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DFDL Legal & Tax Offices
UNIT 2, 19TH FLOOR, GREEN POWER BUILDING
35 TON DUC THANG STREET, DISTRICT 1
HO CHI MINH CITY
Vietnam
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Hanh Tran
Work Department
Vietnam
Position
Partner, Vietnam Deputy Managing Director & Head of Ho Chi Minh City Office
Career
Hanh is a leading Vietnamese-qualified lawyer, with more than 18 years’ experience of advising leading multinational clients and financial institutions on complex corporate law matters in Vietnam and Cambodia. Before joining DFDL in 2006, Hanh worked at the European Commission in Vietnam where she was responsible for the legal aspects of the EC’s development projects in Vietnam, and prior to that she was the head of the corporate secretary division of KPMG Cambodia.
Hanh advises clients predominantly on complex Project Finance, Real Estate and Corporate and Commercial matters. Some of the most significant transactions she has advised on include the Chinese state bank financing of USD 421 million as well as the refinancing to a telecom company in Cambodia, a major port project with project value worth approximately USD 300 million and, most recently, the acquisition of a stake in a Cambodian hydropower project by a major Chinese SOE.
Languages
She speaks Vietnamese, French and English.
Education
Hanh holds a Lawyer Certificate (Judicial Academy Institute of Vietnam), Master’s in international business (University of Tours, France), Bachelor’s in law (Hanoi National University) and a Bachelor in Foreign Languages ‒ French and English (Hanoi Foreign Language College).
Lawyer Rankings
Vietnam > Real estate and construction
DFDL Legal & Tax advises domestic, Asian and European investors on large-scale development projects, including hotel and resort constructions, expansive office developments, and rebranding and renovation work. The firm has started 2023 with a string of promotions, including Dave Seibert and group head Paul Volodarsky elected to the partnership. Martin Desautels continues to be the leading figure alongside Thang Huynh on the team’s most consequential matters, while Hanh Tran has been a strong supporting member of the group.