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David Harrison
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Vietnamese
David has advised foreign investors on mergers and acquisitions, including Vietnamese commercial banks and corporate targets in Vietnam and other emerging Asian markets, such as Cambodia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. David has extensive experience advising private equity firms and sponsors on their investments in Vietnam and emerging Asia.
Multilateral and commercial lenders and agents seek David's advice on a broad range of secured and subordinated credit facilities across sectors including real estate financings and projects. David has advised on Tier 2 Capital financings and highly structured private credit transactions.
David also spent six years practicing in New York with a Magic Circle firm and prominent US firm, focusing on structured finance, banking and finance, and restructurings. He was also a US foreign service officer for five years, serving in Vietnam and Venezuela.
Prestigious secondaries PE fund on multiple investment rounds through equity and convertible bonds into Pharmacity Vietnams leading retail pharmaceutical chain.*
TPG Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in Vietnam Australia International School from its founder Mekong Capital and MAJ Invest which represented their first control deal in Vietnam.*
A listed US LNG company on a proposed investment in a Vietnam LNG terminal.*
DEG on a structured equity investment in a rural bank in the Philippines.*
Norfund on its proposed investment in Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank, a listed Vietnamese bank.*
The lead investor in the US$200 million private equity investment in Vincom Retail, which was a watershed transaction for private equity in Vietnam.*
DEG, FMO, and Dragon Capital on their divestment of a super-majority stake in Prasac Microfinance, Cambodia’s largest MFI to a consortium of Bank of East Asia and Lanka Orix .*
A listed state-owned Vietnamese bank on a private placement of shares to cornerstone and capital market investors.*
DEG and FMO on a structured equity investment in a publicly-traded Sri Lankan insurance company.*
Standard Chartered in its disposal of a significant minority strategic stake in Asia Commercial Bank, a publicly listed Vietnamese commercial bank.*
A consortium of development finance investors on their investment in a renewable energy platform in Singapore with operating assets in Vietnam and Thailand.*
DEG on a hybrid investment for preference shares in Gia Lai Electricity, a leading renewable energy company in Vietnam.*
Guotai Junan, one of China's leading securities companies, on a 51% acquisition in Vietnam Investment Securities Company.*
A Korean energy company with respect to a share subscription agreement and shareholders' agreement with a Vietnamese focused PE fund for the development of a 3 GW LNG to power project in Vietnam.*
Two leading global banks on a US$200 million onshore/offshore real estate financing and subsequent restructuring and workout of that loan facility linked to a prominent trial in Vietnam.*
ADB, EFA and JICA in relation to the award-winning project financing of the 144 MW Lotus wind farm in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.*
AES and the BOT project company in the financing of the US$1.8 billion Mong Duong 2 1,240 MW coal-fired power plant project in northern Vietnam (Project Finance deal of the year 2012 by IFLR Asia).*
A syndicate of lenders led by IFC in the financing of international container terminals at Cai Lan Port in northern Vietnam and Cai Mep Port in southern Vietnam.*
Private credit lender on a complex structured financing of an educational platform in Vietnam based by a global private equity fund.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.