Mai Anh is Vietnam-qualified with more than a decade of experience. Her practice focusses on banking and project finance.
Mai Anh works with lenders, borrowers, developers and investors across a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including project, corporate, real estate and aviation finance. She has particular expertise advising on renewable and thermal energy projects. She also advises on commercial and corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border contracts and corporate governance.

Experience

Representative matters

Joint mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners on the USD950 million Euler Hermes-backed export credit to VinFast Trading and Production Limited Liability Company (“VinFast”), Vietnam’s first wholly domestic car manufacturer.

PCC1 and RENOVA Inc. on the development and financing of three wind farms (3x48MW) in Quang Tri province, Vietnam. The financing is certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative and was ADB’s first financing of a wind power project in Vietnam. Renewable Onshore Wind Deal of the Year, IJGlobal Awards 2022.

The lender on a green credit loan to BCG-SP Solar 1 for the development, operations and maintenance of a portfolio of up to 100MW of C&I rooftop solar PV power projects across various sites in Vietnam. Renewable Energy Deal of the Year - Solar, The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2023.

ADB and Thai commercial lenders on the financing of a 50MW utility-scale solar power plant and transmission line in Thanh Thanh Cong Industrial Zone, southern Vietnam. This transaction is one of the first large-scale international project finance transaction for a renewables project in Vietnam. Renewable Deal of the Year (Solar) – Vietnam, The Asset Triple A Infrastructure Awards 2021.

KEPCO and Marubeni Corporation as developers on all aspects of the 1,200MW Nghi Son 2 coal-fired IPP in Vietnam.

Various lenders on loans to VPBank Finance Company Limited (FE Credit).

 

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a lawyer to the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, 2018

Academic

LL.M, International Commercial Law, University of Reading, United Kingdom, 2014

Bachelor, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, Vietnam, 2011

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.