Selected experience

Local counsel.
Significant mandates.

Selected matters from the MPA Lawyers 2026 capability statement.

Banking & Finance

Rabobank

Sepon Gold Mine refinancing

Lao counsel on a USD 80 million non-recourse refinancing facility over the Sepon Gold Mine.

Banking & Finance

CSG–CIMB

Sovereign financing facility

USD 80 million sovereign financing transaction for the Ministry of Finance, Lao PDR.

Banking & Finance

Bank of the Lao PDR

Sovereign USD repo transaction

Advice on a proposed USD treasury repurchase swap with a global investment bank.

Corporate & Commercial

Olam International

London Stock Exchange listing

Lao counsel on the listing and restructuring of Lao operations for the purpose of listing.

Corporate & Commercial

GlaxoSmithKline

Global separation and restructure

Lao counsel to GSK, listed on the NYSE and LSE, on its global separation and corporate restructure.

Corporate & Commercial

Guangdong Rising Assets Management

PanAust takeover

Lao counsel and due diligence on the approximately USD 950 million acquisition of ASX-listed PanAust and Phu Bia Mining.

Corporate & Commercial

Axiata Group / edotco

Telecommunications infrastructure

Advice on the acquisition of a Lao telecommunications tower and infrastructure enterprise.

Corporate & Commercial

Mekong Minerals

ASX initial public offering

Due diligence and solicitors’ report on tenements for the IPO prospectus.

Energy & Infrastructure

BCPG Public Company

Nam San 3A and 3B acquisition

Advice to the SET-listed company on its acquisition of the Nam San 3A and 3B hydropower projects.

Energy & Infrastructure

ADB, JBIC, Bangkok Bank and SMBC

Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower

Lao counsel for the finance parties on financing and security documentation.

Energy & Infrastructure

Sponsor

Nam Theun 2 · 1,070 MW

Acted for the sponsor in the development and implementation of the project.

Corporate & Commercial

BMW

Importation and supplier matters

Lao counsel on importation and distributor agreements for vehicle sales in Lao PDR.

Project & energy track record.

Hydropower & energy

Nam Theun II · Nam Ngiep 1 · Nam Mo · Nam Phay · Nam Kong 2 · Nam Sim · Nam Ou cascades (1–7) · Électricité du Laos transmission and hydropower.

Corporate & finance

China Development Bank · Finnfund & Norfund · Kunming Dianchi · Phonesack Group · Burapha Agroforestry · Trafigura.

Further details and representative clients are included in our capability statement.

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