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Karen Wong has been a partner in the Global Project Finance Group of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP since 1996 and is resident in the Los Angeles office.
Her practice focuses on the representation of sponsors and financing parties in connection with the development, acquisition, financing and/or restructuring of power, petrochemical and other infrastructure facilities in Asia, Latin America, and North America. In her over twenty years of practice, she has led numerous development, financing and acquisition transactions involving generation assets (including large scale coal, gas and LNG fired cogeneration plants, as well as hydroelectric, geothermal, wind, biomass, waste energy and other renewable energy facilities), transmission lines, and oil and gas pipelines. Ms. Wong has extensive experience in complex commercial and financial transactions and has participated in numerous project financings, restructurings, private placements, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as leveraged and synthetic leases, municipal finance transactions, aircraft financings, and monetization transactions. In addition to her specialty in the energy sector, she has also worked on development and financing transactions involving satellites, telecommunications, technology companies, and real estate (including office buildings, hotels, stadiums, golf courses, amusement parks and other entertainment complexes).
Ms. Wong's current transactions include various development and financing transactions in the renewables (wind and solar), ethanol and biofuels sector, as well as several developments of coal gasification projects throughout the United States. She is also currently advising the sponsors of a mine-mouth lignite fired project in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Ms. Wong received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California magna cum laude in 1982 and received a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California in 1986. She served on the editorial boards of Major Tax Planning and the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal (former known as Computer/Law Journal). Ms. Wong is listed in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA for Projects in California and was recommended in PLC Which Lawyer? for banking and finance. She is admitted to practice in California. | 