LE & TRAN in Ho Chi Minh City has extensive experience handling a broad range of labour and employment matters. The group represents a variety of large corporations and businesses across sectors, and has particular expertise in employment litigation and arbitration. The group is co-led by the ‘practical, efficient and insightful’ trial lawyer Stephen Le Hoang Chuong, and Kate Tran Dong Phuong who assists multiple domestic and multinational businesses on a broad range of employment issues, such as advising corporations on labour restructuring, corporate governance, risk assessment and the implementation of internal tax regulations. The group also includes Benjamin Truong who has extensive experience with labour disputes, and Hannah Huynh and Victor Nguyen Ha Thanh Vu who are both key contacts for labour matters.
Testimonials
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‘The firm is a boutique employment firm led by Stephen Le who is practical, efficient and insightful. He was able to advise on not just the law but common practices by experience and recommends the most efficient solution for the clients.’
‘Stephen is always responsive and practical in giving his advice.'
'The team was very professional in dealing with client's request. They were responsive to our queries.'
Key clients
- Pou Chen Group
- LI & FUNG (Vietnam) Limited
Work highlights
- Representing a former General Director and founder of Arda Co., Ltd. in a complex dispute involving wrongful termination of the labour relationship and a shareholder agreement.
- Representing a Vietnamese subsidiary of a global corporation in the semi-conductor industry in a sensitive labour dispute involving trade secrets.
- Regularly advising the Vietnamese subsidiary of one of the largest branded athletic and casual footwear manufacturers in the world, regarding wide array of labour issues.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Stephen Le Hoang Chuong, Kate Tran Dong Phuong