Dan Miyagishi

Primary Focus & Experience

Dan’s practice focuses on banking and project finance where he regularly acts for both borrowers and lenders on a variety of cross-border project and acquisition finance transactions. His experience spans multiple sectors including technology, oil and gas (including LNG), power, energy, renewables and utilities (desalination and water treatment plants) throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and North America.

Dan also has experience representing private equity sponsors and LBO lenders in various corporate and private equity M&A transactions.

Prior to joining Milbank, Dan worked as an associate at a highly respected US-based international law firm in Tokyo. He also held positions in both the Legal Department and the Corporate Finance Department of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). Dan is a native Japanese speaker.

Dan’s recent experience includes advising:

• JBIC, KEXIM and a consortium of commercial lenders and international financial institutions in financing the US$3.8 billion development of a high voltage direct current subsea transmission system in the United Arab Emirates issued by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (“ADNOC”) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC. This deal was awarded “Power Deal of the Year – Transmission” by MENA IJGlobal Awards 2023, “Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year” by the Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East Awards 2023, “Overall Middle East and Africa deal” and “Middle East & Africa Power deal” by Proximo Middle East & Africa Awards 2023 and “EMEA Deal of the Year” by Project Finance International.
• The sponsors, TotalEnergies, Exxon Mobil, Santos and ENEOS on the development of the Papua LNG Project. 
• Japanese industrial conglomerate Marubeni Corporation in relation to its bid to develop, own and operate a sea water treatment facility and water transmission pipeline system in Abu Dhabi.
• JBIC and commercial lenders with respect to the financing of MODEC’s LIBRA MV31 and MV33 FPSOs.
• The multi tranche lender group comprising export credit agencies from Japan, Korea and Canada, multilateral lenders from Europe and Africa and an international syndicate of nine commercial banks in connection with matters relating to the post-restructuring phase of the project financing for the US$8.8 billion Ambatovy nickel and cobalt mine in Madagascar.