Duong PhamCounsel at Hogan Lovells Hanoi office
Bach Duong Pham is counsel at Hogan Lovells' Hanoi office. Bach Duong has been advising international and Vietnamese clients for over eighteen years, focusing on energy and infrastructure projects and high-value banking and finance transactions, as well as corporate matters in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He has a strong track record in syndicated lending and trade finance involving international banks and companies operating in Vietnam as well as Vietnamese state-owned enterprises and private borrowers. Bach Duong has in-depth experience of Vietnamese securities issuances, custody services and derivative products, as well as corporate aspects of transactions involving credit institutions. Bach Duong also worked on many large and first of their kind M&A transactions in Vietnam.
Bach Duong is a recommended lawyer in Banking & Finance by Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific 2023 edition, Projects /Energy and Corporate / M&A categories by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021 and 2020 editions.
Bach Duong is “praised by clients for his responsiveness and strong negotiation skills” and “he is noted for his sound knowledge of local banking regulations." Chambers Asia Pacific 2015
Bach Duong is a “key name” in the banking and financing team. Asia Pacific Legal 500 2015
Bach Duong is “a highly experienced Vietnamese lawyer with a perfect knowledge of local regulations”. Asia Pacific Legal 500 2013
Prior to joining Hogan Lovells in February 2022, Bach Duong was counsel at Duane Morris (2015 - 2022), a US law firm, and senior associate at Gide Loyrette Nouel, a Paris based international law firm (2010 - 2015). Bach Duong was also Head of Legal and Compliance for Standard Chartered Bank in Vietnam and the Mekong Region for almost six years, from 2005 to 2010.
Bach Duong is a graduate of the Sorbonne University in Paris and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He is admitted to the Paris Bar (Avocat à la Cour d’Appel de Paris). He speaks native Vietnamese and is fully fluent in English, French and Russian.
Areas of Practice
• Banking and Finance
• Projects
• Corporate and M&A
www.hoganlovells.com/en/pham-duong
