Pham Ngoc Ha

Areas of Practice

• Commercial and Corporate Law

• Labor Law

• Construction and Land Law

Admissions

• Vietnam

Education

• Transnational Law and Business University Graduate School of Law, LL.M., 2009
• Vietnam National University School of Law, LL.B., 2007

Experience

• Duane Morris Vietnam LLC
  - Associate, 2016-present

• YKVN LLC
  -Associate, 2009-2016

Representative Matters

Corporate and M&A

• Advised a large U.S. vacuum manufacturer in the dissolution process of its subsidiary in Vietnam.

• Advised a New York-based company in its dispute relating to a PPE transaction with a Vietnam-based manufacturer.

• Advised a large Italian corporation in its transaction of PPE from a manufacturer in Vietnam.

• Advised a large German healthcare company in its proposed acquisition of a PPE manufacturer in Vietnam.

• Advised a New Zealand – based leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of healthcare products in its proposed distribution transaction in Vietnam with concentration in competition law issues (including working with the National Competition Committee, the Unfair Investigation Division under the Ministry of Industry and Trade).

• Advised a U.S-based environmental engineering and remediation corporation in its proposed service with the Government of Vietnam.

• Advised a large multinational banking and financial services corporation in its proposed full acquisition of Vietnamese commercial bank under the State Bank of Vietnam’s special control.

• Advised a Singapore-based business group in its proposed investment in a State-owned bank in Vietnam.

Fintech and IT

• Represented a large US IT group in its acquisition of a French IT data management company operating a subsidiary in Vietnam.

Corporate and M&A

• Acting for a major global jewelry group in its operations in Vietnam.

• Advised a Vietnamese State-owned company in connection with reviewing foreign law governed project finance documents for two major maritime infrastructure projects in Northern and Southern Vietnam in view of determining potential liabilities of the company and its subsidiaries.

• Represented a large Korean manufacturer in its request for commencement of bankruptcy against a Korean-invested enterprise in Vietnam.

• Advised an Ontario-based label maker company in its acquisition of a local printing company.

Banking and Project Finance

• Represented Tien Phong Bank, a leading Vietnamese commercial bank as issuer’s local counsel in its plan to issue US$ 200 million tier 2 high-yield Regulation S international bonds with subsequent listing on Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX-ST).

• Represented a leading Vietnamese airline company as issuer’s local counsel in its proposed international bond issuance with subsequent listing on Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX-ST).

• Represented VIB, a Vietnamese commercial bank as issuer’s local counsel in its proposed international bond issuance with subsequent listing on Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX-ST).

• Represented a global leading financial services company, as underwriter’s counsel in a Vietnamese real estate group’s US$185 million convertible bond issuance in 2012.

• Represented a global leading financial services company as underwriter’s counsel in a Vietnamese real estate group’s US$115 million convertible bond issuance in 2012.

• Represented a global leading financial services company as underwriter’s counsel in a Vietnamese real estate group’s US$200 million international bond issuance in 2013.

• Represented a British multinational investment bank and financial services company as underwriter’s counsel in a Vietnamese commercial bank’s US$250 million high yield bond issuance.

• Represented a syndicate of domestic banks led by a State-owned bank as lender counsel on a US$175 million financing of a casino project.