Chris Melville has been advising on emerging markets for over 15 years, first working in the Russian Federation in the late 1990s and now based in Ulaanbaatar where he is Office Managing Partner.  He is an experienced adviser of international clients, foreign and domestic SOEs, and local companies on a wide range of mining and infrastructure projects, corporate, finance, M&A, and commercial matters.

Chris has an intimate knowledge of the local market and the typical issues that arise when investing in jurisdictions such as Mongolia, enabling him to provide strategic commercial advice and to develop appropriate solutions to difficult legal issues. Recently, he has worked a diverse range of matters from advising on all aspects of the development of a 315MW hydropower plant and related US$1 billion financing, acting as counsel for the preferred bidder on a proposed 450MW coal-fired IPP, and advising on a farm-out of interests in conventional petroleum blocks to an international oil major. The breadth of Chris' knowledge and that of the Mongolian team he works with is well-placed to navigate the many political, economic, and other risk factors that keep clients awake at night when investing into emerging jurisdictions.