USUKHBAYAR BATTOGTOKH
Associate
Usukhbayar is an Associate with Melville Erdenedalai LLP. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as a legal consultant to the Ulaanbaatar office of an international audit company, and recently obtained legal experience with the Frankfurt office of a major international law firm.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Energy, Natural Resources
Corporate & Commercial Infrastructure
Arbitration
EDUCATION
Humboldt University of Berlin
National University of Mongolia
ADMISSIONS
Mongolia
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
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Advising the Government of Mongolia on issuing several separate international bonds totaling over USD 2 billion;
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Advising the Mongolian Mortgage Corporation on issuing international bonds worth over USD 225 million;
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Advising a US international development organization and the GoM in preparing tender documentation for a copper smelter project, with a construction and development budget over USD 2 billion;
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Advising the French Development Agency on structuring its investment in Mongolia;
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Advising Irish Aviation Company on leasing aircraft to Mongolian private airline company;
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Advising GS on their shareholding in a systemic bank in Mongolia;
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Advising IIB on issuing facility loans to Mongolian companies, including systemic banks and major enterprises;
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Advising Taiwanese EXIM Bank on funding renewable energy and battery energy storage systems, as well as advising numerous companies on renewable projects;
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Advising various international and commercial banks and multilateral financial institutions on potential ISDA and GMRA repurchase transactions with systemic banks;
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Advising a number of domestic and foreign investors on various Mongolian legal and regulatory matters, including M&A, corporate restructuring, employment, taxation, construction, licensing, energy, and securities;
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Advising regulatory advice to foreign embassies on local matters;
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Advising major foreign-invested companies with strategic mining deposits on various corporate, licensing, regulatory, and administrative matters;
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Advising international and local companies on earn-in, farm-in, and acquisition agreements, as well as due diligence and tax matters for foreign investors in the acquisition and disposal of Mongolian mining and oil companies;
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Advising a Japanese listed company on restructuring its heavy machinery business in Mongolia.