Lexcomm Vietnam LLC

Banking and finance Debt and equity capital markets Energy, project finance and infrastructure Liquefied natural gas (LNG) LNG to power projects Public private partnerships (PPP)

Managing Partner and Head of Energy, Project Finance and Infrastructure

Pham Ba Linh is the Managing Partner and Head of Energy, Project Finance and Infrastructure of Lexcomm Vietnam LLC, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is accorded distinct market recognition by clients and peers as a seasoned and technically skilled top-rated transactional lawyer with more than 20 years of legal practice, focusing primarily on energy and natural resources, liquefied natural gas (LNG), projects and infrastructure, public-private partnerships (PPP), project finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, debt and equity capital markets, derivatives and structured products.

He acts for international banks, joint lead arrangers, multilateral lending agencies, export credit agencies, private equity and infrastructure funds, sponsors, institutional investors and major works contractors.

Prestigious independent authoritative guides to law firms in Vietnam, including Legal 500 Asia Pacific, IFLR1000, Chambers Asia Pacific and Asialaw Leading Lawyers, continually rank Ba Linh as one of Vietnam’s top-tier lawyers for his technical legal excellence and outstanding commercial expertise. He has received the accolade of being distinctively named one of the very top few “Leading Individuals” energy and project finance lawyers in Vietnam by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019 - 2024 and Band 1 project finance and energy lawyers in Vietnam by Chambers Asia Pacific 2024. He has won some of the most prestigious international law awards, including Asialaw Regional Awards 2019 for “Outstanding Practitioner: Vietnam” and “IFLR Asia Best Lawyers” in  2020, 2021 and 2022 as one of the best lawyers in Asia Pacific.

Client testimonials include “practice head Pham Ba Linh is widely regarded in Vietnam as a market-leading energy and project finance lawyer with an in-depth understanding of best market practices”, “a top choice for strategic oil and gas, LNG and power projects in Vietnam”, “often sought after for his expertise in upstream oil and gas, pipelines and LNG matters”, “a go-to lawyer for Vietnam energy advice - he understands the industry and what is going on in the market”, “Ba Linh is a very experienced lawyer in oil and gas, energy, infrastructure and project financing”, “Linh excels on advising on complex cross-border multi-source financings, reserve based lending, project finance, asset and structured finance, and capital markets offerings”, “very high level of service, market insight and genuine industry expertise - the advice is always to the point”, “as first port of call for most things”, “responsive and always willing to go the extra mile”.

Ba Linh is particularly praised for being “a top drawer, astute and technically brilliant banking lawyer...extremely experienced in advising international banks across the debt spectrum”, “Pham Ba Linh is an absolute star. He has the commercial know-how to get the deal done”, "breadth and depth of technical legal ability to advise across upstream oil and gas, energy, project finance and infrastructure", “has a wealth of experience in advising an array of clients across a broad spectrum of upstream, midstream, power, petrochemicals, and mining exploration projects”, “Pham Ba Linh has impressive experience in a full range of energy and infrastructure projects in the country”, “often handles project financing and transactional matters relating to BOT and PPP projects”, “very knowledgeable, very experienced, very commercial advice”, “deeply understand Vietnamese laws and international practice”, “he thoroughly understands clients' business needs and provides practical advice”.

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English, Vietnamese

Member of Hanoi Bar Association and Vietnam Bar Federation

Co-Chair of the AmCham Vietnam Energy Committee

Former Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer of the IBA Oil and Gas Law Committee.

Fellow of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb)

Vietnam Steering Committee of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN)

Oil and Gas Law, Power Law and International Construction Projects Law Committees of the International Bar Association (IBA)

Infrastructure Working Group and the Capital Markets Working Group of Vietnam Business Forum (VBF)

Ba Linh has extensive experience and skills in both civil and common law jurisdictions, having based in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Melbourne.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB in Commercial Law) from Hanoi Law University and a Master of Laws (LLM in International Commercial Law) from the University of Nottingham School of Law, England.