USCBC's Forecast 2017 Speaker Biography
Jeff Layman
Partner and Chief Representative, Beijing
Baker Botts LLP
Jeff Layman is a partner and chief representative of the Beijing office of the international law firm of Baker Botts LLP. In addition, Layman is the former chair of the US-China Energy Cooperation Program (ECP). He has over twenty years' experience advising on China-related investment transactions. He focuses his practice on China-related infrastructure project development and finance. His expertise includes representing sponsors and lenders on projects in thermal power, waste to energy, coal conversion, wind energy, desalination and waste water treatment. A Beijing resident for over fourteen years, Layman also completed a two-year secondment to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, DC, where he advised on projects in China, Mongolia, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Chambers includes him as one of Asia's leading business lawyers and describes him as "a conclusive choice for deals involving Chinese counterparties." He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese.