Biography
Vinh Ngo The is an associate of the Prague office and a member of the Banking and Finance practice group. Vinh joined the Prague office of White & Case during his studies in November 2020 as a legal intern.
Vinh graduated from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in June 2021, and in February 2022 completed his studies at Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, where he focused on Finance and Business Valuation/Taxation in Business.
During his studies, Vinh undertook a one-year study program in English law organized by the British Law Centre in Prague. Vinh also spent one semester of his studies at University College Dublin, Sutherland School of Law.
Vinh has provided advisory services under the leadership of his senior colleagues to financial institutions, and has been involved in providing legal advice throughout the entire transaction process.
Experience
Vinh has advised, among others, the following clients:
A club of eight international commercial banks and international financial institutions in connection with a financing of up to €291 million for the construction of the 461MW VIFOR wind farm in Romania, which, once fully constructed and operational, will be one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms. This transaction is the first financing for Rezolv Energy, an Actis platform.
FTMO Group companies in connection with the senior loan financing by major Czech banks for the purpose of the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of OANDA Global Corporation (bidding process).
Carlyle fund on the financing of its acquisition of Meopta Optika (Meopta), a leading manufacturer of optical, opto-mechanical and optoelectronic products used in the industrial, military and consumer markets, with operations in Czech Republic, Carlyle's investment will support Meopta's growth plans by increasing its focus on research and development, expanding its international presence and improving its operations, and is Carlyle's largest investment in the Czech Republic to-date.
Carlyle on the financing of acquisition of Tescan Orsay Holding, the leading global developer of scientific instruments (including scanning electron microscopes, focused ion beam scanning electron microscopes and micro-CT solutions) based in the Czech Republic and France, with a presence in the U.S. and other jurisdictions.
J&T BANKA, a.s. and J&T Mezzanine, on a complex, multi-level financing of the acquisition of the Myslbek and Flora shopping galleries in Prague by Redstone Group.
UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., in relation to refinancing and consolidating of the group's indebtedness provided by syndicate of banks to Dr. Max group owned by Penta. Dr. Max financing is the largest financing arranged and underwritten in the Czech market. The refinancing of existing bank debt comprised also of raising additional funds for the further strategic growth and the financing is amounting up to EUR 940 million.
J&T banka and PPF banka in providing loan to be used as a part of the purchase price for the shares of Fiocchi Munizioni, one of Italy's largest and oldest manufacturers of ammunition by the CSG Group.
Československá obchodní banka, a. s., VÚB Banka and Raiffeisenbank a.s. in connection with CZK 7 billion financing provided to Letiště Praha, a.s. The objective of the financing was to strengthen the company's financial stability in light of the major adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the company's operations and to finance its planned sustainable development.