Asia Legal

We represent clients before courts and arbitration forums in Vietnam in commercial, corporate, international trade, construction, intellectual property and labour disputes. Our lawyers and of counsels (litigation lawyers) have extensive experience in court proceedings in provinces and cities nationwide at all levels.

Types of services:

• Negotiation and voluntary settlement;
• Representing clients before court proceedings and government authorities;
• Arbitration proceedings;
• Alternative dispute resolution.

Our lawyers have extensive experience advising and assisting clients in in-land and/or cross-border M&A transactions in respect of different business sectors, typically M&A transactions in retail and mining industry which has been considered very attractive to foreign investors in the past few years. Our involvement in a general M&A transactions would be as follows:

• Drafting corporate charters and joint venture/shareholders agreements;
• Providing legal opinion on corporate bylaws, governance policies and regulatory compliance;
• Performing and overseeing due diligence;
• Preparing due diligence reports;
• Negotiating and drafting agreements for the acquisition of equity and assets;
• Providing legal advice on the laws of Vietnam regarding private equity, venture capital, initial public offerings, stock options, and so on;
• Deal and transaction structure advice;
• Due diligence investigations;
• Preparation and negotiation of acquisition agreements for equity and assets, merger agreements, and other transactional documents;
• Leveraged management buyouts and buy-ins;
• Corporate governance, director duties and disclosure;
• Governmental filings, approvals and registrations;
• Advice on taxation and related matters.

We advise property developers, lenders, real estate investment funds, local and foreign investors, contractors, consultants and property managers, on a wide range of matters, including:

• Advising on regulatory issues for property development & construction projects;
• Commercial and residential acquisitions (including site acquisitions), sales & leases;
• Property developments & investments including joint ventures;
• Property financing;
• Contractual matters for landlords and tenants;
• Property management;
• Government relations & licensing matters for property projects;
• Construction contracts, procurement contracts and EPCs;
• Advising on contract administration.

Asia Legal is experienced in advising clients on a variety of employment and labour matters, including compliance with Vietnamese law and regulations.

Specific areas of our services in this practice area include:

• Advising on legal issues relating to labour and employment in accordance with the law on labour of Vietnam;
• Advising on legal issues relating to labour contract, including but not limited to drafting, amending, supplementing or terminating, liquidating labour contracts;
• Advising on drafting and representing in negotiations of collective labour agreements;
• Representing and supporting clients in resolution of labour dispute including strike;
• Advising on procedures to handle with labour discipline;
• Advising on developing and drafting forms relating to labour and employment;
• Advising on drafting and registering regulations on employment, remunerations, and internal regulations; and
• Advising on legal issues relating to foreigner labours including announcement on employment, obtainment of work permits and/or temporary residential cards.

Asia Legal is among the few business law firms in Vietnam with expertise in debt collection, especially in commercial transactions.

Unlike other law firms, instead of bringing the dispute arising out of or in connection with late payment to the court or arbitration center, our first step is to assist the clients in negotiating and/ or mediating with their partners based on good faith, which saves both time and cost for the clients, meanwhile, maintain the good relationship between the parties. Our lawyers who are well trained to become internationally recognized accredited mediators at Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK), and Vietnam International Commercial Mediation Center, will assist the clients in the first stage of debt collection by means of negotiation and/ or mediation, using their experience, skill and knowledge in various similar cases. If pre-litigation efforts fail, we will look at an alternative strategy and taking legal actions will be the last resort.

Our lawyers have extensive experience advising and assisting clients in media, technology and telecoms transactions.