Profile

Mr. Hieu is an associate at LNT & Partners in the Hanoi and Singapore office of the firm. He has 3.5 years of experience working at LNT. During his time at LNT, he has successfully advised and assisted a diverse portfolio of domestic and foreign clients in major transactions related to banking & finance, construction, infrastructure, and dispute resolution (including tax dispute) in a variety of industries.

Prior to joining LNT & Partners, Mr. Hieu worked as an intern with the secretariat of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), and the legal department of Eurowindows Holding.

Mr. Hieu graduated 1st class honour from a global top 5 law school – the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Memberships

Young SIAC

Vietnam Young ADR  

Young ICCA

Education

LL.B. London School of Economics and Political Science (1st class hons)

Lawyer Training Course – Judicial Academy of Vietnam

Language

Vietnamese

English

Work highlights

Advised PV Power in EPC contract for combined cycle LNG power project Nhon Trach 3 & 4 for total capacity of 1.5 GW;

Advised Petro Vietnam on the negotiation of an offtake agreement with Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC;

Advised PVGAS on the termsheet and JVA with AES Corporation to develop the Son My LNG terminal project;

Assisted Chrysaor Holdings Ltd in obtaining Vietnam merger clearance for its reverse takeover of Premier Oil plc, a leading UK oil company with gas and oil interests in the UK, Asia, Africa and Mexico;

Drafted the submissions, prepared evidence and witness (including expert) for an 100 million USD EPC construction dispute concerning a petropolyester project (ICC Rule);

Drafted the submissions, prepared evidence and witness for a multi-million dollar transportation construction dispute (ICC Rule);

Drafted the submissions, prepared evidence for a 10 million USD EPC contract dispute concerning an offshore oil pipeline construction project (VIAC Rule);

Acted as local counsel for an 84 million USD bridge loan in relation to an offshore oil & gas project (APLMA form);  

Drafted and translated a 7-bank syndicated loan finance documents worth 80 million USD (APLMA form).

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