Overview

Sebastian Chan is a debt finance partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Sebastian advises private equity and infrastructure fund clients on debt financing for investments in energy and infrastructure assets. He has significant experience representing financial institutions, funds, non-traditional lenders, companies and financial sponsors in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of debt financing and restructuring transactions. He is adept at both bank and bond offerings in leveraged acquisition finance and backleveraged finance. Sebastian has also done extensive work in the areas of private equity, project finance, structured finance and securitization, and venture capital finance. Sebastian was recommended by The Legal 500 United States in 2022–2023 for Project Finance. Lawdragon named Sebastian to its 2025 list of the “500 Leading Energy Lawyers.”

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Recognition

Named by Lawdragon to its 2025 list of the “500 Leading Energy Lawyers”

Recognized for Project Finance by The Legal 500 United States, 2022–2023

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • New York
  • California

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • French

Education

  • Stanford Law SchoolJ.D.2007

    Stanford Law Review

    Stanford Law & Policy Review

  • Columbia UniversityB.A., English; French Minorsumma cum laude2000

    Columbia Global Scholar

    Singapore Airlines Undergraduate Scholar