Anh Bui
Hanoi Managing Partner
Lawyers
Anh Dang
Senior Partner
Duyen Vo
Vo Ha Duyen is admitted to practise law in Vietnam and New York. She holds an LLM from the University of Michigan Law School and Temple University School of Law (Fulbright scholar). Duyen, currently VILAF's Chairperson advises foreign investors, private equity funds, issuers, and financial institutions on equity and bond investment as well as other debt instruments in private and public companies in Vietnam. Some of her notable deals include KKR's investment in Masan Consumer, Mondelez's acquisition of Kinh Do Corporation, HAGL's international bond listing and bond restructuring transactions, Dragon Capital's investment in a mining project, and Bluescope Steel's global M&A transaction. She also advises lenders on various finance products, including asset financing transactions, structured finance transactions, and derivatives. She has advised BNP Paribas on financing transactions in Vietnam, including a reserves-based lending transaction relating to an upstream petroleum project in Vietnam and aircraft financing deals; and, SMBC, JBIC, BTMU and Citi on various financing transactions to finance energy and infrastructure projects in Vietnam, including the financing of the Phu My 2.2 BOT power project and the Vung Ang 2 BOT power project. Duyen has been recognised as a leading lawyer in Vietnam by IFLR1000, Legal 500 and Asialaw.
Ha Luu
Ha is a VILAF partner with expertise in Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources. He regularly counsels Fortune 500 clients on many of the most complex acquisitions including concession right negotiations, project development and financing works and dispute resolutions. He has been instrumental in drafting major regulations affecting the Vietnam energy sector. Prior to private practice, Ha managed the Vietnam legal and compliance function of the World Bank/IFC project, Unilever and Unocal (now Chevron).
Hao Nguyen
Hao joined VILAF in 2006 and was promoted as Partner in 2019.Before joining VILAF, Hao worked for Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Thompson Hine LLP specifically on anti-dumping cases in the United States of America involving Vietnamese companies for more than one year.With more than 12 years of legal practice experience, Hao possesses a wealth of experience in capital market, cross-border M&A, oil and gas, renewable energy, real estates and employment. Hao has advised many multinational companies in Vietnam in various industries, such as renewable energy, real estate, oil& gas, consumer goods, food and beverages.
Hien Tran
Hien joined VILAF in 2007. He has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration in various forums including the Vietnamese courts, VIAC and SIAC for more than 15 years.He regularly works with several international law firms in the settlement of maritime, commercial, insurance and investment disputes in Vietnam and other jurisdictions.He has advised a number of multinational insurance, pharmaceutical, chemical, foods and wood manufacturing companies in cross-border M&A transactions as well as their day-to-day operations.In addition to dispute resolution, Hien also advises state-owned entities and multi-national enterprises on general corporate, employment and M&A.Hien was named as a future star by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2018 in Commercial and Transactions. He is also named in 2019 as a Next Generation Lawyer by The Legal 500.
Hien Nguyen
Hien is recommended by several well-known international legal guides and is known to offer broad expertise in commercial and construction-related work and particularly skilled in high-value real estate projects. Hien advises multi-million real estate projects by, among others, CapitaLand, VinaCapital, Prudential, Aseana, Nam Long, Hoa Lam, and follows every step of the first Hi-tech Health-care Park in Vietnam. Hien advises both employers and contractors in construction-related contracts, such as design/consultancy, construction and turn-key contracts. Hien advises numerous investors (both Vietnamese and foreign) in direct investment, M&A transactions and operational issues in many fields of operation, including retail, e-commerce, consumer goods, automobile, optical, information technology, insurance, telecommunication, feeds and livestock, brewery and beverages, hotel management, catering, construction and construction materials.
Hung Nguyen
Partner
Lam Nguyen KC
Partner
Linh Nguyen
Partner
Ngoc Luong Trinh
Ngoc is a qualified Vietnamese lawyer and possesses a wealth of experience in investment, cross-border M&A, corporate, finance, infrastructure, capital market, employment, anti-trust, and tax. Ngoc has likewise been involved in various industries including consumer goods, food and beverages, energy, pharmaceutical, chemicals, real property, healthcare, and water.Ngoc has been with VILAF for more than 11 years. Prior to joining VILAF, he was with British Petroleum, the operator and major shareholder in the USD 1.3 billion integrated gas-to-power Nam Con Son project, for 3 years as an internal auditor and compliance officer.He is currently the Vietnam National Reporter for the Tax Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Phong Tran
Founding Partner
Quynh Pham
Before becoming a VILAF partner, Quynh was a professor of law at the Ho Chi Minh City Law University for four years. Quynh is admitted to practice law in Vietnam and received his LLB from the Ho Chi Minh City Law University and LLM from University of Wales, Swansea. Quynh regularly advises leading multinational companies in Vietnam in various industries, such as insurance, shipping and real estate. He has also advised multinational real estate developers, pharmaceutical companies and oil & gas companies in cross-border M&A transactions. He also represented VinaCapital and Prudential in a number of M&A transactions involving real property investment projects in Vietnam, and advised a number of group corporate restructuring transactions relating to Vietnam subsidiaries. Quynh received the In-House Community Commended External Counsel for 2016 and ALB’s 40 under 40. He is also Asialaw Rising Star Lawyer 2017 in Dispute Resolution, Shipping, Maritime and Aviation.
Trung Vu
Partner
Tung Nguyen
Partner
Tung Ngo
Position: Ngo Thanh Tung is a founding and senior partner of VILAF. Tung served as Managing Partner of VILAF for nine years. As a top leader of VILAF, Tung has transformed VILAF from an affiliate of Clifford Chance to the most respected independent commercial law firm in Vietnam today. Tung is a key figure in the success and growth of VILAF. He is well-known and respected for his “high degree of professionalism” in servicing clients. Tung has assisted many giant foreign investors in establishing their businesses in Vietnam since the country opened its doors to foreign investment in the 1990s. Tung has advised several international companies in M&A, corporate and commercial matters related to Vietnamese laws, as well as P&I Clubs on maritime cases. Tung is highly respected and has been identified by various well-known international legal magazines, such as Legal 500, Chambers as one of the leading lawyers in Vietnam. Tung was recognized by Asia Law & Practice as one of the finest leading lawyers in Asia.