Nguyen Thu Quynh

Associate

  • Nguyen Thu Quynh
  • Phone: +84 24 3946 2219

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris Vietnam LLC
    Pacific Place, Unit V1308, 13th Floor
    83B Ly Thuong Kiet Street
    Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
    Vietnam

Quynh Nguyen advises clients on a variety of matters including foreign investment, corporate, M&A, banking and finance, international trade agreements and labor law.

Before joining Duane Morris Vietnam in 2014, Quynh Nguyen had worked for two years at Baker & McKenzie Vietnam.

Ms. Nguyen is a post graduate of World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland in 2014 and a graduate of Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in 2011. Her major is International Trade Law and Economics. Ms. Nguyen speaks Vietnamese as a native language and is fluent in English.

Practice Area

  • Commercial & Contracts
  • Corporate Law
  • Merges & Acquisitions
  • International Agreements

Admissions

  • Vietnam

Education

  • Master of International Law and Economics, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland (“WTI”) 
  • Bachelor of International Relations, Faculty of International Law, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (“DAV”)
  • Hanoi Foreign Languages Specializing High School, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University

Professional Experience

Trainee Solicitor at Baker & McKenzie Hanoi Office (2011 – 2013)

  • Trade & Commerce Practice Group
  • Experience in:
    • Conducting legal research, analyzing legal issues and drafting legal advice and opinion mainly on corporate licensing, labeling, tax and customs, competition law, labor law, banking and finance, export and import.
    • Representing clients in providing legal technical assistance to the Vietnamese Government with regards to compliance with Vietnamese regulations and international commitments in tax and customs, competition, and other corporate matters.
    • Drafting, reviewing and revising contracts including loan agreements, labor contract, sale and purchase agreements, and lease agreements.
    • Updating new regulations related to the business operation for the clients.

Legal Intern at Baker & McKenzie Hanoi Office (2011)

  • Assisting senior lawyers in doing legal research and update in commercial and corporate laws.
  • Assisting USAID – STAR VIETNAM project to translate Panel’s and Appellate Body’s Reports in WTO dispute settlement system from English to Vietnamese

Achievements

  • Best team of the WTI in WTI Moot Court Competition on WTO Law
  • Win Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Full Scholarship for the Master in International Law and Economics of the World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Honourable mention for the two written submissions (top 4 out of sixteen teams in Asia Pacific Region, WTO Moot Court Competition, organized by the European Law Student’s Association)

Publications

  • Quynh Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen, Phong Pham, “Decision-Making by Consensus in the WTO” International Economic Law eJournal  Vol 7, Issue 66, August 20, 2012.
  • Quynh Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen, Phong Pham, “Whether or Not Should Legislation Provide Criteria of Arbitrators?” Political Institutions: Bureaucracies & Public Administration eJournal Vol 6, Issue 123, August 17, 2012.