Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Dickson Chin's practice is focused on the representation of clients in energy-related transactions.

He has extensive experience in advising clients on:

• master agreements and credit support documents for over-the-counter forward and derivatives transactions involving all types of commodities and related environmental products, including power, natural gas, coal, renewable energy certificates, carbon offsets, and emission allowances, and the commercial, credit, regulatory, and bankruptcy considerations related to those transactions

• hedging and other derivatives transactions in connection with project finance and other financing arrangements

• credit support agreements and instruments, intercreditor arrangements, and credit policies and procedures

• energy and fuel management and asset optimization agreements

• structured transactions for power plant owners, including arrangements for the long-term purchase of power, natural gas, coal, and transportation, and the design and implementation of requests for proposals and

• other energy marketing, trading, and operational matters.

Dickson's work also encompasses a wide range of activities in renewable energy and climate change. He has advised clients in energy projects related to wind, biogas, biomass, and solar and in the creation and trading of carbon offsets in the United States.

Dickson is a frequent speaker on industry topics and has actively participated in the development of industry agreements for electricity, natural gas, coal, renewable energy certificates, and emissions allowances with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), and the Coal Trading Association (CTA).

Areas of Practice

• Energy
• Energy Finance
• Energy Transactions
• Energy Marketing and Trading
• Energy Projects
• Energy Renewables and Sustainable Development
• Energy/Utilities
• Climate Change
• Banking & Finance
• Project Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Airtricity's North American Wind Operations , (2007)
• Acquisition of Power Purchase Agreements
• Biogas Project
• Biomass Project
• Carbon Offsets
• Carbon Offsets
• Coal Supply Management Agreement and Credit Sleeve
• Coal Transactions Platform
• Credit Sleeve
• Desert Sky Wind Project , (2009)
• Energy and Natural Gas Trading
• Gas Commodity and Transportation Agreements
• Perryville Plant Acquisition
• Power Purchase Agreement
• Renewable Energy Certificates
• Retail Electricity Supply
• Solar Building Integrated Photovoltaic System
• Structured Commodity and Derivatives Hedges
• Structured Weather Index Swap
• System Supply Project
• Trent Wind Farm
• Wind Energy Hedges

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Banking, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Public Finance, Reorganizations, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Fordham University

Published Works

• Fourth Circuit Restores Bankruptcy Safe Harbor Protections for Natural Gas Supply Contracts That Are "Commodity Forward Agreements", 2009
• Fourth Circuit Restores Bankruptcy Safe Harbor Protections for Natural Gas Supply Contracts that Are "Commodity Forward Agreements", 2009

Address

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New York, NY 10017-6702

Phones

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