Corporate M&A

Assisted a Singaporean solar power investor, acting as the buyer, to conduct legal due diligence to acquire three rooftop solar power projects in Vietnam (2021).

Assisted a Japanese credit institution acting as the buyer, to conduct legal due diligence on a Vietnamese consumer finance company (2021).

Assisted a Chinese furniture manufacturer to conduct legal due diligence on its Vietnamese subsidiary, a wood floor manufacturing company, for IPO in China (2020).

Assisted a Chinese holding company to conduct legal due diligence on its Vietnamese subsidiary, a construction company, for IPO in China (2020).

Assisted a Japanese credit institution acting as the buyer, to conduct legal due diligence on a Vietnamese weak-performing finance company, which is under the control of the State Bank of Vietnam (2019).

Assisted a Singapore investment fund, to conduct legal due diligence on project and project company to acquire a hydropower project in northern Vietnam (2019).

Banking & Finance

Advised a hydropower company, acting as borrower, on a loan agreement valued US$90 million with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and a foreign bank for refinancing offshore loan of the company (2021).

Advised a Chinese lender, being parent company, on a loan agreement valued US$72 million with its subsidiary to finance its wind power project in Vietnam (2021).

Advised a Chinese bank on a loan agreement valued US$10 million to finance equipment purchasing agreement for a solar panel manufacturing company in Vietnam (2020).

Advised Vietcombank acting as borrower, on a loan agreement valued US$200 million with several Japanese credit institutions, which is the combination of syndicated loan, foreign loan, and two-step loan (2019).

Advised a Chinese bank branch in Vietnam acting as an agent, on a syndicated loan agreement valued US$75 million with several foreign bank branches in Vietnam (2019).

Advised Vietcombank acting as an agent, on a syndicated loan agreement valued US$205 million with several Vietnamese credit institutions to finance a deep-sea container port project in southern Vietnam (2018).

Dispute Resolution

Advised a state-owned company, the owner of a national highway project, in a dispute valued VND20 billion arising from the construction contract of the project. The dispute was settled in the ICC Arbitration Court and the counterparty is a market-leading foreign contractor represented by YKVN Singapore (2019).

Advised a state-owned company, the owner of a polyester fiber plant project in Vietnam, in a dispute valued US$87 million arising from the EPC contract of the project. The dispute was settled in the ICC Arbitration Court and the counterparty is a market-leading foreign contractor represented by Herbert Smith Freehills Singapore (2018).

Others

Assisted an FMCG company in conducting a legal audit on the operation of its beverage manufacturing factories (2022).

Assisted an American oil and gas group in conducting a merger filing to obtain clearance for its economic concentration (2021)

Assisted an FMCG company in conducting legal due diligence on three industrial parks for land renting for its factory (2021).

Assisted a Chinese e-commerce company in conducting legal due diligence on an industrial park and review a set of land lease agreement for land renting to build its warehouse and logistic center (2021).

Assisted an FMCG company to review its internal policies (2020).

Advise a Vietnamese investor in negotiating a hotel management contract with Minor Hotels Group (2020).

Assisted a Vietnamese oil and gas group in conducting a legal audit on the operation of its petroleum product distribution branch for a petrochemical refinery project in the north of central Vietnam (2019).

Assisted an FMCG company in conducting a legal audit on the operation of its beverage manufacturing factories (2019).

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