Timothy Hia advises clients on their most complex financing transactions across Asia, particularly in Singapore, India, Indonesia, and Thailand.

Timothy draws on two decades’ experience as a trusted advisor and pragmatic problem-solver to guide private equity sponsors, major corporate borrowers, and private capital lenders across the entire credit cycle on:

  • Leveraged and acquisition financings
  • Infrastructure finance transactions
  • Corporate securities and capital markets offerings

He closely collaborates with clients and colleagues to unlock the resources of Latham’s robust global platform, devising creative solutions that help clients achieve their commercial objectives.

A recognized leader at the firm, Timothy is the former Local Chair of the Finance Department in Asia and serves on Latham’s Income Partner & Counsel Committee. He also previously served on the firm’s former Diversity Leadership Committee, Associates Committee, and Pro Bono Committee.

Timothy prioritizes giving back to the community. He currently serves as the Chairman of Youth Guidance Outreach Services, a social services organization benefitting youth at risk in Singapore, and as Vice-Chair of The Helping Hand, a halfway house assisting people with substance use disorder. He maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising Standard Microgrid, whose mission is to provide clean, modern, and affordable energy services to poor rural communities in Africa.

Timothy’s experience includes advising:

  • Arsari Group, a diversified Indonesian family-owned investment platform, on the financing in connection with the joint venture with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison to form PT Infra Fiber Teknologi, a leading independent digital fiber infrastructure platform in Indonesia
  • Aster Chemicals and Energy Pte. Ltd. (ACE) on its US$1 billion sustainability-linked debt financing from a consortium of global banks and credit funds, comprising a US$700 million initial facility with an up to US$300 million greenshoe option. This transaction was awarded Best Sustainability-linked Loan (Singapore) at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance 2026
  • ib vogt (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a leading utility-scale solar development platform, in connection with a US$80 million holdco financing, provided by Pentagreen Capital and British International Investment, for the purpose of financing the development and construction of solar, hybrid solar, and battery storage projects in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and other eligible geographies in Southeast Asia. This transaction was awarded Renewable Energy Deal of the Year – Geothermal (Indonesia) at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Finance Awards 2026, and Geothermal Energy Deal of the Year and Brownfield Deal of the Year at the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2025
  • PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk, Indonesia’s leading chemical and infrastructure solutions company, on:
    • The US$750 million unitranche facility from KKR. The financing will be used to support Chandra Asri’s expansion agenda, including the planned acquisition of ExxonMobil’s Esso-branded service station network in Singapore. This transaction represents one of the largest private credit financings for a Singapore-based acquisition in 2025
    • The formation of a consortium with Glencore plc and the acquisition by the consortium from Shell Singapore Pte. Ltd. of all of SSPL’s interest in Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore. This transaction was awarded Best M&A Deal: Singapore at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025
  • Pentagreen Capital on a US$55 million term-loan Holdco facility for Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation to finance the development of solar power projects in the Philippines. This transaction was awarded Most Innovative Deal of the Year (Philippines) at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Finance Awards 2026
  • Clifford Capital on multiple issuances of infrastructure asset-backed securities (IABSs), including through:
    • Bayfront IABS VIII, its eighth public IABS transaction, comprising a portfolio of loans and bonds of approximately US$733.3 million in size. This transaction marks the eighth and largest-ever infrastructure CLO/IABS globally
    • Bayfront IABS VII, its seventh public IABS transaction, comprising a portfolio of loans and bonds of approximately US$705 million in size. The first CLO/IABS in Rule 144A/Reg S format for an APAC collateral manager — a landmark transaction for the development of the CLO market in Asia Pacific. This transaction was awarded Debt Market Deal of the Year at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2026 and Asia-Pacific ABS Deal of the Year at the IJGlobal Awards 2025
    • Bayfront Infrastructure Capital VI, its sixth public IABS transaction, comprising a portfolio of loans and bonds of approximately US$527 million in size, which included the first unrated mezzanine tranche to be offered to IABS investors on an unguaranteed basis. This transaction was awarded Best Bond Deal: Singapore, Best Project Finance Deal: Singapore, and Best Structured Finance Deal: Singapore at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025
    • Bayfront Infrastructure Capital V, its fifth public IABS transaction, which included four classes of investment grade-rated notes (including a sustainability tranche), together with a mezzanine tranche guaranteed by GuarantCo. This transaction was awarded Asia-Pacific Bond of the Year at the IJGlobal Awards 2024 and Best Project Finance Deal: Singapore/APAC at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2024
    • Bayfront Infrastructure Capital IV, its fourth IABS, which was awarded Best Infrastructure Deal, Best Project Finance Deal, and Best Sustainable Finance Deal of the Year, both for Asia and the Singapore market, at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2023
    • Bayfront Infrastructure Capital III, its third IABS transaction, which was awarded Debt Market Deal of the Year (midsize) by the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2023
    • Bayfront Infrastructure Capital II, its second IABS transaction, which included a sustainability tranche. This transaction was awarded Structured Finance & Securitization of the Year at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2022, GlobalCapital Asia Awards 2021, The Asset Triple A Awards 2021, and Best Bond Deal of the Year at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2021
    • Bayfront Infrastructure Capital, the first infrastructure project finance securitization in Asia. This transaction was awarded Asia-Pacific Bond Deal of the Year and Asian-MENA Deal of the Year in 2018, and Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year in 2019 at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 
  • Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board on the financing for its inaugural investment into India – the acquisition of Sahyadri Hospitals Group, an India-based private hospital chain
  • Oravel Stays Pte Ltd, a leading Indian hotel management technology group, on a US$600 million Term Loan B debt financing, making Oravel Stays the first Indian startup to raise capital using a Term Loan B instrument and to receive public ratings from Moody’s and Fitch
  • Ola, India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, on its inaugural US$500 million Term Loan B (TLB) debt financing
  • Loka Holdings, an Indonesian-based online travel company, on a US$300 million term-loan facility from a syndicate of leading private capital lenders
  • SATS Ltd. on the €2.25 billion financing for its proposed acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services, the world’s largest air cargo handling firm
  • TPG:
    • As a co-investor with Northstar, on the financing to acquire 80% of Greenfields Dairy, a Singapore-based agriculture company
    • On a co-investment with Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, and others on a holdco financing for a transaction to combine Singlife with global insurance company Aviva’s Singapore life insurance business, Aviva Ltd.
    • On a holdco financing in connection with its acquisition of Columbia Asia Healthcare Pte. Ltd., a healthcare services provider
  • MCO Nominee One Limited, a subsidiary of Melco Resorts & Entertainments Limited, an operator of integrated resorts with entertainment and casino gaming facilities, on a HK$14.8 billion revolving credit facility
  • San Miguel Corporation on a US$2.1 billion term-loan facility to acquire Holcim Philippines Inc., a Philippines-based cement manufacturer
  • PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk on a US$1.3 billion term-loan facility to acquire PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk, an Indonesian-based producer and distributor of cement, ready-mixed concrete, and aggregates
  • The joint lead managers and underwriters in connection with a series of collateralized fund obligations issued by Astrea V, Astrea VI, and Astrea VII, and backed by cash flows from various portfolios of investments in private equity funds
  • The underwriters on Star Energy Geothermal’s issuance of US$580 million 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2033, which was awarded Best Green Bond (Indonesia) by The Asset Asian Awards of the Year 2018
  • PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk, a leading Indonesian tire manufacturer, on a US$250 million term-loan facility concurrent with a US$250 million senior secured bond offering
  • The lenders on coal mining company PT Bumi Resources Tbk’s debt restructuring, which was awarded Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring at the Asia Legal Awards 2018 and Deal of the Year in the Asian-mena Counsel Deals of the Year 2017

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Columbia University School of Law, 2003
  • BA, Yale University, 1997