Legal support for international businesses across selected industries in Vietnam.
Understanding the business behind the legal issue.
An industry perspective helps connect the legal question with the way your business earns revenue, manages people and works with customers and suppliers.
ANT Lawyers advises foreign investors, international businesses and their counsel on corporate, commercial, employment, regulatory and dispute-related work in Vietnam. The sectors below reflect selected experience across these practice areas.
The examples describe particular engagements in general terms to respect client confidentiality. They illustrate the work undertaken, rather than the full range of activities of each client.
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Transport & Logistics
For carriers, freight forwarders, cargo owners and logistics providers, legal questions often affect the movement of goods, release of cargo and recovery of payment. We assist with establishment and licensing, transport and warehousing contracts, customs questions and disputes along the supply chain.
Selected experience
Represented the Vietnam operations of an international freight-forwarding group in a cargo-damage dispute involving multiple parties, including court mediation, litigation and advice on settlement options.
Related expertise: Shipping & Logistics · International Trade and Tax
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Technology & Telecommunications
Technology and telecommunications businesses need their local registrations, contracts and workforce arrangements to support the way they operate. Our work includes corporate changes, employment advice, commercial agreements and the protection of business information and intellectual property.
Selected experience
Assisted a Japanese telecommunications business with amendments to its investment and enterprise registrations and the establishment of representative offices. In a separate engagement, advised an international technology company on employment compliance connected with a proposed workforce reduction.
Related expertise: Corporate & Commercial · Employment · Intellectual Property
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Manufacturing & Industrial Products
Manufacturers and industrial suppliers must consider the legal position across sourcing, production, distribution and employment. We assist with commercial contracts, workforce compliance, import and export issues, trade remedies and disagreements with customers or suppliers.
Selected experience
Assisted overseas tile producers with submissions in a Vietnamese anti-dumping investigation. Our industrial-sector work also includes advice on HR policies and employment documents for a supplier of industrial pumps and fans.
Related expertise: International Trade and Tax · Employment · Corporate & Commercial
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Construction & Engineering
Construction and engineering businesses operating in Vietnam need to connect their corporate obligations with contracts, people and delivery commitments. Our support includes corporate compliance, commercial agreements, employment questions and the assessment of disputes affecting operations.
Selected experience
Advised the Vietnamese operations of an international construction group on ongoing corporate and regulatory compliance. The work addressed legal questions arising in the course of its business in Vietnam.
Related expertise: Corporate & Commercial · Employment · Dispute Resolution
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Energy
Energy businesses may face disagreements over services, performance and payment that involve parties in more than one jurisdiction. We help clients assess contractual rights, the evidence supporting a claim or defence, and the available routes to negotiation and dispute resolution.
Selected experience
Represented a Singapore energy company in international arbitration concerning a dispute with a Vietnamese service provider.
Related expertise: Dispute Resolution · Corporate & Commercial
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