About Dang Vu
Dang Vu is a Senior Associate in Allens’ Ho Chi Minh City office. Dang has 12 years' post-qualification experience practising law across a range of fields and specialises in banking & finance (including project and acquisition financing), debt capital markets, and public M&A. Dang is admitted as a lawyer to the Ho Chi Minh City Bar, Vietnam, and holds an LLM with distinction from the University of Sussex, UK. He is fluent in Vietnamese and English.
Dang’s experience includes advising:
DCM
- IFC and DFIs:
- on a US$300 million green bonds issue by VPBank;
- a US$100 million loan to and US$75 million green and blue bonds to be issued by SeABank;
- US$50 million in green bonds issued by HDBank; and
- VND500 billion convertible bonds issued by VETC Joint Stock Co
- Vingroup Joint Stock Co – advising international investors and lenders on international bonds and financing transactions relating to Vingroup and its subsidiaries including:
- the dealers and joint lead managers on the issuance of US$150 million of 9.50% guaranteed bonds due 2029 exchangeable into ordinary shares of Vingroup JSC and the concurrent repurchase of Vinpearl JSC's US$425m 3.25% guaranteed exchangeable sustainable bonds due 2026;
- the joint lead managers and dealer managers in relation to the offering of US$250 million of 10.0% bonds due 2028 exchangeable into ordinary shares of Vinhomes JSC and concurrent repurchase of US$250 million of 3.00% exchangeable bonds due 2026;
- the joint lead managers on Vingroup JSC’s issue of US$250 million of 10% bonds due 2028 exchangeable into shares of Vinhomes Joint Stock Co;
- the investors on Vingroup JSC’s issue of US$625 million of fixed rate bonds due 2027 exchangeable into shares of VinFast, Vietnam’s largest electric vehicle maker; and
- the investors in respect of the issue of US$525 million of fixed rate exchangeable bonds due 2027.
- GuarantCo Ltd on its series of guarantee transactions to support VND sustainable bonds issued in Vietnam:
- a guarantee of VND1,000 billion green bonds issued by IDI Corp, a leading seafood manufacturer, being the first green bond issued by a non-financial corporation;
- a guarantee of VND1,200 billion green bonds issued by Hoa Binh - Xuan Mai Clean Water Limited Liability Co and Xuan Mai - Hanoi Clean Water Transmission Ltd Co;
- a guarantee of VND520 billion bonds issued by Binh Thuan Plastic Group Joint Stock Co, a leading plastic pallets manufacturer; and
- a guarantee of VND bonds issued by Vietnamese subsidiaries of Verdant Energy for a portfolio of 76MW rooftop solar assets.
Banking & Project Finance
- International Finance Corp. on numerous financing transactions in Vietnam including:
- a loan to Bel Ga Vietnam for establishment of a poultry breeding facility;
- subscription for a convertible bond issued by Anova Corp to finance its animal health business;
- a US$57 million loan to finance two onshore wind power projects of REE Corp; and
- a US$700 million loan to finance expansion of production facility in Bac Ninh province and greenfield production project in Nghe An province of Goertek.
- Asian Development Bank on a US$100 million loan financing to be provided to China Everbright's Hong Kong-listed subsidiary to finance up to six waste-to-energy projects in Vietnam.
- Bangkok Bank on a multi-million dollar project finance for a solar energy project in Tay Ninh and a wind energy project in Soc Trang.
- BIM Energy on a US$251 million 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.