Linklaters has advised the arrangers on Masan Group’s US$750m senior unsecured syndicated loan, representing the largest syndicated facility raised by a Vietnamese privately owned enterprise and marking Masan Group’s first six-year tenor loan.
Founded in 1996 and listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange in 2009, Masan Group is one of Vietnam’s largest conglomerates.
This transaction involved a sophisticated cross-border financing with Vietnamese, Singapore and English law elements, setting a new benchmark for Vietnamese privately owned enterprises seeking access to long-dated, unsecured and competitively priced syndicated loans in the international markets.
The Linklaters team was led by banking partner Dior Lin, with support from Grace Sim, James Lek and Don Loke, as well as Linklaters’ alliance partner Allens, led by partner Linh Bui, in relation to the financing provided to Masan Group entities in Vietnam.
With more than 50 years of on-the-ground experience in Asia, and drawing on the strength of its fully integrated global platform and global alliances, Linklaters supports clients on the region’s most complex, innovative and multi-jurisdictional financings, playing an instrumental role in shaping the financing landscape across the region.
