Mr. Do Trong Hai
Managing
Partner
Hanoi
and Hochiminh Offices
Tel: (+84 24) 35148355
Fax:
(+84 24) 35148344
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Mr.
Hai is managing partner in charge of overall operation of the firm. Mr. Hai is
principal founder of Bizlink and has long been widely recognized as one of the
top lawyers in Vietnam. Mr. Hai represented an amazing number of foreign and
multinational corporations and local big corporations in a broad spectrum of
areas of practice. With almost 20 years of his legal and consultancy practice,
he has proactively advised for hundreds of investment projects, hundreds of
typical business transactions and representing hundreds of clients being
foreign investors, multi-national corporations, credit institutions, local
corporations investing and/or doing business in/with Vietnam. He is also widely
known as one of the best practitioners representing the clients in the arbitration
and courts in Vietnam and other jurisdictions. He is also exceptionally experienced
in advising dozen landmark legal transactions/works in Vietnam, including
aircraft financing transactions and procurement of 1st communication satellite
of Vietnam, BOT, PPP, etc.
Education
LLB, Hanoi Law University, Major in Economic
Laws
LLM,
UC Berkeley, School of Law, USA
BA, Hanoi Foreign Language University, Major
in English
BA, Hanoi National Economics University,
Major in Banking and Finance
Membership
Hanoi
Bar Association
Vietnam
Lawyers Association
Awards
Mr. Do Trong Hai has
been identified by Practical Law Company (Global Counsel 3000) as Highly
Recommended Dispute Resolution practitioner in Vietnam since 2003.
Mr. Do Trong Hai was
awarded by Singapore Business Association in Vietnam (SBAV) for his valuable
knowledge provided to SBAV members on legal advices and business consultancy
for their business in Vietnam.
Mr. Hai
is awarded as Leading Lawyer of the Year 2009 rated by Vietnam Legal Newspaper
sponsored by Ministry of Justice of Vietnam
Mr. Hai was granted
by the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam with
Certificate of Merit in recognition of his active contributions to the
professional practice
For
many years, Mr. Hai has been rated as a leading lawyer in Vietnam by
international publications, e.g. Asialaw, Legal 500, Chambers & Partners,
Practical Law Company (PLC), IFLR, etc., in real estate & construction,
dispute resolution, corporate & commercial, M & A, finance and banking,
etc.
Professional activities
For
many years, Mr. Hai has been rated as a leading lawyer in Vietnam by
international publications, e.g. Asialaw, Legal 500, Chambers & Partners,
Practical Law Company (PLC), IFLR, etc., in real estate & construction,
dispute resolution, corporate & commercial, M & A, finance and banking,
etc.
Mr.
Hai was co-author of a number of books: Arbitration in Asia, 2004 in
collaboration with Norton Rose; The International Comparative Legal Guide to:
Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2010 and Securitization 2011 - published by
Global Legal Group (GLG); The Dispute Resolution Review 2013 published by Law
Business Research Limited.
Expertise/Typical
works
Foreign and
Local Investments; Corporate & Commercial; Banking and Finance; Real
Estates and Construction; Dispute Resolution; M&A; Aviation and
Telecommunication; Infrastructure and Power; Legal Research and Study.
Foreign
and Local Investment. Mr. Hai has advised a large number of local
and foreign investors in hundred of investment projects in various localities
throughout Vietnam in different investment areas and industries. His
involvement as senior lawyer and consultant in this area covers any and all
stages from pre to post-license period of a business and/or an investment
project, including but not limited to advising and screening cooperation
partners, working out cooperation and corporate structures between relevant
parties and business entity, advising clients on strategic development plans in
Vietnam.
Corporate
and Commercial. Not separate from investment consultancy practice, Mr.
Hai as team leader in significant deals has advised clients (being domestic and
foreign businesses) in numerous commercial (both inbound and cross-border)
transactions, in diversified commercial areas, such as lease, purchase,
procurement, construction, joint venture, business cooperation contract, etc.
With regard to corporate issues, in the role of team leader, his expertise
include advices and documentation on constitutional and corporate documents,
corporate structure, corporate governance, organization and operation of
business entities, etc.
