VILAF

Capital Markets, Corporate, Private Equity and M&A, Banking and Finance, Aviation

Counsel

Hoang Duong (Mr.), a Vietnamese qualified lawyer and a Counsel of VILAF since 2022. He has experience in advising clients in foreign investment, corporate and M&A transactions, joint ventures, project finance and capital market, anti-trust, regulatory matters. Hoang Duong has more than 14 years of experience in VILAF and other leading magic circles in Vietnam.

His highlighted Corporate and M&A transactions include: advising Moody’s in relation to its joint venture with several leading Vietnamese financial institutions (banks and securities companies) to set up a credit rating agency in Vietnam; advising Sumitomo Corporation in acquisition of a number of BRGmarts by Fujimart; advising SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company has acquired a 45% stake in semiconductor test equipment maker ISC Co., for 522.5 billion won (approx. US$400 million); advising Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) on its USD4.8bn acquisition of a majority stake in Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corporation (Sabeco); advising Sumitomo Corporate on USD4.2bn real estate joint venture with BRG Corporation in North Hanoi Smart City; advising CapitaLand on its US$59.4 million acquisition of a prime residential site in District 2 of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; advising Siam Cement Group in acquiring Prime Group valued at about US$240 million; advising Showa Aluminum Can Corporation in acquiring 90% share capital in Hanacans, valued at about US$110 million, etc.. In Project Finance and Capital Market, Hoang Duong’s remarkable deals could refer to: advising IFC in its US$200 million loan to LGI Innotek (Vietnam); advising Vietinbank in US$212M guarantee covering up to US$212M of Vinpearl’s payment obligations under US$200M foreign loan by Deutsche Bank and other foreign creditors; advising J&T Express in its IPO in Hong Kong stock exchange which won “Equity Deal of the Year 2024” from both IFLR 1000 and ALB; advising SCG Décor in relation to its IPO in The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), which was the largest deal in SET in 2023; advising SCG Packaging Public Company Limited in relation to its combination of the Reg S / Rule 144A international offering of shares - the country’s second-biggest offering and listing transaction in Thailand for the year of 2020; advising several groups of companies in other IPOs in Hong Kong market; advising arrangers in IPOs of Vincom Retail (US$700 million), Techcombank (US$900 million) and Vinhomes (US$1.3 billion) – as a row of consecutive landmark and successful initial offering and listing transactions of Vietnamese issuers under Reg S / Rule 144A; advising VPBank US$1.0 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme – listed on Singapore stock exchange; advising sponsors in financing for US$1.4 billion Vinh Tan 1 Coal-fired Power Plant Project, etc.. Hoang Duong has also advised and assisted many clients to have clearances for merger filing in Vietnam – which is one of core value to almost M&A, restructuring and joint venture transactions.

Vietnamese, English

Hanoi Bar

Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) – Capital Market

LLM, University of the West of England, the United Kingdom, 2010

LLB, Hanoi Law University, Vietnam, 2009

Hoang Duong was awarded by ALB as “Vietnam Rising Star” in 2023 and “Asia 40-under-40” in 2024. He has a publication about “practical guidelines: joint ventures in Vietnam” on Chambers and Partners 2024.

ALB has noted that “his name was shortlisted based on the minimum requirement of the recommendations received and it was much more than the minimum cut off by his respective clients”.