Expertise

M&A

According to the Vietnamese investment related laws and regulations, the terms and conditions and restrictions imposed on foreign investor's acquisition of equity shares are subject to business type and nature of the target company and the laws and regulations widely recognizes the discretion of supervisory authorities in issuing approval and permission. Lee & Ko's Vietnam Practice Group provides one-stop service for the whole process of M&A in Vietnam from: suggestion of the optimum structure of acquisition considering the Vietnamese investment and corporate laws and regulations; performance of legal due diligence of the target company and preparation of report thereon; negotiation of acquisition transaction and preparation of documents; and verification of closing terms and conditions, to follow-up administrative procedures. Especially, based on accumulated experience in the area, Lee & Ko's Vietnam Practice Group not only delivers simple review on relevant laws and regulations, but also diagnoses in advance various risks that may occur in the actual transaction in Vietnam, so that we can provide differentiated legal advice to protect our clients from unexpected delay of procedures.


Finance

The area of finance is one of the fastest growing sectors in Vietnam. As a result of acceleration of Korean financial institutions' entry to Vietnamese market, Lee & Ko's Vietnam Practice Group has continuously analyzed the trends in the rapidly changing Vietnamese financial market - Vietnamese NPL market, bank restructuring, etc. - and provides specialized advices required by Korean financial institutions in Vietnam. While Lee & Ko's Vietnam Practice Group maintains amicable business relationship with local financial supervisory authorities such as the State Bank of Vietnam, the State Securities Commission, the Vietnam Asset Management Company, etc., we once successfully provided a Korean client who invested in convertible bonds of a Vietnamese listed company with legal advice and follow-up services; we have showed excellent performances in Vietnamese finance area.


Real Estate Project 

The business of real estate project is one of the areas of greatest interest to investors in Vietnam, with an average annual growth of 6 to 7% over 10 years. Although foreign investors cannot acquire real estate assets directly due to the Vietnamese legislation, they are allowed to indirectly acquire real estate assets by establishing or acquiring a local corporation for real estate project. For clients, Lee & Ko's Vietnam Practice Group provides legal advices to obtain the results they need, such as acquiring real estate assets, reviewing the acquisition structure of real estate assets required for project, and proceeding the project approval procedures, etc.


SOC

With the increase of foreign investment in Vietnam, the demand for SOC is also increasing rapidly. Lee & Ko's Vietnam Practice Group delivers legal advices for carrying out SOC projects, for example: structure review, administrative procedures, policy decision of competent government authorities, approval and permission related to acquisition, etc., for realization of the project in various forms - sole venture, joint venture, PPP investment, etc. -as desired by the client for developing various types of infrastructures required in Vietnam, including urban development, roads, water supply and sewerage, renewable power plants, etc.


Establishment of Local Corporation

Lee & Ko's Vietnam Practice Group also provides differentiated services for the establishment of local foreign investment companies. Through a thorough preliminary review of business areas that have not had much foreign investment such as medical, education and entertainment fields as well as the traditional areas for foreign investment such as manufacturing, distribution, and service, etc., we propose the optimum type of local corporation for your business goal, and quickly and efficiently carry out all necessary procedures, to your convenience, for the establishment of a local corporation from preparing documents required for incorporation to public announcement after completion of corporation.


Dispute Resolution

Lee & Ko's Vietnam Practice Group represents clients in Vietnam International Arbitration Center as well as is engaged in negotiations for dispute resolution in Vietnam.