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Ngoc Nguyen

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Ngoc Nguyen has helped foreign and Vietnamese clients structure and execute investments in Vietnam since 2007 with focus on project development and financing and corporate M&A transactions. Ngoc has been consistently highlighted by international legal registries as a well-regarded lawyer in Vietnam.

Combining her in-depth knowledge of Vietnamese laws and local market with international legal training and practice, Ngoc is well regarded by clients for delivering solutions that work to solve problems arising in complex cross-border transactions by bridging divergent interests and backgrounds of different stakeholders.

Ngoc has been the key lawyer representing international sponsors in the only two BOT power projects in Vietnam that are currently under negotiation with the government and a number of path-finding LNG-to-power projects at different stages of development. She has worked on major transactions in renewable energy, airport infrastructure, road transportation and water supply. Beside acting for businesses, Ngoc has spent significant time advising Vietnamese regulators on developing policies and laws on energy and infrastructure projects and competitive bidding for selection of investors in projects.

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Projects, Infrastructure & Energy - Vietnam

Band 3
Band 3

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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.

Strengths

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

    Projects, Infrastructure & EnergyChambers Asia & Pacific
  • It has been great to work with Ngoc.

    Projects, Infrastructure & EnergyChambers Asia & Pacific

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