Ben Thompson

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Ben Thompson is a partner in Mayer Brown's Singapore office and is the head of the Project & Infrastructure practice in Asia.

He has over 20 years' experience in energy and power projects throughout the region, with his practice divided relatively evenly between sponsor and lender roles on major power and infrastructure projects, in particular renewables. Ben has advised on projects in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Mongolia. He has advised on a number of the highest profile and award-winning projects, including the Myingyan IPP (Myanmar's first internationally tendered power project), the Nam Ngiep 1 and Nam Ngum 3 hydropower projects in Laos PDR, the Nong Saeng and Gulf U-Thai IPP projects in Thailand, Lotus wind power project in Vietnam, and the Jawa 1 LNG-to-power project in Indonesia (the first LNG-to-power project in the Asia Pacific region).

Ben is particularly experienced in advising MLA and DFI lenders on projects, including ADB, IFC, AIIB, JICA, DEG, and others.