BAIGALMAA TSOOKHUU
Senior Associate
Baigalmaa is a senior associate with Melville Erdenedalai LLP, specializing in M&A, cross-border investments, and project financing, with a focus on renewable energy, mining, banking and finance, and telecommunications. Prior to joining the firm, she worked for Hogan Lovells (Mongolia) LLP for 4 years.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Renewable Energy & Mining
Banking & Finance
Telecommunications
Arbitration
EDUCATION
University of Tokyo
ADMISSIONS
Mongolia
QUALIFICATIONS
FRC Registered Lawyer
Certified PPP Professional
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
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Advising the Government of Mongolia on sovereign bond issuances totaling US$3.3 billion, and Mongolian corporate entities on bond issuances in international markets totaling US$425 million, along with subsequent restructuring and refinancing, and the issuance of Mongolian law opinions.
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Advising various International Financial Institutions and Multilateral Development Banks on secured and unsecured loans exceeding US$1 billion to major Mongolian companies across the mining, banking and financing, manufacturing, and trading sectors, including subsequent loan restructuring, equity to debt conversions, and the issuance of Mongolian law opinions.
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Advising international solar power developers on 10-50MW solar power generation projects, including advising a major Japanese company in establishing joint ventures for solar power plants in the Tuv and Dornogovi provinces of Mongolia.
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Advising a major Mongolian supplier of heavy equipment and machinery on an equity-to-debt conversion and settlement process during a US$68 million arbitration conducted by HKIAC for a private equity investment dispute.
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Advising a leading Singaporean real estate development and investment company on the US$4 million sale of building and land rights.
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Advising a foreign investor on all aspects of a 50MW renewable energy generation project, including proposed amendments to the Power Purchase Agreement.
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Advising an American spacecraft manufacturer and satellite communications company in obtaining essential telecommunication licenses required for its operations in Mongolia.
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Advising a Japanese construction company and its Mongolian subsidiaries on reorganization, M&A and pertinent tax considerations.
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Advising a US-based global development company and the Government of Mongolia in the preparation of tender documentation for a copper smelter project.
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Advising a Chinese investor on the proposed transfer of a lithium mining license.
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Advising a Swedish multinational company on Mongolian legal aspects of financial products, including asset-based lending, factoring, finance leasing and operational leasing.
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Advising EBRD on legal and regulatory reforms in Mongolia’s capital markets.