David Doran, Audray Souche, Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan, Kraisorn Rueangkul and Walanchathas Sanguanwong steer the DFDL Legal & Tax practice, which demonstrates particular capabilities in managing cross-border deals across Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam. The team leverages its considerable experience across a variety of industries, such as energy, infrastructure and manufacturing, to handle matters for a diverse roster of clients that includes start-ups, private clients and Thai and international corporations. Souche fields a strong practice in public-private projects, leading multiple project finance and project development assignments, and Supha-Utchaichan is well-equipped to handle foreign direct investment, corporate transactions, M&A and financings. Rueangkul is particularly experienced in cross-border mergers and investments in the Mekong region, while Sanguanwong is geared to handle structuring acquisition and finance deals.
Key clients
- RATCH Group
- A Consortium of Thai lenders (Krung Thai Bank as Intercreditor Agent)
- Sinohydro (Hong Kong) Holding Co. (a subsidiary of Power China)
- Impact Energy Asia Development Limited
- B.Grimm Power Public Company Limited as the sponsor and Ray Power Supply Co., Ltd. as the borrower
- Ardian
- B.Grimm Power Public Company Limited (Sponsor), B.Grimm Solar Power, Inc (Project Company)
Work highlights
- Assisting a consortium of Thai lenders (Krung Thai Bank as Intercreditor Agent) in relation to new financing to be granted to the Lao power company Xayaburi Power Company in relation to the development and operations of the 1,285 MW Xayaburi hydropower project in the Lao PDR for the purpose of funding certain additional compensation and implementing restructured payment terms in respect of the financial benefits payable by the project company to the Government of the Lao PDR.
- Assisting a consortium of Thai lenders (Krung Thai Bank as Intercreditor Agent) in assessing satisfaction of Lao law conditions to the resumption of the drawdowns of the facilities granted to Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Power Limited Company for the purpose of the financing of the development of the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Champasak province, Lao PDR, further to the collapse of the Saddle Dam D in July 2018.
- Acted as Vietnamese legal counsel to B.Grimm PLC (the sponsor) and Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company (the borrower) in relation to the take out financing of a solar power plant project with an aggregate installed generating capacity of up to 257 MWp (214 MWac) Phu Hoa District, Phu Yen Province, Vietnam, owned and operated by the borrower (the “Project”), sourced from a syndicate of international lenders led by Asian Development Bank (“ADB”).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Doran, Audray Souche, Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan, Kraisorn Rueangkul, Walanchathas Sanguanwong