VDB Loi is assisting a telecommunications operator obtain one of the first auctioned spectrum licenses in Myanmar, a landmark event that opens gateways for 4G LTE services in the country. This is the first time the Myanmar government has licensed spectrum following a competitive auction process. VDB Loi will assist the telecommunication provider negotiate with […]

On 9 September 2016, the Myanmar Investment Commission has granted a global producer of beverages a sought after distribution permit for its products in Myanmar. VDB Loi assisted the company throughout the process up to the successful outcome. Distribution and retail are still relatively restricted from foreign investment in Myanmar. Exceptions depend on regulations in […]

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the private sector in Myanmar launched the first working group for Myanmar’s hydropower sector. The Hydropower Developers’ Working Group (HDWG), first established in Lao PDR in late-2013, is the only platform exclusively for hydropower companies and industry-related professionals to influence policy and identify solutions to improve […]

Congratulations to VDB Loi Myanmar for winning the International Tax Review’s 2016 Asia Tax Award for Myanmar Tax Firm of the Year. The awards ceremony was held at Goodwood Park Hotel in Singapore on 5 May 2016.

VDB Loi is pleased to announce that it provided legal and taxation advisory services for multidisciplinary consulting and engineering firm Tebodin on the acquisition of its Asia Pacific operations by Archetype Group. The agreement was signed on 4th March, 2016, and creates a company with over 1,100 employees and annual revenues of over US$40 million. […]

VDB Loi’s Infrastructure, Real Estate and Construction Team is advising a multinational Japanese construction company with the development of a mixed facility in Myanmar, comprising office spaces, hotels, serviced apartments and retail spaces. The real estate development which is supported by the Japanese government, is seen as a landmark project and a starting point for […]

Myanmar yet to clarify if telecom sector will be covered by new competition rules PaRR Just 12 months before Myanmar commences antitrust enforcement, there is no clarity on whether the proposed competition guidelines will replace or be a substitute for the existing rules on the telecommunications sector. Recent interview of our senior associate Nishant Choudhary […]

VDB Loi is currently advising the Ministry of Energy (“MoE”) in Myanmar on tender submissions to upgrade the Nyaung Don liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”) plant via a joint venture (“JV”) project with Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise (“MPE”). From an original roster of 22 companies bidding to engage in a JV with MPE, the MoE announced in […]

Edwin Vanderbruggen has spent the last five years in Myanmar as legal advisor to some of the biggest players in the oil and gas, energy and telecomes sectors. A partner in the VDB Loi network of law firms, he help to facilitate the.

Read VDB Loi Senior Partner Edwin Vanderbruggen’s article in Myanmar Times about the Central Bank of Myanmar’s letter on the use of US dollars for transactions within Myanmar. For the full article, click here.

Myanmar’s Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD) has issued nearly 50 telecom service licenses since the new Licensing Rules were issued under the Telecom Law. But if you need to use spectrum, and of course many licensees do, having a service license is not enough. You need a spectrum license too, which is a separate application […]

Edwin Vanderbruggen, Senior Partner of VDB Loi, comments on the draft of Myanmar’s public debt management law clarifying how the sovereign can raise debt, and hiring Citi and Standard Chartered as ratings advisers. For the full article, click here.

Edwin Vanderbruggen, Partner of VDB Loi, was interviewed by FBNC TV Channel in Vietnam during the joint seminar of VDB Loi, VCCI and VPBank Securities entitled Myanmar Investment and Finance Update held on July 23, 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Government of Myanmar has recently notified the new Competition Law. A detailed comparative write-up of the law was published on our website on 9 March 2015, having the following title: “Myanmar’s New Competition Law: A Pitbull Or A Paper Tiger?” by our senior partner Mr. Edwin Vanderbruggen. Pursuant to which Lexis Nexis, had a […]

Ms. Jean Loi, Managing Partner of VDB Loi, was interviewed by May Wong of Channel News Asia on the concerns of foreign companies setting up in Myanmar. For the full interview, click here.

VDB Loi assisted an international developer of port terminal infrastructure with one of Myanmar’s first major offshore supply base facilities. The VDB Loi team assisted with securing a contract with a state Government in Myanmar to construct, manage and operate a new port facility, advised on the corporate structure, the land use rights and drafted […]

VDB Loi assisted Myanmar based RGK+Z&A Group with the purchase of engines and associated systems for the country’s first medium speed gas engine-based power plant, the Hlagwa Power Plant. Bergen Engines, part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems (RRPS), signed a contract with RGK+Z&A Group of Myanmar for delivery of engines and associated systems for Phase II […]

Low-wage workers will be able to earn up to $200 a month before their salary is taxed at the minimum 5 percent rate, raising the tax free threshold by about $75 from the current $125, acrording to a notice released yesterday by the general department of taxation.

VDB Loi and U Aye Kyaw & Associates, a specialized litigation firm in Yangon, are teaming up to provide dispute resolution services in Myanmar. The principal U Aye Kyaw is a former judge, magistrate and law lecturer with nearly 25 year experience in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. He and his team of litigators […]

Extracted from Crossroads, October 2014 Vol:1 Issue:4. Edwin stated in the opinions. Given the resources that PTD has it is doing a tremendous job. Don’t forget how quickly this country is transitioning. Two years ago, there was nothing. Now we have 400 pages of Telecoms Rules. We have Telecom Law. Issuing laws is just a […]