With development and financing mandates in its impressive work portfolio, Lexcomm Vietnam LLC continues to be a leading player in the energy and infrastructure market, advising some of the globe’s largest asset managers, financial institutions and developers on high-value regional and cross-border deals. Oil and gas mandates remain the cornerstone of the practice, but a steady stream of renewable projects pertaining wind, solar and hydropower have also kept the group’s practitioner’s busy, alongside critical transport infrastructure construction and redevelopments. Founding partner and department lead Pham Ba Linh is proficient across the full gamut of energy and infrastructure financing, including project, leveraged and acquisition financing, and commands a strong understanding of the PPP market. Fellow founding partner and team head Nguyen Viet Ha also acts as head of M&A and excels across a range of acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures, whilst also possessing previous in-house industry experience at a leading telecommunications company.
Testimonials
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‘Pham Ba Linh is very responsive and gives direct attention to his matters. He is our main contact and the person on whom we rely.’
'Sector-focus experts and good value-for-money.'
‘Pham Ba Linh has a very strong track record in Vietnamese energy and projects work. The firm's product is on par with some of the regional heavyweights. In addition, their responsiveness is excellent, they provide good value for money, and they are very easy to collaborate with.’
‘Pham Ba Linh really understands the industry, and having spent time previously in-house he is very attune to ensuring that his advice is client-focused.’
'Pham Ba Linh knows the oil and gas sector very well. He is very practical and efficient.'
Key clients
- BP| Singapore Pte Limited
- BP Castrol
- Ørsted
- Macquarie
- Bayerische Landesbank
- Harbour Energy
- Eni Vietnam B.V.
- Hibiscus Petroleum
- EDP |Renova|veis
- Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC
- PTT Global Chemical
- SK ecoplant Co., Ltd.
- Alcoa
- GreenYellow
- BlackRock Real Assets
- BlackRock Renewable Energy Group
- The Boeing Company
- Thai Oil Public Company Limited/GPSC
- BCPG Public Company Limited
- Iberdrola España Renovables
- Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX)
- AC Renewables International Pte. Ltd.
- Mitsubishi Corporation/|Diamond Gas International
- New Fortress Energy
- Alstom Transport
- POSCO Engineering & Construction
- Woodside Energy
- Sojitz Corporation
- Dubai Ports (DP) World
- Korean National Oil Corporation (KNOC)
- Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
- Repsol Vietnam
- Dragon Capital
- Nexif Energy
- Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Levanta Renewables
Work highlights
- Advising a consortium of national and international contractors in relation to their tender for the construction of Phase 1 of a strategic "first-of-its-kind" US$14.12 billion Long Thanh International Airport in Vietnam.
- Advising NSRP on highly complex project financing issues for a $9bn landmark Vietnam oil refinery project, being Vietnam’s largest foreign investment project to date over the last 30 years.
- Advising AC Energy in relation to its $165m high-profile strategic acquisition of 49% interest in a 837 MW Vietnam solar platform of Super Energy.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Pham Ba Linh, Nguyen Viet Ha