Duong PhamCounsel, Hogan Lovells
Duong Pham is counsel based in Hanoi office and has been advising international and Vietnamese clients for over twenty years focusing on energy and infrastructure projects, high-value banking and finance transactions, as well as a broad range of regulatory matters in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Duong worked on many large syndicated loans and trade finance involving international banks and companies operating in Vietnam, as well as Vietnamese State-owned enterprises and private borrowers, has in-depth experience of Vietnamese securities issuances, custody services and derivative products, as well as the corporate aspects of transactions involving credit institutions. Duong has a strong track record in working with international organisations, Vietnamese government authorities and state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Representative experience*:
- A Singapore incorporated regional renewable energy developer on a USD 20 million financing by two international investment funds.
- AFD, the French development finance agency, in relation to USD 80 million financing to a state-owned entity for the construction of a power storage plant in Northern Vietnam.
- Dutch Business Development Bank (FMO) in relation to the USD 20 million financing to Nafoods Group Joint Stock Company.
- A large SOE and its subsidiaries in relation to the restructuring of foreign loans under English law governed project finance documentation for two major infrastructure projects in Northern and Southern Vietnam.
- Techcombank, a leading Vietnamese listed commercial bank, in relation to the largest ever in the market US$500m syndicated loan arranged by United Overseas Bank of Singapore.
- Sembcorp Utilities Pte. Ltd., a large listed energy company based in Singapore, in relation to the financing package provided by multilateral development agencies (IFC, MIGA, ADB) for the construction of the Myingyan gas-fired power plant project in Myanmar.
- A syndicate of lenders, led by HSBC and Mizuho Bank, and export credit agencies (including KEXIM) on the US$795m financing of the Petro Vietnam Thai Binh 2 US$1.65bn power plant.
- Cathay United Bank as the agent for a syndicate of international lenders in relation to a US$280m facility arranged for PetroVietnam Gas Corporation - Joint Stock Company (PV Gas).
- A large listed European company on all legal and regulatory aspects of the development of its first biomass energy project in central Vietnam.