Energy and Infrastructure Legal Services in Vietnam

As sustainability becomes central to business, companies need strategies and governance built on strong legal foundations. Rising legal risks and regulatory demands also create opportunities to drive transformation through innovative, sustainability-focused deals and projects.

Awards & Recognition

“Leading Projects, Infrastructure & Energy Lawyer (Band 1)” (2014)
“Leading Corporate/M&A Lawyer (Band 1)” (2014)
“Extremely client- focused and extremely knowledgeable” (2014)

“Dao Nguyen is a Leading Lawyer for Energy and Infrastructure work” (2017)

Sustainability goals are reshaping the way businesses operate and with them come complex legal risks.

Disclosure requirements, investor scrutiny, governance standards, and stakeholder demands are evolving rapidly, while litigation and regulatory exposure grows more severe.

At DN Legal, we understand how challenging this dynamic environment can be. Drawing on decades of cross-sector experience, we’ve developed a strategic toolbox to help clients both mitigate risks and unlock opportunities tied to the sustainability transition.

Our Sustainability & Environmental practice supports clients across key areas:

Governance & Strategy: Advising boards and leadership teams on investor expectations, strategic transformation, shareholder activism, and risk management.
Policy & Regulation: Monitoring regulatory change, engaging with policymakers, and translating new obligations into actionable compliance programs.
Disclosure & Reporting: Guiding clients through evolving frameworks such as TCFD, CSRD, ISSB, and climate disclosure rules.
Supply Chain Resilience: Identifying and addressing legal risks across domestic value chains.
Litigation & Crisis Response: Defending against sustainability and environmental claims while helping minimize liability exposure.
Green Collaboration: Structuring partnerships and joint initiatives that align with antitrust and competition law.
Sustainable Finance: Supporting green finance arrangements, compliance, and access to capital markets.
Sustainability in M&A: Managing ESG issues and EHS liabilities in transformational and mainstream transactions.
Transition Projects: Advising on decarbonisation, renewable energy, and infrastructure initiatives driving sustainable growth.

DN Legal brings global reach and local insight, sharing lessons learned and best practices to guide clients through the world’s most significant sustainability challenges.

Related Expertise

Corporate and M&A

Real Estate

Banking and Finance

Antitrust and Competition

Commercial Contract

Commercial Dispute Resolution

Employment

Foreign Investment

Highlighted Experiences

Renewable Energy

Advised a renewable energy company on acquiring shareholding in EVN hydropower assets and a French investor on the sale of two renewable energy projects (35 MW and 49.5 MW) in Central Vietnam.

Chevron Oil & Gas Pipeline

Advised Chevron on its oil and gas pipeline and energy project in Vietnam, guiding negotiations with government and state-owned partners.

National Road Infrastructure

Advised GS Engineering & Construction on Vietnam’s first licensed road project (US$340 million) under a build-transfer structure, shortlisted by IFLR for Project Finance Deal of the Year.

Vietnam’s First BOT Power Project

Advised Wärtsilä on the first licensed BOT power project (120MW) in Vietnam — setting the model precedent for all future BOT power projects in the country.

Advised Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. (MOECO) on a potential acquisition of oil and gas assets in Vietnam.

Advised PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation on a proposed project finance offshore investment in a fertiliser plant in Morocco.

Advised an international energy company on a 2x2 700 MW coal-fired BOT power project in a joint venture with PetroVietnam.

Advised The Ministry of Planning and Investment on the drafting of BOT regulations in Vietnam in 1997, 2004 and 2009 and on the drafting of the Public Private Partnership legislation.

Advised Chevron on its oil and gas pipeline and energy project in Vietnam.

Advised a client on a passenger terminal BTO project at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Advised Wartsila on the first licensed BOT power project (120MW) in Vietnam. The deal was significant in that all the documentation became the model precedent for later BOT power projects in Vietnam.

Advised GS Engineering & Construction on the first licensed road project (US$340m) under the Built-Transfer structure, a special form of investment under Vietnam's BOT regulations, in which the developer will receive land in exchange for building and its transferring of the road to the Government.

Advised The Ministry of Industry of Vietnam and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) on the Phu My 2-2 (715 MW) and Phu My 3 (716.8 MW) power plant projects.

Advised an international consortium on bidding for a BOT project to build and operate a 1200 MW coal-fired power facility and assisting the consortium in its discussions with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam Electricity and any other relevant Vietnamese authorities.

Advised Vinacomin in a joint venture with AES on a 1,100 MW coal-fired power project in a negotiated deal that had to be carried out on a BOT basis.

Advised Marubeni on the financing of a project to design, build, commission and operate a waste-to-power facility in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam.

Advised Vinacomin on the Vinh Tan 1 1,200 MW BOT power project.

Advised a renewable energy company in its acquisition of shareholding in a state-owned company under EVN that operates several hydropower plants in Vietnam.

Advised a French Investor on selling its shares in a 35 MW renewable energy project and a 49.5MW renewable energy project in the central area of Vietnam.