YKVN

Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Franchise

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Dr. Luu Tien Dzung, formerly a Law Clerk for the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam, is a co-chair of YKVN’s litigation practice. Dzung has almost 30 years’ experience in handling complex commercial and construction disputes. During his tenure at the Supreme People’s Court, Dzung assisted the Chief Justice with the screening of many such disputes to determine whether full review by the Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court was appropriate and participated in drafting the first Civil Code and Civil Procedure Code of Vietnam.

Dr. Dzung was also appointed by UN Secretary General as an UNDP program officer in charge of UN development programs for Vietnam on legal and judicial reforms from 2002-2007.

At YKVN, Dzung has represented state-owned, local and foreign corporations in multi-million-dollar foreign trade and contractual disputes before the Vietnamese courts, as well as under VIAC, SIAC, LCIA, ICC and US GAFTA arbitration procedures. Dzung is also well-recognized for his defense of a former minister in a complex white-collar banking case.

Due to his wealth of experiences in litigation and arbitration, Dzung is a much sought-after VIAC arbitrator. He was also recently appointed by the ICC International Court of Arbitration as an arbitrator for adjudication of a dispute between a foreign contractor and a government authority of Vietnam. Dzung is also among the very first Vietnamese mediators recently accredited by the Center for Effective Dispute Resolution. Dzung is also teaching law at Van Lang Law School University. Dzung currently also serves as a Vice President of the Vietnam Bar Federation.

Dzung has been recognized by Chambers Asia as a first-tier lawyer in dispute resolution in Vietnam for many years, most recently in the current 2020 edition. In 2019, Benchmark Litigation Asia – Pacific honored Dzung as the lawyer of the year and the Grab case led by Dzung was awarded the Regional Matter of the Year.

Especially, in 2021, Dzung is the only Vietnam based lawyer ranked as Asia’s Top 15 Litigators by Asian Legal Business (ALB). Also in 2021 and 2022, Asia Business Law Journal (law.asia) lists Dzung in the A-List of the top 100 lawyers practising in Vietnam.

English, Vietnamese

Hanoi Bar Association

Vietnam Bar Federation (Vice President)

Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (Arbitrator)

Vietnam National Committee of ASEAN Law Association (Member)

Mediator accredited by Center for Effective Dispute Resolution

Vietnam Mediation Center (Mediator)

Van Lang Law School University (Visiting Lecturer)

Institute of State and Law, Graduate Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Ph.D. in Law (2011)

Draper Hills Summer Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, USA (2009)

University of Iowa College of Law, USA, LL.M. (2000)

Kubansky State University College of Law, Russian Federation, LL. B. (1989)