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    45 Vo Thi Sau Street, Tan Dinh Ward
    Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Banking & Finance

We navigate the legal complexities of banking and financial transactions in Vietnam, supporting clients’ business by:

•    Advising on legal compliance to minimize risks.

•    Securing regulatory approvals for new products, streamlining clients’ path to market.

•    Drafting tailored transaction agreements to protect client interests.

•    Effectively managing debt collection and resolving disputes.

Below is the list of key transactions and projects we have handled.

•    We assisted the subsidiaries of an Australian and a UK bank by drafting their standard contracts, advising on regulatory compliance, and liaising with regulators for their new product launches.

•    We assisted a Thai bank with its Ho Chi Minh City branch, including drafting and reviewing standard contracts, advising on regulatory compliance, and providing legal opinions on loan agreements.

•    We advised a Japanese bank on Vietnamese regulations on bank cards and payment methods.

•    We assisted a German banking group with its loan transactions in Vietnam, including export financing for Vietnamese companies.

•    We drafted a security pledge agreement and issued a legal opinion on the agreement’s validity and the involved parties’ legal capacity in a syndicated loan for a German bank.

•    We advised a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company on factoring services for Vietnamese buyers.

•    We acted for a U.S. bank group in a complex syndicated loan and issued a legal opinion on the validity of the loan assignment.

•    We assisted an Indian bank with its project finance deal for a Vietnamese company. This included preparing loan and security agreements and issuing a legal opinion for the bank.

•    We assisted Vietnam’s largest fund manager in obtaining an investment license for a complex landmark casino development in central Vietnam involving various sub-units and financing structures.

•    We advised a Chinese state-owned insurance enterprise on the political and foreign exchange risks of underwriting insurance for a banking syndicate loan for a power plant project in Vietnam.

•    We advised an Italian industrial machinery manufacturer on the use of promissory notes under Vietnamese law.

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