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  • Louis Chiam

    Partner
    Melbourne
    T: +61 3 9643 4086
    M: +61 417 266 545
 

 Professional Biography

 

  • Louis Chiam is a Partner in the Melbourne office of King & Wood Mallesons, where he specialises in infrastructure, energy and resources, climate change and major projects.

    Louis has experience in energy and infrastructure projects, energy markets and restructuring, acquisitions and divestments, electricity and gas supply contracts, carbon finance, carbon advisory and utility regulation.

    Louis acts for a range of Australian and international corporations and government entities.  Louis has been named the Best Lawyers' 2013 Melbourne Climate Change "Lawyer of the Year" and is ranked as one of Australia's leading energy lawyers, including by Chambers Global Guide 2009 as a “Band 1 - energy and resources” lawyer and by PLC Which Lawyer? 2009 as “Highly recommended" in Energy.

     

     
 

 Experience

 
  • 1993: Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne
  • 1994: Solicitor, Melbourne firm
  • 1996: Solicitor, San Francisco firm
  • 1997 - 2002: Solicitor and Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne
  • 2003 - 2012: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
  • 2012 - present: Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

  • Louis has written a number of papers and presented to industry conferences on utilities, regulation and climate change.
 

 Recent Matters

 
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Hunan Valin - acquiring a strategic 17% stake in listed iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, including ongoing board representation
  • VFMC - acquisition of North Queensland gas pipeline from AGL and Arrow
  • TRUenergy - sale of one-third interest in SEA Gas pipeline
  • TRUenergy - Torrens Island and Hallett power stations - A$400 million power station asset swap with AGL
  • Spark Infrastructure IPO - float of Cheung Kong Infrastructure/Hongkong Electric's Australian power company assets (largest Australian energy IPO in 2005)
  • China Light & Power - A$2.1 billion acquisition of TRUenergy (formerly TXU Australia) merchant energy business from Singapore Power
  • China Huaneng Group - purchase of 50% interest in and joint venture for InterGen's power stations in Queensland
  • Cheung Kong Infrastructure/Hongkong Electric - successful bid for and purchase of electricity networks ETSA Utilities, Powercor and CitiPower, totalling more than A$7 billion
  • Climate change and energy
  • advising on Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme, including compliance, affected facilities, carbon permits and compensation
  • carbon finance - advising on carbon permit trading, negotiating carbon trading documentation
  • advising on carbon cost passthrough clauses in long-term supply agreements
  • advising on the Australian mandatory renewable energy target
  • International Power's Canunda Wind Farm, a project-financed development in South Australia
  • Cathedral Rocks, a project-financed wind farm in South Australia
  • Incitec Pivot's strategic gas sourcing tender for its Gibson Island Ammonia/Urea plant
  • advising on renewable energy certificate trading contracts
  • Regulation and restructuring
  • Queensland State Government - implementing regulatory reform to support the state's electricity reliability program
  • APT - Victorian gas transmission network rate case application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
  • Tasmanian State Government - developing its gas regulatory regime and the tender to select a franchised gas distributor/retailer
 

 Professional Memberships

 
  • Law Institute of Victoria
  • Board member of AMPLA - Energy and Resources Law Association