Vu Mai Tram

Banking and Finance

• Advised PVGas as borrower counsel on the US$133 million financing financing from syndicated offshore lenders led by Standard Chartered Bank;
• Advised foreign banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Maybank, and Deutsche Bank on syndication facilities, derivatives, equity swaps, lending, trade financing, mortgages, pledges and guarantees.
• Represented First Commercial Bank and other foreign lenders as lender counsel on financings for several Vietnamese companies, including among others:
  – US$ 150 million financing for Thanh Thanh Cong – Bien Hoa Joint Stock Company;
  – US$ 100 million financing for Thanh Thanh Cong – Bien Hoa Joint Stock Company;
  – Two US$ 100 million financings for Truong Hai Group Corporation; and
  – US$ 80 million financing for Sao Mai Group Corporation.
• Advised KES Group Corporation as borrower counsel on a US$60 million financing from the International Finance Corporation;
• Advised CME and its group companies as borrower counsel on several financings from responsAbility Access to Clean Power Fund;
• Advised Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corporation as borrower counsel on several financings led by First Commercial Bank and other offshore lenders;
• Represented a leading Japanese bank in Vietnam and a Vietnamese bank in providing a US$100 million financing for a residential project in Vietnam; and
• Advised Sovico – the holding company of VietJet in several USD secured loans with Credit Suisse.

Corporate & M&A

• Advised JCB, an international payment brand of Japan, on various legal and regulatory matters and issues relating to the establishment, development and promotion of JCB’s card business in Vietnam.
• Represented PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PVGas) as seller in its proposed strategic sale to foreign investors as part of its equitization process;
• Advised Central Group on acquisition of chain of retail outlets in Vietnam under brand name of Big C and C-Express;
• Advised Central Group on acquisition of the e-commerce platform Zalora in Vietnam;
• Advised VietCapital on the sale of a majority stake in Tan Tien Plastic Packaging and Minh Viet Packaging to Dongwon Systems Corporation;
• Advised Fullerton Fund Management on the sale of a major stake in Hau Giang Pharmaceutical JSC (DHG) to Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd;
• Advised Vinacapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited on the sale of a major stake in Hau Giang Pharmaceutical JSC (DHG) to Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd;
• Advised Vinacapital on its investment in Yeah1 Group and other companies in Vietnam;
• Advised Indochina Capital in its acquisition of several real estate projects;
• Advised Gaw Capital, a Hongkong private fund, on divestment of a real estate project;
• Advised An Gia Real Estate Investment and Development Corporation on the strategic sale to Creed Investment Pte. Ltd;
• Advised Dream Incubator Vietnam Joint Stock Company on investment in Le & Associates, a company engaging in HR services and labour outsourcing services;
• Advised Vietnam Oman Fund (VOI) on its investments in a number of companies in Vietnam;
• Advised TAEL Two Partners Ltd. on its investments in various companies in Vietnam;
• Advised Excelsior Capital Vietnam on its investments in a number of companies in Vietnam;
• Represented TPG and ADIA as Vietnamese counsel in their investments in The Crownx Corporation;
• Advised B Capital on its acquisition of shares in VNG Corporation;
• Advised Olive Tree on various M&A transactions in Vietnam’s real estate sectors;
• Advised Heliconia Capital, a subsidiary of Temasek, on its investment in an online education startup;
• Advised Geleximco Group on its joint venture with Chery to establish a company in Vietnam operating in the manufacture and distribution of electric vehicles; and
• Advised Hasaki Investment Corporation on its share issuance to Alibaba.