Hung Nguyen Quang

Introduction

Hung has been a recognised leading lawyer in banking & finance and capital markets by various international legal magazines, such as the International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers, IFLR1000, Legal500, Chambers & Partners and AsiaLaw. AsiaLaw has recommended Hung as a leading lawyer in capital markets since 2015. Since 2016, IFLR1000 has recognised him as a leading lawyer in finance & corporate. Asia Business Law Journal has listed Hung in Vietnam’s top 100 lawyers since 2020. Inhouse Community ranked Hung as Commended External Counsel of the Year 2021.

Clients comment Hung as “very smart, helpful and practical”, “supportive and responsible for work” (IFLR1000) and “understands all of our concerns well and has provided advice in a clear and practical manner” (Chambers & Partners). Peers agree that Hung is “skilled at taking on finance work” and “also an adept handler of capital markets matters” (Chambers & Partners).

Notable engagements:

• Assisted HSBC in its USD150 million financing to Trina Solar (Vietnam) Wafer
• Advised a Vietnamese SOE power corporation in relation to its US$200M loan facility with guarantee from SACE, the Italian State’s export support agency
• Advised GLP–Vietnam Development Partners in relation to the financing of its four Vietnamese subsidiaries with the total combined facility of US$102.8M granted by UOB
• Advised Citigroup in the sale of its Vietnam retail banking business to UOBV, which is part of Citigroup’s USD5 billion strategic transaction with UOB covering Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand
• Advised Shinhan Card in the acquisition of the full equity capital in Prudential Vietnam Finance Company, a top consumer finance company in Vietnam from Prudential Group and a major US bank in its divestment of retail business in Vietnam
• Advised the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in relation to its refinancing of the Dakdrink hydropower plant, the first clean energy project for AIIB in Vietnam
• Advised Hong Phong 1 Energy in relation to the loan from ING Bank and the bond issue guaranteed by CGIF, the first project bond for a renewable energy project guaranteed by CGIF in Vietnam