Six months after reopening its borders to international travelers, Vietnam continues to show a strong economic trajectory, further reinforcing its position as an investment destination. As the country continues to evolve to fully realise its potential, so does its compliance and regulatory landscape adapt to address current and future issues. 

Frasers Law Company, Vietnam’s premier commercial law firm, will be presenting the latest legal updates and developments that companies conducting business or contemplating an investment in Vietnam need to know and understand. The seminar will also feature various breakout sessions to cover industry-specific updates, and interactive panel discussions.  

The seminar is open to corporate legal counsel and practitioners. The event is free of charge, but registration is required. If you have any question about the agenda, please reach out to secretariat@scca.org.sg  

Agenda 

Speakers

Justin is a mergers, acquisitions and corporate advisory law specialist, who advises investment funds (PE, VC, public, and institutional) as well as corporate investors and high-net-worth individuals, across a diverse range of industry sectors in connection with their investment and business activities in Vietnam.

During his 14 years of practising law in Vietnam, Justin has also developed high levels of experience and expertise in other key areas of law, including capital markets, real estate, construction, technology, media, telecommunications, intellectual property, and employment law.

Justin’s clients (in his core practice area of corporate and M&A, in addition to his various ancillary practice areas) include public and private investment funds from all over the world, in addition to global and regional industry leaders across a diverse range of industry sectors, including FMCG, wholesale and retail distribution, fintech, e-commerce, property development, manufacturing, telecommunications, and hospitality and gaming.

Justin is held in high esteem in the Vietnam legal market not only for his technical excellence, but also for his commercial sense and inherent pragmatism. Having spent nearly five years as an in-house general counsel for a large multi-national conglomerate in addition to his experience as a private practitioner, Justin offers depth and breadth of commercial understanding that are unparalleled in the legal profession in Vietnam.

Justin is highly ranked as a leading practitioner in Vietnam, by all of the most reputable international law firm guides, including Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, IFLR, and Asia Law.

Earl Rivera-Dolera is the Head of International Arbitration Practice, Frasers Law Company, Vietnam. She acts as a counsel and an arbitrator.

Earl has been appointed as an arbitrator in cases with various seats of arbitration including Singapore, India, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong, among others. These concern a wide range of commercial disputes subject to different governing laws – of both common and civil legal systems. She is listed as an arbitrator at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, Asian Centre for International Arbitration in Malaysia, HKIAC (Hong Kong), CAAI (Hong Kong/Taiwan) and THAC (Thailand) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Earl has acted as a counsel, tribunal secretary and has advised as an expert in arbitration proceedings. She has been involved in arbitral proceedings seated in Asia, Africa, Europe, United States, and Australia in a Singapore-based arbitration chambers with prominent international arbitrators under the auspices of ICC, SIAC, LCIA, KLRCA, SCMA, AMTAC, HKIAC, VIAC, ICDR/AAA, BANI, ICSID and ad hoc arbitrations with total claims of around US$7.2 billion. She has had experience in various capacities in more than 170 arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions.

Earl has also published extensively and in the area of international arbitration and is the co-author of the book volume, “Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore: Arbitration” (2017 and 2020 re-issues) in the Halsbury’s series.

Earl holds two master’s degrees in international economic law from Stanford University Law School (USA) and international business law from the National University of Singapore. At Stanford, Earl was a Salzburg-Cutler Fellow for International Law and a Jean Monnet European Union Law Research Fellow where she focused her research study on investment treaty arbitration and intra-European Union BITs.

Earl is a faculty member at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in Colorado, USA and is admitted as a solicitor (with practising certificate) for the Senior Courts of England and Wales, attorney-at-law in New York State (USA), and attorney-at-law in the Philippines. She is also a certified information privacy professional for Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.

Phan Xuan Qui is Frasers Law Company’s Head of Tax based in Ho Chi Minh City. He has extensive experience in the areas of direct and indirect tax advisory and compliance, including corporate income tax, personal income tax, value added tax, import-export duties, and other international taxes. Qui has over 15 years of international experience advising clients from across a broad range of sectors. Particularly, he continues to provide comprehensive tax due diligence services for M&A projects in key industries including real estate, energy, logistics, consumer goods, e-commerce, banking, education, and healthcare.

Prior to joining Frasers, Qui was a Tax and Legal Director for a global accounting firm, and the Head of M&A and Legal for one of Vietnam’s largest publicly listed real estate development and investment companies.

Qui holds a bachelor’s degree in Foreign Economy from the Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Trade University, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Ho Chi Minh City University of Law. He is an associate member of CPA Australia, and a Tax Agent certified by Vietnam’s General Department of Taxation. 

Duong Thi Mai Huong joined Frasers in 2020 and is a Senior Associate of the firm.

Huong practices in the area of corporate law, with experience in mergers and acquisitions, securities and capital markets, finance and banking, real estate and construction, and international trade law.

Huong’s extensive legal expertise spans the areas of startup/venture capital, mergers and acquisition, corporate investment and restructuring, real estate and renewable energy. She has assisted clients in a diverse range of industry sectors and on a wide range of legal matters, from providing legal advice, legal analysis and legal due diligence reviews, foreseeing legal changes that effect a company’s structure and business, to reviewing contracts, agreements and documentation.

She has been involved in numerous banking and finance transactions and has undertaken multiple legal due diligence reviews. She has also advised clients on various renewable energy projects.

Prior to joining Frasers, Huong worked at a leading international law firm in Ho Chi Minh City, and was the Director of Legal at a major real estate development corporation in Vietnam.

Huong earned an LL.M. in International Business Law from Newcastle University in 2014. She earned a Bachelor of Laws in Business Law from the University of Economics and Law in Ho Chi Minh City.

Huong is a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association. She is fluent in Vietnamese and English.

Ho Thuy Ngoc Tram is a senior associate at Frasers Law Company and has more than 11 years’ experience practising corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on large-scale project financing, real estate, TMT, e-commerce, mergers and acquisitions, inward investment, corporate governance, and debt and equity capital markets in Vietnam. Prior to joining Frasers, she worked for a large commercial bank in Ho Chi Minh City, focusing on various cross-border banking transactions.

Tram was the first and only person in the history of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law who got the highest result in the entrance examination and subsequently graduated as the first-ranked student (with the highest overall GPA) of the same school as well as obtained the highest score on the thesis. Tram also won the prestigious Endeavour Postgraduate Award, granted by the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, and has successfully obtained a Master of Commercial Laws Degree from Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne, Australia during 2012-2013. While studying in Australia, Tram also worked as research assistant for various projects led by the Director of Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School and has represented Melbourne Law School to speak at the Vietnam Legal Studies Graduate Workshop held by Monash University.

Tram is a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association and speaks both English and Vietnamese.

Tram regularly handles large and complex multi-jurisdictional transactions, sophisticated legal issues and negotiations on a broad range of transactional and contentious matters. In addition, Tram also advises industry leaders in the FMCG, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, and services sectors, among numerous others.

Nguyen Mai Phuong is a Senior Associate at Frasers Law Company and has more than 13 years’ experience practising corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on large-scale project financing, mergers and acquisitions, inward investment, corporate governance and capital market.

Prior to joining Frasers, she worked for a ‘Magic Circle’ firm and a US-UK based firm in their Ho Chi Minh City offices. Phuong has assisted numerous investors and lenders in relation to their investment in Vietnam in renewable energy, infrastructure, fintech, e-commerce and TMT sectors. She has also assisted local developers, borrowers and sellers in Vietnam in their divestment or fundraising in Vietnam.

Phuong is qualified in Vietnam, England and Wales and is fluent in both English and Vietnamese