Lao Premier International Law Office

With an extensive Lao and international client base, Lao Premier is acknowledged as a leading legal provider in transactional corporate and commercial matters.

Lao Premier is known to provide consistent, comprehensive, simple and open solutions that are effectively communicated.

Our practice covers the full spectrum of corporate legal advice and we are particularly skilled in:

• Joint ventures and other ownership structures;
• Foreign investment;
• Mergers and acquisitions;
• Government concessions and licensing;
• Leveraged buy-outs;
• Corporate restructurings;
• Intellectual property;
• Tender offers;
• Immigration law, labour law and work permits;
• Tax;
• Telecommunications;
• Information technology; and
• Infrastructure projects.

Intellectual property is an increasingly valuable commodity for both large corporations as well as smaller businesses.

Our IP department is able to provide clients with a complete service advising on all aspects of the major IP rights.

Our services include:

• Patent registration;
• Trade and service mark registration;
• Advising on copyright infringement;
• Licensing of marks and confidential information;
• IP in the context of franchise contracts;
• Documentation filing;
• Updating on expiry of protection and renewal procedures;
• Conducting raids and investigations into counterfeit goods;
• Intellectual property due diligence;
• Intellectual property acquisitions and other transactions; and
• Trademark portfolio management

Lao Premier is acknowledged for its ability to handle complex commercial disputes, at the same time making the process clear and understandable to our clients.

We continue to be involved in the key test cases in the Lao PDR.

We advise on:

• Large-scale debt enforcement;
• Security enforcement;
• Securitisation litigation;
• Other banking and finance litigation;
• Construction litigation and arbitration;
• General commercial litigation and arbitration;
• Labour disputes;
• Tax disputes;
• Intellectual property disputes; and
• Administrative court matters.

regularly involved in real estate matters and is able to assist clients with the significant risks presented by investment in Laos real estate.

Our services include:

• Acquisitions and disposals of property;
• Property and asset management funds;
• Property development;
• Financing and restructuring;
• Foreign investment;
• Mortgages and other security structures; and
• Securitisation.

We have an active infrastructure practice (particularly in power) requiring an understanding of land use and title issues such as water access rights, rights of way, the use of sea-shore or river bank land and the use of land under the control of the Highways Department, the Harbours Department, the State Railway Authority and the Irrigation Department.

We have been involved in the establishment of a number of property funds and the purchase and management of properties and property-related assets by such funds.

economy, many organizations can benefit from the expertise of foreign nationals. Lao Premier can help these organizations obtain legal permission to bring these individuals to Laos. As Immigration Law ranks second to Tax Law in complexity and requires considerable time to meticulously comb through the fine details of each case, businesses and individuals worldwide consult us for professional advice and services related to compliance with Laos immigration laws. As a result of our direct relations with the Laos government immigration office, we are able to cut through the complex maze of immigration red tape so that companies and corporations can hire international talent more quickly, confidently and painlessly.

Key Benefits of Lao Premier Services include:

• Eliminating delays due to incorrect/incomplete immigration forms;
• Saving time via Lao Premier’s tested and streamlined immigration process;
• Shifting your energies to real HR/company tasks;
• Increasing your productivity and talent pool; and
• Removing the constant workload off your shoulders.

Lao Premier International Law Office has represented clients in all aspects of the individual and collective employment relationship. The Employment & Labour Team at Lao Premier advises employers on all facets of the employment relationship and has individual team member development expertise in multiple areas. This ensures advice can be provided in a timely, cost-effective and efficient manner.

We regularly assist employers and their executives with:

• Business immigration and relocation;
• Compliance with employment related statutes;
• Director and officer liability issues and fiduciary duties;
• Drafting and enforcing confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition covenants;
• Employment contract and incentive compensation issues;
• Human rights and harassment in the workplace, including workplace violence;
• Executive compensation planning;
• Occupational health and safety;
• Outsourcings, restructurings and plant and facility closures;
• Pay equity;
• Privacy and access to information issues in the employment setting;
• Pleading employment-related litigation;
• Privacy and access to information issues;
• Proactive and strategic advice regarding relevant laws;
• Reorganization and workforce reduction;
• Strategic human resources planning;
• Termination and severance practices and arrangements;
• Transition and retention programs, and retirement benefits; and
• Wrongful dismissal.

In the field of labour relations, we focus exclusively on representing management. Our services in this field include advice and representation in:

• Collective agreement administration;
• Collective bargaining;
• Discipline and termination of employment;
• Labour arbitration and dispute resolution;
• Industrial conflicts (strikes, lock-outs and picketing);
• Successor-employer proceedings;
• Unfair labour practices; and
• Strategic labour advice.

We are also regularly involved in the employment and labour-related aspects of commercial transactions, including those arising from mergers, acquisitions, insolvency and receivership and in strategic employment and human resource planning. Our advice includes negotiating the human resources aspects of a corporate transaction and drafting various related agreements including transition services agreements, employment agreements and restrictive covenant agreements.

economy, many organizations can benefit from the expertise of foreign nationals. Lao Premier can help these organizations obtain legal permission to bring these individuals to Laos. As Immigration Law ranks second to Tax Law in complexity and requires considerable time to meticulously comb through the fine details of each case, businesses and individuals worldwide consult us for professional advice and services related to compliance with Laos immigration laws. As a result of our direct relations with the Laos government immigration office, we are able to cut through the complex maze of immigration red tape so that companies and corporations can hire international talent more quickly, confidently and painlessly.

Key Benefits of Lao Premier Services include:

• Eliminating delays due to incorrect/incomplete immigration forms;
• Saving time via Lao Premier’s tested and streamlined immigration process;
• Shifting your energies to real HR/company tasks;
• Increasing your productivity and talent pool; and
• Removing the constant workload off your shoulders.

Lao Premier International Law Office has represented clients in all aspects of the individual and collective employment relationship. The Employment & Labour Team at Lao Premier advises employers on all facets of the employment relationship and has individual team member development expertise in multiple areas. This ensures advice can be provided in a timely, cost-effective and efficient manner.

We regularly assist employers and their executives with:

• Business immigration and relocation;
• Compliance with employment related statutes;
• Director and officer liability issues and fiduciary duties;
• Drafting and enforcing confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition covenants;
• Employment contract and incentive compensation issues;
• Human rights and harassment in the workplace, including workplace violence;
• Executive compensation planning;
• Occupational health and safety;
• Outsourcings, restructurings and plant and facility closures;
• Pay equity;
• Privacy and access to information issues in the employment setting;
• Pleading employment-related litigation;
• Privacy and access to information issues;
• Proactive and strategic advice regarding relevant laws;
• Reorganization and workforce reduction;
• Strategic human resources planning;
• Termination and severance practices and arrangements;
• Transition and retention programs, and retirement benefits; and
• Wrongful dismissal.

In the field of labour relations, we focus exclusively on representing management. Our services in this field include advice and representation in:

• Collective agreement administration;
• Collective bargaining;
• Discipline and termination of employment;
• Labour arbitration and dispute resolution;
• Industrial conflicts (strikes, lock-outs and picketing);
• Successor-employer proceedings;
• Unfair labour practices; and
• Strategic labour advice.

We are also regularly involved in the employment and labour-related aspects of commercial transactions, including those arising from mergers, acquisitions, insolvency and receivership and in strategic employment and human resource planning. Our advice includes negotiating the human resources aspects of a corporate transaction and drafting various related agreements including transition services agreements, employment agreements and restrictive covenant agreements.