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Our team has a deep and practical understanding of Vietnam's business, investment and legal environment, built over decades of experience advising clients on transactions and disputes in the country.
Our Asia team advise clients on their investments, projects and assets in Vietnam across sectors. We offer expertise in transactions, finance, disputes, employment, investigations and business risk, and regulatory advisory work. The depth of our Vietnamese transactional and disputes experience and understanding of Vietnam's legal and political landscape adds real value to our clients.
We maintain strong relationships with leading local law firms in Vietnam and can manage their involvement on behalf of clients.
Experience
An unincorporated joint venture
An unincorporated joint venture on international arbitration proceedings seated in Vietnam under the rules of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre concerning delays and disruption to a major infrastructure project in Ho Chi Minh City
A Vietnamese state-owned oil and gas company
A Vietnamese state-owned oil and gas company in an arbitration under UNCITRAL rules against a Costa Rican company relating to gas fields in Vietnam
A major Japanese company
A major Japanese company on disputes with its key sub-contractors on the Duyen Hai 3 Coal-Fired Power Plant Extension Project in Vietnam
Armstrong Asset Management
Armstrong Asset Management on the auction sale to AboitizPower for US$46 million of a 39.4MW wind farm in Vietnam, one of the first wind farms in Vietnam and the first to be financed on a non-recourse basis)
Nexif Energy
Nexif Energy on the US$600 million sale of its renewable energy assets platform in Asia and Australia, including a portfolio of multiple operating renewable power plants in Vietnam, to Ratch through a bidding process
Standard Chartered Bank, BNP Paribas and CACIB
The lenders (Standard Chartered Bank, BNP Paribas and CACIB) on a US$175 million reserve-based loan to SOCO SEA Limited, based on reserves from the Te Giac Trang field in the Block 16-1 PSC Contract Area and the Ca Ngu Vang field in the Block 9-1 PSC Contract Area, both in the Cuu Long Basin offshore from Vietnam
Insights
Key contacts
Daniel Waldek
Partner, Singapore and Vietnam Group
Calvin Ho
Partner, Mainland China and Beijing
Adrian Wong
Partner, Singapore and Vietnam Group
Salonika Rathod
Partner, Singapore