Partner, DLA Piper

Trinh Hoang practises in the area of banking law, with particular focus on special situations financing and restructuring of debt facilities as well as structured finance, acquisition finance and general corporate loans in Hong Kong and in countries across Asia.

Trinh’s clients include private credit funds, investment banks and corporate borrowers. 

Trinh works closely with her clients to understand the commercial drivers affecting their businesses and help to bring their goals to fruition

Professional Qualifications

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Experience

• Advised the U.S. secured lender to a Hong Kong company in creditors’ voluntary liquidation.
• Advised the portfolio company of a global asset manager as borrower in a standstill arrangement with its creditors.
• Advised the PRC noteholders of certain structured notes with economic exposure to the notes issued by Nuoxi Capital limited and guaranteed by Peking University Founder Group Company limited.
• Advised the noteholder in connection with its standstill arrangements with a listed PRC property developer undergoing a financial restructuring.
• Advised the lender on a structured loan facility for a Vietnamese financial services group which included both offshore and Vietnamese security.*
• Advised the senior lenders on a mezzanine term loan facility for a PRC property developer and intercreditor arrangements between the senior and mezzanine lenders.*
• Advised the noteholders in connection with the restructuring of the noteholders’ interests in certain loan note instruments for a Korean fashion retail group.*
• Advised the provisional liquidator in connection with the provisional liquidation of a Hong Kong cruise liner group, including conducting due diligence on the group and its financing arrangements, reviewing asset realisation opportunities and liaising with existing bank syndicates.*
• Advised a high net worth individual on a margin loan collateralised by certain shareholding in a listed Indian company.*
• Advised the lender on a term facility for a US fund in connection with its acquisition of a certain stake in a PRC finance leasing company which is supported by the right to put the target shares to its majority shareholder at an agreed rate of return.*
• Advisedthe fund lender on a term loan facilities for an established Chinese property developer for the purpose of refinancing of its existing financial debt and towards the development and renovation of its PRC properties. Subsequently worked on the back leverage financing arrangements for the same fund.*
• Advised the special situations group of a leading US investment bank in connection with its investments by way of the purchase of notes issued by a pan Asia hotel group.*
• Adviseda Japanese consumer financing company on a warehousing facility secured by its portfolio of consumer debts.*
• Advised one of Vietnam’s privately owned new-age airline on its secured term loan facility.*
• Advised one of the bidders on bid financing for the Big C supermarket chain in Vietnam.*

* Denotes experience prior to joining the firm.

Languages

• English
• Vietnamese

Education
King’s College London, B.A.

Memberships and Affiliations

• The Law Society of Hong Kong
• The Law Society of England and Wales
• IWIRC (Hong Kong)
• INSOL International (Hong Kong)