Jiyeon Chun is a finance associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Project Development & Finance Practice.

Ms. Chun represents sponsors, developers, equity investors, commercial banks, and other financial institutions in connection with the development and financing of a variety of energy and infrastructure projects, including solar and wind projects and other renewable energy projects.

Ms. Chun’s experience includes representing:

  • Jefferies Finance LLC in the US$100 million project financing of a Bowline 1145-MW gas-fired electric generating facility located in New York
  • The lenders in the project financing for the acquisition of a company that owns, operates, and acquires contracted clean energy projects by a global infrastructure fund
  • Jefferies Finance LLC and Morgan Stanley in the US$619 million project refinancing in connection with a portfolio of 16 gas and fuel generation facilities with a capacity of approximately 2,435-MWs located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio
  • The sponsor in the project refinancing and bond offering in connection with a 199-mile natural gas pipeline located in Texas and Nuevo León, Mexico
  • Orion Energy Partners Investment Agent in the project upsize financing for the acquisition of an additional business in Texas
  • The lenders in the project financing for a highway pipeline originating in the Permian Basin and terminating near Sheridan, Texas
  • The lender in the project debt financing for the acquisition of three wind farms with an aggregate capacity of approximately 845-MW located in Gilliam and Morrow Counties, Oregon
  • The sponsor in the project financing of an LNG liquefaction facility
  • The seller in a tax equity investment in connection with the Flat Top Wind Project
  • The borrower in an amendment to a project financing in connection with a dry bulk terminal storage facility in Florida
  • The lender in a project financing in connection with the construction of a 485-MW natural gas fired combined cycle power plant in Hannibal, Ohio
  • The lender in a project financing in connection with a portfolio of residential solar systems
  • The sponsor in a tax equity back-leverage financing in connection with a portfolio of residential solar systems
  • The investor in a tax equity financing of residential solar systems
  • The borrower in a debt financing for repowering of three wind farms on the tax equity financing of a residential solar project
  • The lender in connection with a US$21 million Senior Secured Term Loan for the acquisition of certain motor oil recycling and terminal storage facilities

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Harvard Law School, 2016
  • BA in Political Science, Berkeley College, 2011

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Korean