Tilleke & Gibbins is pleased to announce that it has bolstered the capabilities of its Corporate & Commercial team in Vietnam with the hire of Tram Ngoc Bich Nguyen as a partner.

Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Tram’s practice focuses on foreign investment and corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, e-commerce, fintech, and data privacy. Her expertise includes advising foreign and multinational clients on investment in Vietnam, ranging from market-entry stage to expansion, corporate governance, internal rules and regulations, fundraising, restructuring, commercial transactions, and employment. In respect of real estate projects in Vietnam, she has a strong legal background in development, construction, management, operation, and lease activities. She also assists multinational corporations in their adherence to local data protection laws and advises on issues such as platform and social network operations, terms and conditions, vendor contracts, e-contracting, cybersecurity, and data privacy.

Prior to joining Tilleke & Gibbins, Tram spent 16 years with one of Vietnam’s top local firms, where she had been a partner since 2019, advising clients on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions involving Vietnamese companies engaged in a broad range of business sectors including real estate, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, education, and distribution.

Tram is a qualified lawyer in Vietnam and holds an LLM from the University of the West of England in Bristol, U.K., and an LLB in Commercial Law from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law.

—  About Tilleke & Gibbins

Tilleke & Gibbins is a leading regional law firm with over 200 lawyers and consultants practicing in Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, and Yangon. Our firm represents the top investors and the high-growth companies that drive economic expansion in Asia in the key areas of commercial transactions and M&A, dispute resolution and litigation, and intellectual property.

Established in 1890, we have grown into the largest independent law firm in Thailand and a leading international firm in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam due to our client focus, regional expertise, and international vision. Our corporate clients include world leaders in the fields of pharmaceuticals and healthcare, energy, consumer goods and retailing, manufacturing, financial services, information technology, and telecommunications. We proudly help global companies excel in Asia and domestic companies shine abroad.

For enquiries, please contact Eric Huynh, Manager of Marketing and Business Development in Vietnam for Tilleke & Gibbins, at [email protected].