Duong Phuong Thanh

Banking & Finance

• Advised Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank), as borrower, in connection with a syndicated loan facility of up to USD1 billion arranged by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Singapore Branch and other co-arrangers.
• Advised Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, as agent and lender, in connection with a syndicated loan facility of up to USD125 million extended to Sao Hoa Toan Quoc Joint Stock Company, a subsidiary of BW Industrial Development Joint Stock Company, a leading logistics and industrial real estate developer.
• Advised United Overseas Bank Limited, as agent and lender, in connection with syndicated loan facilities of up to USD400 million extended to Sao Hoa Toan Quoc Joint Stock Company, a subsidiary of BW Industrial Development Joint Stock Company.
• Advised Masan Group Corporation and The Sherpa Company Limited as borrowers in connection with syndicated loan facilities of up to USD250 million and USD400 million, respectively, arranged by BNP Paribas and other co-arrangers.
• Advised SeaTown Private Credit Master Fund in connection with a term loan facility of up to USD60 million, and an upsize of up to USD50 million, extended to No Va Land Investment Group Corporation for financing of its urban development project.
• Advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as facility agent, in connection with a syndicated loan facility for the financing of the De La Sol residential project developed by CapitaLand.
• Advised China Construction Bank Corporation as mandated lead arranger in connection with a syndicated facility of up to VND881 billion to Investment And Industrial Development Corporation.
• Advised ADB as lender of a term loan facility up to USD7 million to Imexpharm Pharmaceutical JSC to fund its new production lines.
• Advised Da Nhim – Ham Thuan – Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company, a public company engaging in power generation in Vietnam, as borrower of the syndicated facilities of up to USD37,000,000 to finance first large-scale the installation of a 47.5 MW peak floating photovoltaic solar power facility on the man-made reservoir of DHD’s existing 175 MW Da Mi hydropower plant from a group of lenders led by Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Capital Markets

• Advised A&A Green Phoenix Group Joint Stock Company as bond issuer on its private placement of VND900 billion bonds, which are guaranteed by CGIF.
• Advised A&A Green Phoenix Group Joint Stock Company as bond issuer on its private placement of VND320 billion secured bonds.
• Advised Ho Chi Minh City Development Commercial Joint Stock Bank (HDBank) as issuer of USD165 million international bonds to increase tier-2 equity to the investors including International Finance Corporation (IFC) – a member of the World Bank, DEG – Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, and LeapFrog Investments.
• Advised Masan MEATLife Corporation, a subsidiary of Masan Group Corporation, in a public offering of VND1,999,980,000 bonds.
• Advised Maybank Securities Limited as arranger on the issue of fixed rate bonds up to VND200 billion by Tecomen Holding Joint Stock Company, which are guaranteed by CGIF.
• Advised Van Phu – Invest Investment Joint Stock Company, a listed real estate company in Vietnam, as the issuer in connection with its VND690 billion convertible bond issuance.
• Advised a real estate company in connection with its USD500 million international bond issuance.
• Advised No Va Land Investment Group Corporation, a listed real estate company in Vietnam, as the issuer in connection with its issuance of up to USD300 million international convertible bonds listed on the SGX.
• Advised Masan Group Corporation, Masan High-Tech Materials, and Nui Phao Mining Company Limited on various bond issuances through both private placements and public offerings.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Advised Keppel Land on its joint venture with a leading Vietnamese real estate company for developing a mega project in North An Khanh, Hanoi.
• Advised Pharmacity, one of the leading pharmacy retail chains in Vietnam, on various fund-raising transactions.
• Advised VIAC (No. 1) Limited Partnership on its divestment of Vietnamese manufacturing company.
• Advised Masan Group Corporation on USD250 million investment from Bain Capital.
• Advised ESR group on its investment in BW Industrial Development Joint Stock Company, a leading logistics and industrial real estate developer.