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Vietnam : Banking and finance
Within Banking and finance, Mayer Brown JSM is a first tier firm,
Mayer Brown JSM’s banking and finance team continues to act for major international and domestic financial institutions as well as state-owned enterprises. The well-respected Hoang Anh Nguyen heads the team, which has been advising Vinashin (Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group) on its proposed corporate and debt restructuring via a $600m unsecured loan. Other clients include HSBC, Standard Chartered, J.P. Morgan, Vinacom (National Coal, Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Ltd) and PetroVietnam Finance Corporation.
Vietnam : Capital markets
Within Capital markets, Mayer Brown JSM is a first tier firm,
Mayer Brown JSM’s comprehensive capital markets practice has particular expertise with debt-side instructions. The team recently acted as counsel for VietinBank (Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade) on its $500m international bond issuance, the first of several issuances totalling $2bn. HSBC and Barclays Capital are acting as the arrangers and proceeds will be used to fund the Nghi Son oil refinery project. Practice head Hoang Anh Nguyen is a talented and widely respected capital markets expert. Mai Phuong Nguyen is also recommended. The team recently lost managing partner Dao Nguyen, who has joined Allen & Overy, but has continued on the same trajectory.
Vietnam : Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A, Mayer Brown JSM is a first tier firm,
The corporate team at Mayer Brown JSM has ‘a broad skill set and experience in the market and a good understanding of the evolution of laws in Vietnam’. The departure of managing partner Dao Nguyen was a blow, but highly regarded new partner Kevin Hawkins and senior associate Toby Rees both have experience in a wide range of corporate matters including restructuring, trade issues, and inward investment matters including the establishment of joint ventures. The team recently advised E-Mart, a discount retail chain owned by Shinsegae, South Korea’s largest retailer, on its $80m investment to expand its operations in Vietnam through a joint venture with a local company.
Vietnam : Projects and energy
Within Projects and energy, Mayer Brown JSM is a second tier firm,
Mayer Brown JSM’s projects and energy practice is now headed by Kevin Hawkins, following Dao Nguyen’s departure to join Allen & Overy’s soon-to-open Vietnamese operations. He recently advised on GDF Suez and Mitsui’s consortium bid for a BOT project to deliver a 1,200MW coal-fired thermal power plant at the Nghi Son power complex, and assisted the consortium in its discussions with EVN, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and other relevant Vietnamese authorities.
Vietnam : Real estate and construction
Within Real estate and construction, Mayer Brown JSM is a second tier firm,
Mayer Brown JSM advises clients such as Hong Kong Land, Dairy Farm Group, Capital Partners Ltd, Prudential, and GS Engineering and Construction. However, in early 2012, the team lost the key figures of managing partner Dao Nguyen to Allen & Overy and real estate specialist David Lim to ZICOlaw in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam : TMT
Within TMT, Mayer Brown JSM is a second tier firm,
Mayer Brown JSM assists IT, technology and telecoms clients with a range of corporate issues.
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- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate : Foreign firms
Germany
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France
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Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Asset finance : Asset finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Real estate : Real estate
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping : Shipping
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- TMT : TMT
Latin America: International firms
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
London
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- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : Flotations: small and mid-cap
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: premium deals, £250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Corporate and commercial : Venture capital
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Professional discipline
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Securitisation
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Human resources : Employment: employees/unions
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
Thailand
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- Corporate and M&A (including capital markets) : Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
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- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Corporate restructuring
- Finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to insurers
- Industry focus : Insurance: non-contentious
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: toxic tort
- Litigation : Supreme Court and appellate
- Litigation : Trade secrets
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: large deals ($1bn-5bn)
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Domestic tax: Central
- Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : Tax controversy
Vietnam
Offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi