Ms Hien Nguyen > VILAF > Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam > Lawyer Profile

VILAF
4th Floor mPlaza Saigon
39 Le Duan, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vietnam

Work Department

Real estate, tax, corporate, construction, trade and retail

Position

Hien is recommended by several well-known international legal guides and is known to offer broad expertise in commercial and construction-related work and particularly skilled in high-value real estate projects.  

Hien advises multi-million real estate projects by, among others, CapitaLand, VinaCapital, Prudential, Aseana, Nam Long, Hoa Lam, and follows every step of the first Hi-tech Health-care Park in Vietnam. Hien advises both employers and contractors in construction-related contracts, such as design/consultancy, construction and turn-key contracts.

Hien advises numerous investors (both Vietnamese and foreign) in direct investment, M&A transactions and operational issues in many fields of operation, including retail, e-commerce, consumer goods, automobile, optical, information technology, insurance, telecommunication, feeds and livestock, brewery and beverages, hotel management, catering, construction and construction materials.  

Career

Admitted to the Thai Binh Bar. Seven years’ experience with Baker & McKenzie before becoming a partner at VILAF.

Languages

Vietnamese, English

Memberships

National Council of Vietnam Bar Association.

Education

National University (1994 LLB); Hanoi Foreign Languages (1994 BA); Arizona University, US (2002 LLM).

Lawyer Rankings

Vietnam > Real estate and construction

The team at VILAF possesses a multifarious practice which is complimented by its considerable international reach, working for a range of pan-Asian developers and investors. Capital markets and disputes work in the real estate space has been a flagship component of the team’s work, which also handles residential housing project acquisitions as well as industrial plot transactions. Hien Nguyen and Ngoc Anh Bui co-lead the practice, with the former noted for her early stage work on construction projects, including designing, contractual, and development advice, and the latter for cross border expertise which focuses on foreign direct investment. Duyen Ha Vo has a far-reaching practice which is particularly strong on financing and banking issues and has been an active presence on the firm’s most consequential client instructions.