FDI & CORPORATE 

Notable FDI & Corporate Matters 

KPMG
Assisted with internal restructuring. 

Unnamed American chipmaker
Involved from the outset in the intensive licensing process of client’s largest assembly and testing factory; we have continued to advise it and its Vietnamese subsidiaries on numerous ongoing issues. 

Pacorini
Assisted the coffee processor/trader to establish the first foreign-operated bonded warehouse for coffee and creating a form of warrants accepted internationally. 

Coca-Cola
Worked with client to argue successfully against the imposition of a special excise tax on carbonated soft drinks.

Have assisted client on numerous corporate matters, and particularly on corporate restructuring including its new factory in Long An and a number of construction matters. 

Lego
Assisting company in various labor and human resource matters. 

Brink’s
Formed Vietnamese entities and have assisted with numerous corporate, commercial issues.

SATS
Assisted the client in substantial corporate restructuring of its joint venture with Vietnam Airlines in order to provide cargo services. 

Google
Advised on establishing internet-based business, regulatory requirements, and general compliance matters. 

Jotun
Restructured existing Norwegian coatings manufacturing facilities and set up new facilities in Vietnam, including liquidation and consolidation of entities, and ongoing legal assistance in a wide range of operational matters, from product labeling to advertising, from novation of distributor agreements to intellectual property protection, and from licensing and land acquisition to engagement of construction contractors. 

PTT Public Company Limited
Restructured joint venture with Petro Vietnam Gas South.

Dole Fruit

Assisted to establish a subsidiary in Vietnam to import and distribute Dole-branded products. 

Associated British Foods

Assisted to establish a subsidiary in Vietnam, obtain wholesale and retail distribution rights in respect of feed ingredients, premix ingredients and finished products used in feedstuffs industry; advise on ongoing corporate and business matters over many years. 

TNT Express
Assisted to restructure its joint venture with a State-owned partner, including acquiring the State-owned partner’s interest in the joint venture. 

Phu My Hung
Assisted Phu My Hung in various corporate restructurings, formation of joint ventures and subsidiaries, acquisitions for on-going corporate activities including the operation of commercial complexes, residential projects and other facilities developed by Phu My Hung in Saigon South. 

Amway
Assisted to obtain a manufacturing license; helped Amway share its knowledge of the multi-level selling business with the government to help create the first regulatory framework. 

Undisclosed Thai client
Advised on impact of Competition Law on Thai public offering involving its Vietnamese subsidiary. 

Microsoft / Nokia
Assisted in licensing and the ongoing operations of the Nokia Representative Office. 

Monster Energy

Assisted to establish a subsidiary in Vietnam to conduct trading business (import and wholesale of Monster-branded products) and advise on ongoing corporate and business matters. 

UOA Investments Pte Ltd

Assisted the Malaysian-headquartered office developer to obtain licenses and set up a company in Vietnam for office development, prepared and negotiated long-term land lease. 

IKEA

Advised on Vietnam legal investment, corporate and business matters in relation to opening and operating retail stores in order to sell household and office furniture and branded appliances; conducted and provided legal complexity analysis on Vietnam’s distribution market. 

Tata Motors

Advised on the legal environment for investment, import, distribution and agency as they related to Vietnam’s automobile industry.