Lead Associate · Commercial advice, dispute resolution and employment
Profile
Thuong Nguyen is a Lead Associate at ANT Lawyers in Ho Chi Minh City. Her work focuses on commercial advice, dispute resolution and employment.
After graduating from university in 2017, she began her career at an intellectual property company before joining ANT Lawyers later that year.
She advises Vietnamese and international clients and represents clients in litigation, arbitration and mediation. Her work includes legal research, contract review, legal opinions, evidence preparation and explaining Vietnamese legal requirements in practical English.
She also assists with contracts, documentation and compliance in international trade, real estate and corporate matters. Her work includes assessing legal risks and contributing to commercial, dispute resolution, labour and international trade and tax matters.
Lead Associate
Selected experience
- Commercial contracts: Representing suppliers and buyers in disputes involving unpaid purchase prices, late payment interest, non-delivery, product quality and refunds of advance payments. Her work has also involved disagreements over court or arbitral jurisdiction.
- Services and project arrangements: Representing clients in disputes concerning recruitment-service fees and quality, and contractual arrangements for participation in a solar power project.
- Employment: Representing employees in termination, salary and compensation disputes, and an employer in mediation concerning employee benefit entitlements.
Education and professional development
- 2017: LL.B., Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, Advanced Program in English, covering civil, commercial and international law.
- 2018–2023: Professional legal training and qualification process at the Judicial Academy of Vietnam; passed the national examination for the Lawyer Practising Certificate.
- 2020: Mediation training programme, Vietnam Effective Commercial Mediation Center (VEMC).
- 2023–2026: LL.M. studies at Ho Chi Minh City University of Law. Her research focused on evidence in arbitral proceedings and lessons from foreign practice for Vietnam.
Mediation education and community contribution
Thuong contributes to mediation education for law students in Vietnam through teaching, coaching and competition judging. Across different editions of the International Mediation Writing Competition in Vietnam, she has served as a trainer and a judge, helping students prepare and assessing their written submissions.
Her teaching and coaching are provided without charge as part of the team’s support for students. These activities form part of ANT Lawyers’ community contribution alongside the Weinstein International Foundation and the Vietnam Effective Commercial Mediation Center (VEMC).
Professional memberships
- August 2020: Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb).
- November 2022: Associate, Vietnam Institute for International Arbitration Research and Training (aVIART).
- Member, Vietnam Bar Federation.