Profile of Dang Vu

Dang Vu

Senior Associate

About Dang Vu

Dang Vu is a Senior Associate in Allens’ Ho Chi Minh City office.

He has ten years' experience (PQE) practicing law in a wide range of fields and specialises in banking and corporate finance (including project financing and acquisition financing), capital markets and public M&A.

Dang is admitted as a lawyer in Ho Chi Minh City bar, Vietnam and graduated LLM with distinction at the University of Sussex, UK. He speaks fluent Vietnamese and English.

His recent experience includes advising:
  • International Finance Corporation: on numerous financing transactions in Vietnam, including:
    • a US$100m loan to, and US$75m green and blue bonds to be issued by, SeABank
    • a US$50m green bonds issue by HD Bank
    • a US$57m loan to finance two onshore wind power projects of REE Corporation
    • a US$700m loan to finance the expansion of a production facility in Bac Ninh province and a greenfield production project in the Nghe An province of Goertek.
  • International Finance Corporation and Proparco: on a US$300m green bonds issue by a major commercial bank in Vietnam
  • Asia Development Bank: on a US$100m loan financing to be provided to China Everbright's Hong Kong listed subsidiary to finance up to six Waste-to-Energy Projects in Vietnam
  • GuarantCo on:
    • its guarantee in relation to VND1,000bn green bonds issued by IDI Corporation, a leading seafood manufacturer, being the first green bond issued by a non-financial corporation
    • its guarantee in relation to approx. VND1,200bn green bonds issued by Hoa Binh Xuan Mai Clean Water Limited Liability company and Xuan Mai Ha Noi Clean Water Transmission Limited Company.
  • Vingroup, Vinhomes and Vinfast: advising international investors and lenders on various international bonds and financing transactions relating to Vingroup and its subsidiaries
  • BIM Energy: on a US$251m loan by commercial banks to finance BIM’s solar power projects
  • Siam Commercial Bank: on a multi-billion dollar loan to be provided to the project company constructing the Long Son Petrochemical Plant project in Vietnam
  • May Bank: on a US$135m cross-border bilateral loan for Viettel Global to finance its working capital and investments in its subsidiaries in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
  • Deutsche Bank: on a US$81m loan provided to Lodgis Hospitality Holdings to fund the acquisition of the majority stake in the Ho Tram Strip Resort in Vietnam
  • Heineken Vietnam: on its acquisition of Carlsberg’ brewery in Vung Tau
  • Abbott Pharmaceuticals: on its acquisition of Glomed Pharmaceutical and Domesco and various strategic M&A transactions and corporate matters in Vietnam
  • Ho Tram Investments Limited: on its divesture from the Sanctuary resort project in Vung Tau province.