Band 3
Foreign Expert
Expertise Based Abroad
About
Provided by Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi
Practice Areas
Partner Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi focuses her practice on international project development and finance transactions and is Asia Head of Transactions. She has more than two decades of experience representing developers, sponsors, commercial lenders, multilateral agencies, export credit agencies, and governments on a wide variety of international projects including in the Americas, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam, advising on many of the Asian region’s landmark power, oil and gas, petrochemicals, infrastructure, and mining projects.
Clarinda has exceptional experience in the Indonesian oil and gas sector, having advised oil majors, foreign investors, the Indonesian government, Pertamina, the Indonesian Ministry of Mines and Energy, and the Indonesian upstream oil and gas regulatory agency, SKKMIGAS, on the development and financing of Indonesia’s most important oil and gas and petrochemical projects.
Clarinda also has regional corporate experience and has been involved in structuring and completing cross-border joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments for the US and other international clients on a variety of structured transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. She has also advised on several of the largest and most complex debt restructurings in Asia.
The American Lawyer has named her “Project Finance Lawyer of the Year” in its Emerging Markets Awards and Euromoney has twice honored her with its Asia Women Business Law Awards for “Best in Energy and Natural Resources”. Clarinda is also named in International Financial Law Review and Legal 500 Asia-Pacific as a leading lawyer for project finance and recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Leader in project finance and electricity/power and a National Leader in Southeast Asia in energy and project finance.
Professional Memberships
United Women Singapore, Board Member
Board Agender, 100 Champions of Change
Equal-Ark, Board Member
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Ladies League
National Gallery Singapore, Benefit Gala Fund Raising Committee
Chambers Review
Global
Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi advises sponsors and developers on major energy projects and is best known for her Indonesia expertise.
Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi advises sponsors and developers on major energy projects and is best known for her Indonesia expertise.
Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi is deeply experienced in assisting clients with oil and gas and power projects in Indonesia, operating from the firm's Singapore office.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Clarinda adds value on large-scale and complex transactions and is deeply familiar with the context in which SOEs operate, especially in Indonesia. She's dedicated, client-oriented and pragmatic."
"What makes Clarinda stand out is that she has a huge wealth of experience and, because she knows everyone and has worked with almost everybody, she can bring together the various stakeholders in a project. She has the complexity mastered."
"Clarinda is thoughtful, forward-looking, and especially helpful at explaining complex legal issues. She's a great problem solver and understands the commercial aspects of deals in addition to the legal."
"She has strong expertise in energy and infrastructure, natural resources and project financing. She is especially knowledgeable about onshore and offshore financing structures used in Indonesia and the intricacies of Indonesian law."
"She is literate on the power and oil and gas side of things, which is quite unique."
"Clarinda adds value on large-scale and complex transactions and is deeply familiar with the context in which SOEs operate, especially in Indonesia. She's dedicated, client-oriented and pragmatic."
"What makes Clarinda stand out is that she has a huge wealth of experience and, because she knows everyone and has worked with almost everybody, she can bring together the various stakeholders in a project. She has the complexity mastered."
"Clarinda is thoughtful, forward-looking, and especially helpful at explaining complex legal issues. She's a great problem solver and understands the commercial aspects of deals in addition to the legal."
"She has strong expertise in energy and infrastructure, natural resources and project financing. She is especially knowledgeable about onshore and offshore financing structures used in Indonesia and the intricacies of Indonesian law."
"She is literate on the power and oil and gas side of things, which is quite unique."
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