from sub-$10 million to $200–300 million, including development and acquisition financings, single-lender and syndicated credit facilities, asset-backed facilities, venture debt, restructurings, cross-border transactions, bridge financings, and project mergers & acquisitions.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Sylvia practiced law at an Am Law 50 firm in Silicon Valley for several years and has also served as an in-house attorney at the LEGIA Division of the World Bank in Washington, D.C.  She is a member of the Environmental Law section of the California Lawyers Association and is active in the San Francisco chapter of the nonprofit Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE).

Education

Stanford Law School, LL.M., Environmental Law & Policy

King’s College London, LL.B. (Hons.)

Admissions

California

England and Wales (Non-Practicing) 

Singapore (Non-Practicing)

Project Finance, Tax Equity Finance and Tax Credit Transfers

• Represented Copia Power DevCo, LLC in connection $519 million tax equity commitment for the Harquahala Sun 2 project, a 300 MW solar facility and 30 MW/1200 Mwh BESS facility located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
• Represented Copia Power in a $135 million tax equity commitment for the Harquahala Sun 1 project, a 150 MW solar facility located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
• Represented renewable energy client in connection with debt and tax equity financing for a 345 MW_DC solar facility to be constructed in Georgia.
• Represented Primergy Solar Management LLC on closing $225 million in project financing for its Valley of Fire portfolio, which includes six projects that are operational or in early-to-late-stage development in Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona and will total more than 2.65 GW of solar capacity and up to 1.5 GW of battery storage capacity.
• Advised Sunrun as borrower in recent fund additions relating to its existing $1.8 billion revolving warehouse facility with a tax equity borrowing base.
• Advised space satellite company as borrower in a $100 million refinancing following failed project milestone.
• Advised Spring Lane Capital as lender in a debt facility and as part of a US$31 million raise for Spring Free EV.
• Advised lenders in US$400 million project financing of AN and MMA production facility in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. Assisted with analysis and legal interpretation of army coup in Thailand, in relation to provisions triggered in common terms agreement, sponsor support agreement, supply agreements and licensing agreements.
• Advised arrangers in US$800 million project financing of the acquisition, conversion, and refurbishment of a Singapore flagged floating production, storage, and offloading unit (FPSO).
• Advised a leading LNG trading, shipping, and risk management company, in connection with a US$100 million trade finance facility from HSBC, Singapore, for the financing of trading activity of liquefied natural gas.
• Advised mandated lead arrangers in two similarly structured transactions involving GBPl00 million and GBP600 million respectively. Each instance involved a term loan facility and murabaha facility to Jersey SPVs of a Malaysian fund for the refinancing of premier Grade A commercial properties in London.
• Advised mandated lead arranger in US$360 million term facility involving two Indian state entities.
• Advised large state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company from India on US$120 million financing provided under a commercial standby letter of credit facility and a trade finance facility pursuant to the lender’s standard form modular documents.
• Advised lenders in refinancing of US$100 million term and revolving loan facilities for a Singapore borrower, with an escrow mechanism and involving an Indonesian security package (fiducias and haks).
• Advised mandated lead arrangers in refinancing of US$200 million trade, term, and revolving loan facilities to an energy group of companies in Indonesia.

Project Development

• Advised lenders in financing for DBOO water desalination plant in Asia involving water purchase agreement and delayed drawdown structure.
• Advised Babcock Power, Inc., on joint venture with ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd. relating to licensing wet flue gas desulfurization technology by Babcock for thermal power projects in India.
• Advised listed subsidiary of major Chinese power conglomerate in the proposed acquisition of an up to 80% interest in twin 350MW coal-fired infrastructure power projects in Bangladesh.
• Assisted development bank with creating template direct agreement in connection with an engineering, procurement and construction contract direct agreement based on available models and working precedents.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Advised Hilti AG in its acquisition of Norwegian Oglaend System Group, a leading manufacturer of multidiscipline support solutions, cable ladders, cable trays, and accessories for the oil and gas, infrastructure, shipbuilding, wind energy, water treatment, and clean room industries.
• Advised Cardinal Health on the acquisition of Medtronic’s patient care, deep vein thrombosis, and nutritional insufficiency businesses for US$6.1 billion.
• Advised Singapore branch of a Malaysian bank in SG$350 million term loan facility to the subsidiary of a Singapore private equity firm, for the acquisition of a property, construction and electrical and mechanical engineering company listed on the mainboard of the SGX-ST.