VILAF's dispute resolution group is well known for acting as counsel to international and domestic clients in a broad range of sectors, including shipping, aviation, construction, energy, real estate, manufacturing, and insurance. The team also boasts expertise in the arbitration arena, often assisting with the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and court judgments. The practice is jointly led by Tung Ngo in Ho Chi Minh City, and Linh Nguyen, who is based in Hanoi. Other key names to note in the department include seasoned arbitrator Hien Tran, Minh Doan and Hanh Vo.
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Work Department
Corporate, Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Employment
Position
Senior Partner
Career
Linh has been a Partner at VILAF since 2000 (before that he had 6 years of working experience for Sinclair Roche & Temperley and Clifford Chance). He has intensive experiences in the corporate, commercial and dispute resolution areas, including construction, insurance, leases, representative offices, contract laws, trading, distribution, and employment matters. He has assisted many foreign investors and financiers in various corporate restructuring transactions and infrastructure projects. Linh has represented clients in a number of landmark litigation and arbitration cases.
Linh has been recommended as a Leading Lawyer by AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers in Dispute Resolution and Litigation since 2014. Benchmark Litigation has considered Linh as Litigation Star since 2018. Chambers and Partners has ranked Linh since 2014 and recently moved Linh’s ranking up to Band 1 in Dispute Resolution in 2023. Since 2019, He has also been listed in Leading Individuals by Legal 500 in Dispute Resolution, and a notable practitioner in Restructuring and Insolvency and Project Development by IFLR 1000. Since 2020, Asia Business Law Journal lists Linh has ranked in the list of Vietnam’s top 100 lawyers. Linh has been listed in the ALB 50 Disputes Super Lawyer since 2022.
Linh is an Arbitrator of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre and a Mediator of the Vietnam Mediation Centre.
Languages
Vietnamese, English
Memberships
AmCham
Hanoi Bar
Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC)
Vietnam Mediation Centre
Education
Hanoi Law University, LL.B., 1994
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