VILAF is consistently ranked on the first tier for the Finance Practice by most reputable international legal surveys including Legal 500 and IFLR1000 and has had the opportunity to advise a number of landmark cross-border financing transactions in Vietnam. VILAF lawyers’ in-depth knowledge of the political concerns and legal developments in Vietnam has contributed to VILAF’s success in Vietnam’s dynamic financial environment.
VILAF also regularly advises a number of prestigious foreign owned banks in Vietnam on Vietnamese banking regulatory matters and corporate governance matters, including BNP Paribas, SMBC, Mizuho Corporate, HSBC, ANZ, etc.
Chambers Global extracts a client’s comment on VILAF’s finance practice:
“We are impressed by the quality of VILAF’s services in terms of their in-depth understanding of banking practice in Vietnam.” (2015 Edition)
Legal 500 extracts:
“In terms of expertise and responsiveness, they are excellent.” (2015 Edition)
Asialaw extracts:
“Thoughtful and client oriented.” (2022 Edition)
Recent successes in the Finance Practice:
- Advised Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ in a US$510 million syndicated Nexi loan to finance La Son-Tuy Loan highway project connected to Da Nang
- Advised Citibank Japan in relation to the Nexi Facility Agreement to finance power transmission line projects by the National Power Transmission Corporation
- Advised BNP Paribas as arranger in the financing of Airbus aircrafts for AWAS and Vietjet
- Advised BNP Paribas in the secured financing of an upstream oil and gas block in Vietnam
- Advised Deutsche Bank in the arrangement of a US$200 million secured loan facility to finance Vingroup’s urban development project in the South of Vietnam
- Advised HSBC in arranging a US$150 million secured financing transaction to finance Celadon City Project in Ho Chi Minh City and a US$120 million secured financing transaction to finance Gamuda City Project in Ha Noi
- Advised ANZ in a syndicated loan facility to finance Interflour’s port terminal in Vietnam
- Advised international lenders in the the financing of Phu My 2.2 BOT Power Project
- Advised HSBC in arranging a US$ 150 million secured financing transaction to finance Celadon City Project in Ho Chi Minh City and a US$ 120 million secured financing transaction to finance Gamuda Land Residental Project in Ha Noi, both being club deals participated by onshore banks
- Advised Woori Bank in the US$ 550 million loan facility to Keangnam Vina for the financing of Hanoi Landmark Tower Project
- Advised JBIC as arranger in relation to a US$ 140 million export credit facility to Petro Vietnam to finance Thai Binh 2 Thermal Power Plant Project
- Advised China Development Bank in the US$ 540 million syndicated loan facility to finance Thang Long Thermal Power Project