Banking
and Finance. Mr. Hai has advised series of local and cross-border
banking and finance transactions relating to project finance, asset finance,
finance lease, refinancing for capital restructure purpose, etc., His list of
clients in this area are impressive, including four biggest Vietnamese
State commercial banks, joint stock commercial banks and foreign lenders,
credit institutions, etc. Among those transactions, he has advised export
credit agencies and lenders (US EXIMBANK, CITI BANK; ECA, ABN AMRO) as local
counsel in the first aircraft finance leases in respect of 4 Boeing and 4
Airbus aircrafts to Vietnam Airlines. He advised first local co-financing
transaction (funded by four biggest Vietnamese State commercial banks)
for 2 Airbus aircraft purchases by Vietnam Airlines. He has also advised
foreign banks in facility transactions to two Vietnamese banks in respect of
US$150 million facility of each for purpose of capital source restructure of
the Vietnamese banks.
Real
Estates and Construction. Involving since the beginning of real
estate market of Vietnam so far, Mr. Hai has extensive and profound experiences
of advising in this field in Vietnam by effectively combining deep knowledge on
legal perspectives and practical approaches and solution in realization of real
estates projects in Vietnam. List of projects including series of residential,
office building, hotel and resorts projects with clients being Ciputra Group
(in Ciputra Hanoi Project of more than 300 ha and a five star hotel project in
Hanoi), Posco E&C (in North An Khanh New Urban Project of more than 250
ha), Rafaeli Group (in resorts and commercial and infrastructure
projects), VinaCapital (in hotel projects), Sunway Group (in hotel and other
projects), Deawoo E&C (in hotel and office building projects), TPC Nghi Tam
Village Ltd. (in five star hotel project), EEM Group (of France, in a chain of
5 hotels and resorts projects), Fortuna Hanoi JVC (hotel project); Hanoi Club
Limited (club and entertainment project), Hasegawa Co. Ltd (two office building
and serviced apartment projects in Hanoi and Hochiminh), Vigeba (in new urban
project of 100 ha), etc.
Dispute
Resolution.
Mr. Hai is an excellent example of combination between expertise and experience
of a typical legal counsel and litigation barrister. With great focus on this
area, he has successfully assisted in resolution of lots of most complicated
and significant disputes in the country in different fields such as
construction, commerce, distributorship, joint venture, business cooperation,
labor, IPR, etc. Not only a wise negotiator, he is also greatly competent in
representing clients in resolution of disputes before the courts and
arbitrations in Vietnam and also assisted clients in settlement of disputes in
foreign settlement bodies.
Mergers
and Acquisitions. Very familiar with M&A, Mr. Hai has deeply and
actively involved in various M&A transactions in Vietnam including the
capital assignment between joint venture parties of foreign invested companies
and share acquisitions in Vietnamese companies. The M&A works involved
include due diligence works, advice and documentation, handling regulatory
procedures for completion of M&A transaction. List of which includes dozens
of transactions for major clients from Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, France,
Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, etc.
Aviation
and Telecommunication. For over a decade, as team
leader/coordinator of legal teams, Mr. Hai has up-to-date advised
lessors/lenders/credit agencies in majority of aviation transactions relating
to aircrafts leased/finance leased to Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines (now
as JetStar), Laos Airlines in terms of Vietnamese legal perspectives. He also
acted as legal counsel and coordinator in negotiation for procurement of the
first satellite of Vietnam (two phases in 2003 and 2006) and advice,
documentation of insurance for the launch and operation of the satellite in
orbit. Mr. Hai assisted clients in setting up, driving business cooperation,
joint venture in telecom area and also liquidation of the business cooperation
in this field.
Infrastructure
and Power.
Mr. Hai has advised clients being enterprises and fund management companies in
a number of infrastructure and power projects, including the biggest BOT
project of new express highway from Hanoi to Hai Phong with investment capital
of over US$1.5 billion, a hydro power plant with investment capital
of over US$60 million, toll fee projects and telecom facilities networks,
etc.
Legal Research and
Study.
Mr. Hai involved as co-ordinator of the legal team in the project funded by
UNDP undertaken in 2001-2002 on strengthening legal capacity phase II VIE98-001
- Ministry of Justice/UNDP - Sub-contract: “Assess facts, research, analyze,
make suggestion for amending prevailing legal system for effectively implementing
the BTA”. He participated as co-ordinator in a research project named “Access
to Justice in Vietnam” funded by UNDP in 2003. He has also participated as team
leader/coordinator in a number of O.D.A projects/programs relating to
Vietnamese legal perspectives, such as Report on legal framework on
infrastructure, land, and construction serving for a JBIC’s funded program on
master planning for infrastructure of Hanoi city; Strengthening Labor
Management Capacity for Effective Implementation of the Labor Code; Report on
legal framework relating to economic reform process in Vietnam in the project
funded international donors.
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