• GIC Private Limited on its $203 million minority investment in Vinmec International General Hospital (Vinmec), a subsidiary of Vingroup and owner and operator of seven general hospitals in Vietnam and a number of clinics and pharmacies across the country.
• A US multinational fintech company on its Series B investment in a leading digital payments company in Vietnam.
• An Asian sovereign wealth fund on its investment in an e-logistics company with operations across the Asia Pacific, including a major presence in Vietnam.
• A US-listed tech company on its potential investment in a Vietnamese bank.
• An Asian sovereign wealth fund on its Series B investment in a leading last-mile delivery e-logistics business in Vietnam.
• Square Peg Capital, an Australian venture capital firm, on its investment via a convertible loan in a leading digital banking platform and in a Series A equity financing round in a social media start-up in Vietnam, both as lead investor.
• A Japanese banking group on its potential investment in a fintech business in Vietnam.
• A US private equity fund on their US$250m investment by way of convertible bonds and non-convertible warrant-linked bonds issued by one of the leading listed property development companies in Vietnam.
• A global education investor on their 100% acquisition of an international K-12 school in Ho Chi Minh City.
• A US private equity fund on a major acquisition in the real estate / gaming / hospitality sector in Vietnam.
• A leading US multinational financial institution on the sale of its securities business in Vietnam to a Korean banking group.
• Warburg Pincus on its US$370m pre-IPO investment in Techcombank, one of the largest commercial banks in Vietnam.
• A private equity fund on the pre-IPO investments in two Vietnamese commercial banks.
• A private equity fund on the sale of an international school in Vietnam.
• A major banking and financial services corporation on the full exit of its strategic investment in a large Vietnamese commercial bank.
• Stada on its block acquisition of shares in the Vietnamese pharmaceutical company, Pymepharco, taking it to a controlling 72 percent interest.
• A multi-national energy firm on the bid to acquire a strategic stake in PV Oil, the second largest petroleum distributor in Vietnam, from the Vietnam government.
• A multinational brewer on the US$5 billion bid for acquisition of Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation, the largest brewer in Vietnam.
• Mekong Capital on the formation of its fifth Vietnam-focused private equity fund, Mekong Enterprise Fund IV (MEF IV), as well as numerous investments and exits.
• Asian and MENA sovereign wealth funds on numerous fund investments and co-investments across the Asia Pacific region.

Education

• Cornell Law School, JD (magna cum laude)
• New York University, BA. (magna cum laude)

Professional qualifications

• Admitted to practice in the State of New York
• Registered as a foreign legal practitioner with the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice

Membership

• Member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi (2019 – 2021)