Jamie Franklin

LNG / Oil & Gas / Petrochemicals:

• A Middle East sovereign wealth fund on its investment, joint venture arrangements and equity commitments for the US$18.4 billion financing of the Rio Grande LNG project in Texas. This is the largest-ever US greenfield energy project financing and won "North America LNG Deal of the Year" by IJGlobal 2024 and "Americas Deal of the Year" by PFI 2024.
• Cheniere Energy Inc. in the refinancing of US$3.4 billion series of financings to refinance the 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 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG on a free on board (FOB) basis from the Plaquemines LNG facility in Louisiana.
• The project company in connection with the development and financing of the Woodfibre LNG liquefaction project in British Columbia, Canada.
• The lenders in the development and financing of the Anna Nery FPSO project in Brazil.
• Major US oil & gas company on provision of a first-of-a-kind credit enhancement to TPIC in support of its oil & gas ABS refinancing.
• PT Pertamina EP Cepu in the US$1.84 billion project financing of gas processing facilities and pipelines located in Bojonegoro Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The deal was named Asia-Pacific Oil & Gas Deal of the Year by PFI. *
• SMC Global Power on the development of its Illijan LNG-to-power project in the Philippines. *
• JBIC, NEXI, KEXIM, K-Sure, Bpifrance, Atradius, Euler Hermes, EFC and the commercial bank lenders in the US$20 billion project financing of the Ichthys LNG project in Australia, the largest project financing ever taken to market globally. *
• Export credit agencies and a consortium of commercial bank lenders in the US$8.3 billion refinancing of and multiple additional senior and junior financings of the Ichthys LNG project in Australia. *
• JBIC, NEXI, and a syndicate of 29 commercial lenders, on the US$7.4 billion project financing of the Cameron LNG liquefaction-export project in Hackberry, Louisiana sponsored by Sempra, GDF SUEZ, Mitsui, and Japan LNG Investment, LLC, a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha. *
• The ECAs and commercial banks in the project financing of the APLNG fully integrated coal seam gas-to-LNG development in Australia. *
• PTT Plc on the development of its cold energy industrial gas project in Thailand. *

Mining & Metals:

• Asian investor in connection with the acquisition of a geothermal lithium project in North America.
• Asian developer in connection with its proposed investment, joint venture, development and financing for an integrated geothermal lithium project in North America.
• Lender in a prepayment / project financing structure for a greenfield iron ore mine in the US.
• Buyer in offtake / structured financing arrangements for an iron ore mine in North America.
• Vulcan Energy in the development and US$1 billion+ ECA-supported financing of its integrated geothermal lithium brine extraction project in Germany.
• State Bank of India on the financing of Adani Enterprises Limited’s Carmichael coal mine and rail connection to Abbott Point.
• Hancock Prospecting Pty. Ltd. In connection with its US$300M royalty stream and purchase option with Sirius Minerals PLC’s polyhalite project in the United Kingdom.*    

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 ongoing development and financing of its US$ multibillion 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) (Expected investment value of approximately US$850 million).
• Japanese sponsor in the joint venture formation and ongoing development and financing of its blue ammonia export project in Texas.
• Japanese energy company in its investment in a blue ammonia export project in Texas.
• Japanese utility in its investment in a blue ammonia export project in the USGC.

Power & Renewables:

• The borrower in the refinancing of the Wampu hydroelectric power project in Indonesia.
• A developer in the development of a gas-fired captive power project in Indonesia.
• SK E&S and CIP on the development and project financing of the 99 MW Jeonnam offshore wind project in Sinan County in Jeonnam Province, South Korea. This project is scheduled to be the first project financed offshore wind farm in South Korea. Our role involves the full spectrum of contract procurement, project development and project financing.
• Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on the development, equity sale process and US$3 billion (NT$90 billion) financing of the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind project in Taiwan. This deal won "Asia Pacific Project Finance Deal of the Year 2020" by IJGlobal Awards, "Asia Pacific Renewable Deal of the Year 2020" by PFI Awards, "Project Finance Deal of the Year 2020" by FinanceAsia Achievement Awards and "Project Finance Deal of the Year 2021" by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards.
• The financiers and ECAs on the NT$90 billion project financing of the 640MW Yunlin Offshore Wind in Taiwan. This is the largest wind farm developed in Asia Pacific to date and has been awarded PFI International's "Project Finance Deal of the Year" 2019.
• The export credit agencies and commercial bank lenders in the US$440 million project financing of the 80 MW Muara Laboh geothermal power project in West Sumatra, Indonesia. *
• The export credit agencies and commercial bank lenders in the US$701 million project financing of the 98.4 MW Rantau Dedap Geothermal Power Project in South Sumatra. *

*Matters prior to joining White & Case