Nguyen Hong Hai practices in the area of corporate law with a focus on Vietnam and international trade and law customs. Mr. Nguyen has experience with providing feasibility studies for domestic and overseas investment projects and providing due diligence for mergers and acquisitions matters.

Mr. Nguyen is a 2008 graduate of Transnational Law and Business University (LL.M., International Law) and a graduate of Hanoi Law University (LL.B., 2005). He speaks Vietnamese and English.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Law

Representative Matters

• Advising Vietnamese partner in a joint-venture to acquire shares from the remaining foreign partner in a foreign invested company owning a five star hotel in Hanoi.
• Advising a group of Vietnamese sellers in a transaction to sell majority of their shares in a top tier manufacturing company to Japanese buyers.
• Advising on the transfer of shares among shareholders in numerous foreign owned companies in Vietnam.
• Advising on an acquisition project of a hydro power plant in the North of Vietnam.
• Advising a number of foreign contractors on numerous infrastructure development projects and addressed issues including tax planning, technology transfer, contract negotiations and government authorizations.
• Advised a foreign client on its acquisition of shares/equities in several sea-food manufacturing companies in Vietnam.
• Representing clients in numerous dispute with local partner involving the litigation at local court of Vietnam or arbitration at VIAC.
• Advising foreign-invested companies on their employment matters.
• Advising offshore companies in setting up their representative offices in Vietnam.
• Preparing due diligence reports relating to legal, financial and land issues

Admissions

• Vietnam

Education

• Hanoi University of Laws, LL.B., 2005
• Transnational Law and Business University, LL.M., International Law, 2008

Other Experience

• Duane Morris Vietnam LLC
  - Associate, 2010-present
• Prévoir Vietnam Life Insurance Ltd.
  - In-house Lawyer, 2009-2010
• Logos Attorneys at Law
  - Senior Consultant, 2008-2009
• InvestConsult Group
  - Deputy Director, 2006
  - Junior Consultant, 2005-2006
• Ministry of Foreign Affair, Department of Frontier
  - Intern, 2004-2005

Professional Activities

• Member of Hanoi Bar Association
• Member of Viet Nam Bar Federation
• Member of New York State Bar Association