Leadco Law Firm

Leadco regularly advises clients on a variety of corporate legal issues, from internal issues, business operations to commercial and investment transactions. Our lawyers have extensive experience in consulting on the establishment of new businesses and restructuring ineffective businesses, including all types of joint ventures, joint stock companies, and corporations. limited liability companies, foreign invested companies, franchise companies and representative offices/branches. Leadco guides customers through the entire process of registering operations and applying for necessary licenses to operate in Vietnam.

Leadco also has extensive experience in the field of Purchasing & Merger. We offer a comprehensive solution for investors interested in owning operating companies, including undertaking comprehensive due diligence reports, drafting share purchase agreements, support and representation. Represent customers in negotiations, and advise on related legal issues.

Our specific services in this field include:

• Drafting corporate charter and shareholder/joint venture agreement;
• Provide legal advice on corporate governance policies and legal compliance;
• Carry out and supervise a comprehensive investigation and review of the enterprise;
• Drafting comprehensive review reports;
• Negotiate and draft share and asset purchase and sale contracts;
• Consulting on Vietnamese law related to private placement of shares, venture capital, initial public offering of shares, stock options...

Dispute resolution

When dispute mediation becomes unfeasible, Leadco offers a professional litigation consulting service package not only for lawsuits within Vietnam but also abroad. Leadco and its strategic partners are uniquely suited to protect the interests of customers from contract disputes to complex civil lawsuits. In international lawsuits, we often act as the main domestic consultant and work closely with lawyers in the host countries where the dispute is handled or where the client is headquartered. Our team of lawyers is very experienced in the field of international arbitration according to the regulations of the ICC and UNCITRAL. In Vietnam, Leadco has extensive experience in finding ways to resolve complex disputes and representing customers in court.

We provide advice for both the pre- and post-dispute stages, and advise clients on measures to prevent and minimize risks as well as how to manage disputes.

Our recent consultations in this area include:

• Together with the law firm White & In the case of Singapore, Leadco is the domestic lead consultant representing a Vietnamese state-owned telecommunications company in an arbitration dispute settlement in Singapore with a US telecommunications company seeking fines of more than 12 million euros. million US dollars due to breach of business cooperation contract.
• Advising an American software company in a civil lawsuit related to copyright protection in Vietnam.
• Representing a major Vietnamese telecommunications company in pursuing a lawsuit against a US telecommunications company in California State Court through cooperation with a US law firm, the dispute is of price 37 million US dollars.
• Represented a foreign beverage company in a commercial dispute with an international bank regarding a US$40 million underwriting contract.
• Represented a Korean company in court mediation with a Vietnamese company in a civil dispute seeking compensation.
• Representing a Vietnamese insurance company in a lawsuit in a Vietnamese court due to breach of an insurance contract.

Real estate and construction

Leadco has advised many clients in preparing and negotiating land leases, sales contracts and similar contracts. We also advise foreign individuals on land use rights in Vietnam, an area of ​​law that has recently undergone significant changes.

Extensive experience in consulting on construction projects, we represent many clients in many different steps of the construction process, from the site search stage to obtaining construction project approval. Construction projects that Leadco has consulted for customers include new urban development projects, factory construction, supermarkets, entertainment facilities and other types of projects. Leadco has also advised many foreign construction contractors to help them operate effectively and in accordance with legal regulations in Vietnam.

Some outstanding projects that Leadco has consulted in this field are listed below:

• Advising Haseko Group, Japan on the legal framework and procedures for foreign construction companies to do business in Vietnam. Leadco has also advised customers in finding suitable project locations in Hanoi.
• Advising Aeon Group, Japan on procedures for applying for land use rights certificates, building supermarkets and resolving arising legal issues.
• Consulting for Carvico SPA in building a factory in Pho Noi B industrial park, Hung Yen province.
• Advising Renaissance Group, Japan on legal issues related to applying for land use rights certificates and building swimming pools in Hanoi.
• Advising OHL Group, a Spanish construction contractor, on a number of legal issues arising during the implementation of construction projects in Vietnam.

Recruitment and labor

Leadco has extensive experience in advising customers on all legal issues related to recruitment and labor, especially compliance with Vietnamese law in this field.

Our specific services include:

• General consulting on legal issues related to labor and employment according to labor laws in Vietnam;
• Consulting on issues related to labor contracts, including but not limited to, drafting, amending, supplementing or terminating and liquidating labor contracts;
• Consulting on drafting and representing the negotiation of collective labor agreements;
• Representing and supporting clients in resolving labor disputes, including strike resolution;
• Consulting on the order and procedures for handling labor discipline;
• Consulting on developing and drafting forms related to labor and employment;
• Consulting on drafting working regulations, salary regulations, bonuses, drafting and registering labor regulations; and
• Consulting on legal issues related to foreign workers, including notification and hiring of foreign workers, applying for work permits and temporary residence cards for foreign workers.