Lawyers
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 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 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 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.
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).
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.
