Our lawyers have assisted many foreign investors in establishing and maintaining their legal/commercial presence in Vietnam through a variety of vehicles, including representative offices, wholly foreign-owned companies, joint venture entities and business cooperation contracts. TNP Lawyers advises clients making direct investments into Vietnam. Clients must obtain the correct licenses from the competent authorities and comply with both Vietnamese and foreign legislation. Given that the local Vietnamese laws, regulations and procedures change constantly, are not transparent and complex. We also regularly advise clients on their commercial arrangements, conduct due diligence, advise on local issues, and draft transaction documents.

Our lawyers have extensive experience working with major international and domestic corporations in general corporate and regulatory matters ranging from tax, compliance, labor, environment and intellectual property and international trade matters including anti-dumping.

WE CAN ASSIST WITH THE FOLLOWING:

• Incorporation and licensing services, including pre-licensing/set-up considerations, foreign investment approval applications, incorporation, and post-licensing requirements;
• Advice on corporate structuring and governance matters;
• Drafting corporate constitutional documents, such as company charter and board resolutions;
• Corporate secretarial services;
• Notarial Services.

Our lawyers have extensive experience in advising on:

• Business sales and purchases;
• Due diligence;
• Consolidations and restructurings;
• Joint ventures;
• Purchase of assets;
• Acquisition of share capital;
• Establishment of new companies and businesses;
• Distributorship, agency and franchise arrangements;
• Regulatory issues including Directors’ duties;
• Other related matters.

We advise listed and private companies and their subsidiaries, joint ventures, shareholders and high net worth individuals and investors involved in a wide range of M&A activities across a wide range of sectors.

TNP Lawyers has advised on various high profile complex cross-border M&A transactions which have been made possible by strategic and pre-emptive pre-deal restructuring. We advise on all types of commercial agreements, reviews contracts from both Vietnamese and foreign law perspectives.

TNP Lawyers anticipates potential roadblocks and enhances deal certainty by providing sector specific advice on transactions, regulatory requirements and investment policy. We structure investments by combining legal and tax expertise with an intimate understanding of risk allocation and exit considerations.