Chin, Dickson C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Dickson Chin represents developers, financial institutions, investors, energy marketers, utilities, commercial users, and other market participants in a wide range of energy transactions. His practice encompasses energy marketing and trading, renewable energy, project finance and development, mergers and acquisitions, and climate change.

Dickson has extensive experience with master agreements, purchase and sale agreements, energy management agreements, and credit support documents involving all types of commodities (including electricity, natural gas, coal, renewable energy certificates, carbon offsets, emission allowances, and weather). He has advised clients in renewable energy projects related to wind, biomass, and solar and in the creation and trading of carbon offsets in the United States. He also assists clients with the intercreditor, bankruptcy, and regulatory considerations related to energy transactions.

Dickson is a frequent speaker on industry topics and has actively participated in the development of industry agreements for physical and financial commodities and master netting arrangements with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), and the Coal Trading Association (CTA).

Areas of Practice

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

Representative Cases

• AEP completes financing of Desert Sky wind power facility
• AEP completes financing of Trent Mesa wind-power generation facility , (2009)
• DPL develops transaction documents for energy and natural gas trading platform , (2009)
• DPL implements contractual arrangements for coal portfolio management and procurement strategy and related credit sleeve , (2009)
• E.ON acquires Airtricity wind operations for $1.9 billion
• Entergy acquires 718 MW power plant from Perryville Energy Partners
• Entergy implements new energy resource procurement strategy
• EPV Solar installs integrated photovoltaic system for hotel , (2009)
• Invenergy develops credit sleeve arrangements in support of sales of renewable energy certificates from a portfolio of wind energy projects , (2009)
• Invenergy negotiates spot and forward sales of renewable energy certificates , (2009)
• Invenergy's negotiation of hedges for a portfolio of wind energy projects , (2009)
• Landfill company joint venture to develop waste-to-biogas project
• Leading global consumer products company develops biogas projects for multiple manufacturing plants
• Leading global financial services firm purchases carbon offsets to meet voluntary greenhouse gas emission targets , (2009)
• Leading global financial services firm submits RFP for retail electricity supply in various jurisdictions and negotiated and documented transactions for purchase of total requirements for retail electricity , (2009)
• Leading global hedge fund acquires power purchase agreements , (2009)
• Leading global oil & gas company develops form transaction documents for new over-the-counter coal trading strategy , (2009)
• Major energy and natural gas delivery company implements structured weather index swap transactions , (2009)
• Major wind energy project developer negotiates commodity exchange option and heat rate call option , (2009)
• OGE Energy acquires interest in McClain power plant
• OGE purchases Redbud power plant from Kelson , (2009)
• Oklahoma Gas and Electric obtains regulatory approval for power purchase agreement with PowerSmith Cogeneration
• Premier investment firm registers for eligible projects with Chicago Climate Exchange

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Environmental Law, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Hazardous Waste, International Banking, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Permits, Public Finance, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Reorganizations, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, Solid Waste, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Trade Associations, Venture Capital, Water Pollution, Wetlands & Wild Lands

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Brown University
• Fordham University

Published Works

• Market Design of Allowances, Offsets, and Renewable Energy Credits in the U.S. Carbon Markets, 2010
• U.S. Department of Energy Announces Loan Guarantee Program To Help Accelerate Financing of Conventional Renewable Energy Projects, 2009
• U.S. Department of Energy Revises Loan Guarantee Program and Issues New Solicitation for Innovative Energy Technologies, 2009
• CFTC Seeks Comment on Whether Carbon Financial Instrument Is a Significant Price Discovery Contract, 2009
• Fourth Circuit Restores Bankruptcy Safe Harbor Protections for Natural Gas Supply Contracts That Are "Commodity Forward Agreements", 2009

Address

222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017-6702

Phones

1.212.326.7893 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.212.755.7306 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com