Advisory Track Record

Our Advisory Transactions

IFI’s accomplishments in providing advisory and market entry services to multinationals dates back to the 1990’s. Our recent success includes advising the sale of a minority interest in ABA Logistics company in early 2016, and in mid-2016 we advised the IFC and Armstrong Asset Management, a Singapore-based private equity clean energy specialist fund, on a landmark investment in Gia Lai Electricity Joint Stock Company (GEC), a leading renewable energy company in Vietnam.

Additionally, our track record includes the lead advisor role in Pilmico’s acquisition of Vinh Hoan feed, providing long-term government relations and market entry service to GTech and Coca-Cola, the financing and disposal of the Hasegawa Vietnam property portfolio, and advising SAB Miller on a joint venture with Vinamilk.

• ABA Cooltrans: advised ABA in a private placement of shares to Mekong Capital in 2016. The transaction value was USD6 – 15 million in return for a non-controlling interest.

• Pilmico Food: advised Pilmico Food in its acquisition of Vinh Hoan Feed JSC from Vinh Hoan Corporation in 2014. A 70% stake was acquired immediately while the remaining 30% would be transferred within 5 years, for a total value of USD28 million.

• IFC and Armstrong Asset Management: advised IFC and Armstrong in their multimillion-USD strategic equity investment in Gia Lai Electricity JSC (GEC) in 2016. IFC and Armstrong would hold a 16% and 20% equity stake in GEC respectively.

• SAB Miller: advised SABMiller in the negotiation and formation of a brewery joint venture with Vinamilk in 2006. The brewery, based in Binh Duong Province, was equally owned by the parties. It had a total investment of USD45 million and a planned capacity of up to one million hectoliters.