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USUKHBAYAR BATTOGTOKH

Senior Associate

Usukhbayar is a Senior Associate with Melville Erdenedalai LLP.  She advises on a broad range of commercial and transactional matters, with a strong focus on corporate law, mining, renewable energy, capital markets, and arbitration. She has experience advising both domestic and international clients on complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, project development, financing arrangements, and regulatory compliance.

AREAS OF FOCUS

Energy, Natural Resources

Corporate & Commercial Infrastructure
Arbitration

EDUCATION

Humboldt University of Berlin
 

National University of Mongolia

ADMISSIONS

Mongolia

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Advising the Government of Mongolia on its international bond issuances over the past five years, totaling over USD 2 billion, including the most recent issuance in January 2026;

  • Advising Golomt Bank, one of Mongolia’s five systemic banks, on its debut USD 300 million international bond issuance in 2025, as well as its first Samurai bond issuance of JPY 15 billion in the Japanese market in January 2026;

  • Advising the Mongolian Mortgage Corporation on international bond issuances totaling over USD 225 million;

  • Advising a commercial bank on its inaugural USD 100 million international bond issuance, and an infrastructure conglomerate on a USD 200 million secured bond issuance in the European market, backed by railway, road, and mining assets, as well as corporate guarantees and affiliate shares;

  • Advising a Vietnamese investment company on the acquisition of a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Mongolia;

  • Advising Singaporean investors on the acquisition of minority shares in a leading Mongolian mining company;

  • Advising Chinese investors on the acquisition of a minority stake in a Mongolian mining company;

  • Advising a Singaporean entity on the acquisition of a majority stake in a leading Mongolian automotive, industrial, and beverage group;

  • Advising a Mongolian conglomerate on the acquisition of a beverage company with a significant beer market share in Mongolia;

  • Advising foreign governments, international financial institutions, and multilateral development banks on financing and structuring transactions involving the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar, the Development Bank of Mongolia, various ministries, and private sector entities;

  • Advising a U.S. international development organization and the Government of Mongolia on the preparation of tender documentation for a copper smelter project with a development budget exceeding USD 2 billion;

  • Advising the French Development Agency on structuring its investments in Mongolia;

  • Advising an Irish aviation company on aircraft leasing arrangements with a Mongolian private airline;

  • Advising a Korean airline on its merger with another airline entity in relation to their Mongolian operations;

  • Advising numerous domestic and foreign investors on Mongolian legal and regulatory matters, including M&A, corporate restructuring, employment, taxation, construction, licensing, energy, and securities;

  • Advising foreign embassies in Mongolia on Mongolian legal matters;

  • Advising major foreign-invested companies holding strategic mining deposits on corporate, licensing, regulatory, and administrative matters;

  • Advising international and local companies on earn-in, farm-in, and acquisition agreements, including due diligence and tax structuring for investments in Mongolian mining and oil sectors; and

  • Advising a Japanese listed company on the restructuring of its heavy machinery business in Mongolia

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