RHTLaw Vietnam

Employment

• Drafting and negotiating labour/employment contracts, internal labour rules and co-operative labour agreements.
• Structuring employee benefit plans and advising on compliance and other regulatory issues.
• Assisting clients in labour dispute resolutions.

Intellectual Property

Our intellectual property services have been recognized by The Legal 500 - The Clients Guide to the best Law firms and World Trademark Review. We serve a wide range of clients from international, multinational, national and local corporations to individuals.

Our areas of expertise cover:

• Establishment of intellectual property rights concerning trademarks, patents and industrial designs, and copyrights.
• Intellectual property commercialization.
• Intellectual property enforcement and litigation.

Litigation

• Advising clients on foreign governing laws and forum clauses in commercial contracts.
• Providing out of court negotiation and settlement and representing clients before Vietnamese courts and arbitration bodies.
• Providing advice and assisting clients in relation to procedures to recognise and enforce foreign arbitration awards in Vietnam.

M&As

Advising on structuring and restructuring of companies.

Carrying out due diligence investigations and preparing due diligence reports.

Negotiating and drafting various types of transactional documents such as contracts for equity interest assignment, share subscription contracts and others.

Carrying out M&A-related licensing procedures.

Advising on hostile takeover and defensive strategies against hostile takeover:

• Assessing the target company’s vulnerability to an hostile takeover
• Anticipating the target company's likely defensive strategies and the compliance with laws and other corporate documents
• Advising on preventive actions detering potential buyers and counteractions undertaken upon receipt of takeover bids
• Drafting or revising charters, shareholders agreements, partnership agreements and other corporate documents
• Cooperating with financial advisers in reviewing, assessing and advising on takeover bids and financing packages proposed by bidders as well as the target company’s debt capital structure for any required refinancing of the target company's public and/or private debt in order to successfully implement the defensive strategies

Real Estate and Construction

• Project structuring.
• Approvals, registration and licenses for real estate and property projects.
• Advising on various real estate and construction legal issues such as land lease procedures, architectural and zoning approvals, and bidding regulations.
• Advising and assisting in commercial and residential acquisition.
• Drafting and negotiating lease agreements, EPC contracts, construction contracts and management contracts.