VILAF won ALB Deal Firm of the Year 2011

Singapore, 27 May 2011 – VILAF won the Vietnam Deal Firm of the Year 2011 Award at the Asia Legal Business Law Awards held in Singapore on 27 May 2011.
Last month, VILAF also won the Chambers Asia Pacific Award 2011 for the Vietnam jurisdiction.
Legal 500 has consistently listed VILAF on the 1st tier for all major areas of practice, especially Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Projects and Energy and Real Property.

Some of the notable transactions which VILAF advised in 2010 and 2011 include:

1. Vincom’s listing of US$100 million Convertible Bonds on the Singapore Stock Exchange, Vietnam’s first international bond transaction ever since;
2. Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s listing of US$90 million Straight Bonds on the Singapore Stock Exchange, Vietnam’s first international straight bond transaction to date;
3. Sacombank’s 10-year USD 150 million subordinated Tier 2 syndicated facility agreement arranged by FMO (the Netherlands Development Finance Company), first subordinated loan to a commercial bank in Vietnam;
4. Vinh Tan 3 Power Project – 3x600 MW Coal Fired Power Plant in Vinh Tan, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam;
5. KKR’s acquisition of 10% equity in Masan Consumer, at US$159 million, Vietnam’s largest private equity deal to date; and
6. Standard Charter Bank Hong Kong’s syndicated term loan of US$450 million to PetroVietnam.