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Freshfields

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Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : Vietnam

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Real Estate - Vietnam

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Freshfields has a prominent local legal team in Vietnam, demonstrating impressive credentials across the power, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. The firm is well placed to advise on the development of large-scale power, renewable energy and water projects, as well as BOT-financed power projects and transport infrastructure projects. The firm is also active on big-ticket transactions in the real estate sector on behalf of leading domestic and international investors, including in relation to school, office and industrial properties.

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Work Highlights

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  • Freshfields advised China Tianying and its majority-held Vietnamese project company on the construction, operation and development of a 90MW waste-to-energy power station in Hanoi.

Strengths

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  • They provide a very good and responsive service, looking to anticipate what our next steps should be and answering our requests in a timely and to-the-point manner.

    Real Estate respondentAsia-Pacific

  • In our deal, Freshfields demonstrated a deep understanding of the structuring challenges, proactively identifying innovative solutions that balanced the interests of all parties involved.

    Real Estate respondentAsia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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  • Tony Foster
    Tony Foster

    Tony Foster

    Tony Foster is a notable partner at Freshfields' Hanoi office. He is an eminent choice as advisor for power and infrastructure projects in Vietnam.

    • Tony has been well known in this area for many years.

      Real Estate respondentAsia-Pacific
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  • Ngoc Nguyen
    Ngoc Nguyen

    Ngoc Nguyen

    Ngoc Nguyen is a counsel at Freshfields and is based in its Ho Chi Minh City office. She is active on energy and infrastructure project development and acquisition. She is well regarded in the market for her work on behalf of lenders and sponsors.

    • Ngoc Nguyen provided not just legal advice but commercial acumen. She understood the regulator and was able to give us practical advice.

      Real Estate respondentAsia-Pacific

    • It has been great to work with Ngoc.

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