Energy & Natural Resources
Energy & Natural Resources
Since its establishment, Hylands has been providing legal services to enterprises in the environmental, energy, infrastructure, and natural resources fields. It has continuously innovated its business, gained wide trust from domestic and foreign clients, and achieved outstanding performance in the development, M&A, financing, and disposal of traditional energy, renewable energy, new energy, and mineral resources, as well as in water treatment and supply, environmental protection, and infrastructure construction. For these efforts, Hylands has received high praise from domestic and foreign professional institutions and become one of the outstanding representatives in this field.
In the energy and natural resources field, Hylands can provide domestic and foreign clients with full-industry-chain legal services, including but not limited to obtaining project development rights, project construction and operation management, project investment and financing, and project acquisition and sale. It also serves many large central enterprise groups, with representative clients including CHN Energy, Datang Group, China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd., China Huadian Corporation Ltd., State Grid Corporation of China, and China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd.
Services
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- Project Development, Construction and Operation Legal Services
- Provide domestic and foreign legal services related to project development, construction, and operation, including but not limited to assisting in the establishment of new mining enterprises; supporting project development via models such as IPP (Independent Power Producer), franchising, O&M and energy performance contracting; drafting and revising various agreements tied to project development, construction, and operation - including EPC agreements, PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements), raw material procurement and transportation agreements, and utility supply agreements; participating in commercial negotiations; and offering compliance legal services (e.g., work safety compliance) as well as legal consulting for related businesses.
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- Project Financing and Capital Market Legal Services
- Deliver legal services related to project financing, covering syndicated loans, project financing, domestic and foreign securities and capital markets, the inter-bank bond market, asset securitization, financial leasing, and infrastructure REITs, including but not limited to conducting legal due diligence; issuing due diligence reports and/or legal opinions; drafting and revising financing documents; participating in commercial negotiations; and providing legal consulting for related businesses.
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- Legal Services for Project M&A Transactions
- Offer domestic and foreign legal services for M&A transactions involving energy and mining projects, including but not limited to conducting legal due diligence; issuing due diligence reports and legal opinions; designing transaction structures; drafting and revising transaction agreements; participating in commercial negotiations; and providing legal consulting for related businesses.
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- Legal Services for Indicator Transactions
- Provide legal services for indicator-based transactions, such as power generation quota trading, carbon emission reduction trading, and pollutant discharge indicator trading, including but not limited to drafting and revising domestic and foreign transaction agreements; participating in commercial negotiations; and offering legal consulting for related businesses.
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- Legal Services Related to “Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality”
- Provide legal services related to “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality”, including but not limited to the issuance of carbon-neutral bonds and carbon-neutral asset securitization.
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- Legal Services for Dispute Resolution
- Offer domestic and foreign legal services for dispute resolution in the energy, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors, including but not limited to formulating dispute resolution plans; participating in litigation and arbitration proceedings; joining settlement negotiations; drafting and revising settlement agreements; and providing legal consulting for related businesses.