Duane Morris & Selvam LLP

Corporate

Partner/Director

Dr. Oliver Massmann is an International Attorney at Law and a Financial Accountant and Auditor.

Dr. Oliver Massmann received his PhD with Major in International Business Law.

Dr. Massmann has over 20 years experience working as commercial lawyer in Vietnam. Dr. Massmann is fluent in Vietnamese language, negotiation and presentation level.

Dr. Massmann practices in the area of corporate international taxation and on power/water projects, matters related to oil and gas companies and telecoms, privatization and equitization, mergers and acquisitions, and general commercial matters for multinational clients in relation to investment and doing business in Vietnam. He has been awarded "Leading Lawyer" in Mergers and Acquisitions in Vietnam by Legal 500 for the last years in a row.

Dr. Massmann is the only foreign lawyer as Member to the Supervisory Board of PetroVietnam Insurance Corporation, Vietnam's largest industrial insurer.

The European Commission and the EU Trade Delegation in Vietnam has selected as the lead advisor Dr. Oliver Massmann and his team to advise and assist in a project to support the implementation of the EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement ("EVFTA"), one of the most important Free Trade Agreements for Vietnam. It is estimated that over 400 laws have to be renewed and updated to meet Vietnam’s commitments in the EVFTA. This is one of the most comprehensive and famous and prestigious projects in Vietnam so far.

Dr. Massmann is currently working on several investment projects as well as taxation matters and advising the Ministry of Electrical Power on building the power generation infrastructure in Myanmar.

The National Assembly of Vietnam invited Dr. Oliver Massmann to present on the Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on Vietnam, June 2016. Dr. Oliver Massmann is the first foreigner ever to present in Vietnamese language to Members of the National Assembly of Vietnam.

Dr. Massmann is registered Arbitrator of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (The VIAC). He is the only foreign lawyer in Vietnam who is presenting to the National Assembly of Vietnam in Vietnamese language and teaching International law in Vietnamese language at the Ministry of Justice in Hanoi.

Dr. Massmann is holding a German Judge Degree. He has worked as arbitrator in International Arbitration and Mediation centers in Asia and Europe during the last 20 years. Dr. Massmann has represented many client in arbitration proceedings and Disputes in these Arbitration centers.

Dr. Massmann is a 1994 graduate of Bochum Law University, first state exam and Ministry of Justice, Duesseldorf Germany, second state exam 1997. He is holding a LLM degree in international taxation from St. Thomas University Florida- United State of America. He is certified as International Financial Accountant and Auditor by College of Birmingham. He is admitted to the Bar Association in Berlin and a licensed foreign lawyer in Vietnam.

 

English, German and Vietnamese

Member of the Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin (German Law Society), Federal Republic of Germany Counsel of Choice of German Embassy, Vietnam Corporate Partner to WTO, Trade, Investment Group of Eurocham Vietnam Representative of Deutsch-Asiatischer-Wirtschaftskreis e.V. in Leipzig, Germany, 2005-present Member of Board of Management of German Business Association

Member to the Supervisory Board of PetroVietnam Insurance Holdings Joint Stock Company

St. Thomas University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 2005 Ministry of Justice, Duesseldorf, Second State Examination for Judges and Lawyers, 1997 Foreign Language University, Hanoi, Vietnam, Diploma in Vietnamese Language, 1995 Ruhr-Universität Bochum, First State Examination in Law, 1994 European Global School in Paris, PhD, International Business Law, Cum Laude, 2017