Dilinh Legal

The firm: Dilinh Legal is a boutique corporate law firm based in Ho Chi Minh City with a focus on serving clients in the manufacturing, technology, and life science sectors. Diep Hoang founded the firm in 2010. In September 2017, Michael Lee joined the firm as a partner, bringing with him over ten years of experience at two international law firms in Vietnam.  At Dilinh Legal, Diep and Michael combine their extensive experience and formidable legal talent in a wide range of legal sectors to bring their clients a compelling value proposition: elite law firm quality at highly competitive rates.

Corporate: Our lawyers have assisted many foreign investors to establish and maintain their legal/commercial presence in Vietnam through a variety of vehicles, including the establishment of representative offices, wholly foreign-owned companies, joint venture entities, and business cooperation contracts.

Dispute resolution: Dilinh Legal has strong dispute resolution and crisis management capabilities. Michael has extensive civil litigation experience in the United States and has been an arbitrator with the Vietnam International Arbitration Center since May of 2012. He has advised on numerous high-profile labor disputes in Vietnam. Diep regularly represents Phu Hung Group in their civil disputes and has advised other clients on a number of marquee civil disputes including advising a Taiwanese multinational on one of the most significant environmental pollution incidents in Vietnam and advising a multinational Taiwanese manufacturer on a high-profile tax audit.

Labor: Labor and employment issues and conflict resolution present many challenges to companies operating in Vietnam, ranging from risk management, regulatory compliance, negotiation, mediation to litigation, employee and union relations, and public relations matters.  Our experienced team of attorneys has the expertise to assist across this broad spectrum of issues, helping our clients safeguard their businesses and adapt to the statutory and cultural landscape in Vietnam.  We can advise on both contentious and non-contentious labor and human resource matters.

Life sciences: We provide regulatory advice on a wide range of products: pharmaceutical, cosmetics, consumer, food and beverage, biotech, veterinary, medical devices, and other life sciences products.

M&A: Our lawyers have acted as lead counsel on significant M&A transactions involving prominent corporations in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, media, logistics, investment funds, e-commerce, insurance, and real estate. We conduct due diligence, advise on local issues, and draft transaction documents.

Real estate: Our team has extensive experience in advising foreign developers on real estate projects, including structuring real estate transactions, drafting real estate joint venture agreements, drafting land purchase agreements, booking agreements, lease and long-term lease agreements, sale and purchase agreements for residential units, and assisting in negotiation with Vietnamese developers.  We also advise manufacturers on the purchase of industrial land, and on construction contracts and other agreements ancillary to factory establishment.  We conduct land due diligence for global hotel operators and advise on hotel management agreements.