About Ha Nguyen
Ha has extensive experience advising international investors on major M&A and financing transactions in Vietnam across a wide range of industries. She also has deep expertise in Vietnamese merger control filings and has acted for international clients on numerous complex and high-profile global transactions.
Ha's recent experience includes:
Banking and Finance
- Vingroup, Vinhomes, Vincom Retail and Vinfast: advising international investors and lenders on various investment and financing transactions relating to Vingroup and its subsidiaries and affiliates
- Masan: advising international lenders on various financing transactions relating to Masan Group Corporation and its subsidiaries
- Novaland: advising an international lender on the restructuring of its debt financing to Novaland
- International banks and lenders (Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Credit Suisse, UBS, SeaTown, Varde, Tahan, Avenue Capital): on their financing transactions in Vietnam.
Corporate M&A and Capital Markets
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia:
- on its investment and subsequent exit from Vietnam International Bank (VIB)
- on the sale of other Vietnamese businesses, including the sale of the banking business to Vietnam International Bank (VIB) and CBA Digital Solutions Vietnam to ARC
- SK: on its multi-billion investments in Vietnam, including in Masan Group and Vingroup
- Private Equity Investors (TPG, CVC, CDH Investments): on various equity transactions in Vietnam
- International Finance Corporation: on its investment in Mavin and its subscription of convertible bonds and senior bonds issued by BaF (listed on the HOSE)
- Bank of Ayudhya (BAY): on its investment in SHB Finance Vietnam
- CP Vietnam: on its strategic investment in Sao Ta (Fimex) (listed on the HOSE)
- Actis: on its strategic joint ventures with local partners to develop and operate industrial real estates in Vietnam
- An international bank: on the bidding for the acquisition of Citibank’s consumer business in Vietnam
- Temasek: on its US$650m co-investment with KKR in VinHomes, the largest real estate developer listed on HOSE
- Kasikorn Vision: on its investments in Sendo, Citigo, OnePay and other proposed investments in Vietnam
- International multinational companies (Hultec, Philip Morris, MC-Bauchemie): on their investments and business activities in Vietnam
- GoJek: on its business operation in Vietnam, including strategic M&A transactions and corporate projects, and its subsequent exit from Vietnam
- Clermont Group: on its acquisition of iCare Benefits Asia, the Singapore holding company for a Vietnamese online retailer and operator of the e-payment platform, Mobivi.
Competition / Merger Control
- EQT: in relation to the acquisition of BPEA, a leading private markets investment firm in Asia
- Robert Bosch GmbH: in relation to its acquisition of Johnson Control International plc’s residential and light commercial heating, ventilation and air-conditioning business, including the carveout of a manufacturing plant of the target in Japan
- Bain Capital: in relation to its proposed acquisition of Hitachi Metals
- Amperex Technology Limited: in relation to its joint venture with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited in the battery market
- Nestlé: in relation to its acquisition of vitamin maker Bountiful’s main brands
- Covestro AG: in relation to its acquisition of the Resins & Functional Materials business from Royal DSM
- Goldman Sachs: in relation to its control acquisition of various businesses in Vietnam
- Bayer AG: in relation to the sale of its global animal healthcare business to Elanco
- LG Electronics: in relation to the establishment of an offshore joint venture by one of its subsidiaries with the subsidiary of a multinational IT solutions firm.