Representing foreign companies establishing themselves in Vietnam, Duane Morris Vietnam LLC has a sought-after group specialising in corporate work, with extensive expertise in matters including M&A, private equity, and banking and finance, as well as related areas such as project finance, energy and infrastructure. The team is co-headed by Nguyen Thi Lang in Ho Chi Minh City, who represents multinational, foreign and local companies on all aspects of corporate and commercial work, with emphasis on M&A, inward investment, commercial, real estate and infrastructure projects, and Oliver Massmann in Hanoi, who is an expert in corporate international taxation and power and water projects. Hoang Minh Duc in Hanoi, who focuses on corporate, M&A, start-ups and venture capital, and real estate law, is another key lawyer.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team has been able to respond quickly and accurately.’

Key clients

  • Bayer Vietnam
  • Gaw NP Capital
  • Saint-Gobain
  • A.P.U Educational Company Development

Work highlights

  • Advised A.P.U, an educational development group, with 100% foreign-owned company in Vietnam providing U.S. quality education from K-University, in a transaction with an UK based educational service company to sell all of A.P.U’s ownership interest in its K-12 school in Danang, Vietnam.
  • Assisted Saint-Gobain on the SGV VICO Project, one of their major and important projects, involving the acquisition of the state-of-art gypsum manufacturing facilities in Quang Tri province, the Central of Vietnam.
  • Assisted Gaw NP Capital with its acquisition of target land and development of the construction of ready-built-factory in the economic zone in Northern Vietnam.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Nguyen Thi Lang, Oliver Massmann

Other key lawyers

Hoang Minh Duc