Ms Geraldine Oh > KPMG Law in Vietnam > Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam > Lawyer Profile

KPMG Law in Vietnam has been active in e-commerce business activities, cloud service provisions, telecommunication routing, and data protection and privacy instructions, as well as a variety of issues surrounding software production. Added to this, the group demonstrates a solid international reach, including working closely with a variety of Singaporean entities. Leadership duties are split between Geraldine Oh and Amarjit Kaur, with the former focusing on fintech, mobile and telecoms, and data concerns, and the latter on regulatory compliance and M&A transactions.

KPMG Law in Vietnam acts on both buyer and seller mandates, cross-border transactions, document drafting and negotiations, regulatory and compliance advice, as well as possessing a strong antitrust offering. The considerable expertise of head of KPMG Law in Vietnam and Cambodia Richard Stapley-Oh ensures the team is routinely sought by multinational corporates and private equity firms for corporate counsel, while Hoa Thanh Nguyen specialises in foreign direct investments and business restructurings. Pham Thi Quynh Ngoc has significant regulatory acumen and has been highly active in the retail, finance, pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors, while Geraldine Oh, who joined the practice in February 2023 from ZICO Law in Myanmar, brings with her notable cross-border M&A proficiency.

Showing considerable expertise regarding sea and port infrastructure, as well as airport builds and extensions, KPMG Law in Vietnam works closely with industry veterans on a range of financing, construction and developments deals, with the added bonus of possessing a world-renowned tax and advisory arm in its arsenal. Head of KPMG in both Vietnam and Cambodia, Richard Stapley-Oh , continues to oversee the firm’s most consequential client relationships and projects, while Nguyen Hoang Ly is highly adept at capital markets, banking and financing. Geraldine Oh joined in February 2023 from ZICO Law.

KPMG Law in Vietnam has seen a marked increase of instructions from US and European clients entering the market as secondary investors, as well as activity servicing a number of manufacturers looking at industrial real estate and developers engaging with digital infrastructure. A strength of the group is its ability to leverage the wealth of utensils in its global brand to competently provide holistic advice including due diligence and deal structure work, as well as contract drafting and share purchase agreement negotiations. Richard Stapley-Oh sits at the helm of the practice and largely focuses on helping real estate developers on their investments in and outside of Vietnam. Binh Duy Tran’s work spans both regulatory and compliance advice, whereas Pham Huynh Ngoc Han is responsible for fronting the firm’s most complex real estate transactions due to her M&A expertise. Geraldine Oh joined the team as part of the wider merger between the firm and ZICO Law, which has added greater international and cross-border proficiencies to the group.