Lao P.D.R.

2011 ALB Project Finance Deal of the Year
Awarded project finance deal of the year for the Hongsa Mine-Mouth Power Project: (US 2.7 B, largest Thai project financing syndication, first thermal power project in Lao PDR)

In Lao P.D.R., DFDL Mekong was established in 1994, as the first officially authorized foreign legal and tax consultancy. Licensed by the Lao authorities as legal and tax advisers, our Firm is permitted to advise foreign investors and international organizations on all aspects of Lao law. Our foreign and Laotian advisers working at the Lao office are fully committed to provide our clients international standard services coupled with an in-depth knowledge of the local environment.

Our clients are major international and Asian foreign investors participating in foreign direct investment in Lao PDR, including large foreign and Asian financial institutions. We have been involved in most major projects in Lao PDR for more than 10 years, including most large hydro-electricity and mining projects.

Notably, for Asian-Counsel’s 2008 Deal of the Year, DFDL Mekong received an honorable mention for its role as the Lao PDR counsel to Lenders and the Lao PDR counsel to developers in the US$650 million Theun Hinboun Hydropower Expansion Project in the Lao PDR, which closed in late 2008.

Described in Legal 500 as being “very professional” and offering “excellent local experience and expertise”, DFDL Mekong’s legal advisers have an outstanding reputation for offering personalized legal services covering a broad scope of legal issues.

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