Frasers Law Company — Vietnam
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About
- Frasers Law Company Hanoi - Frasers Law Company Ho Chi Minh City The firm: Frasers Law Company (Frasers) was established in 2004 by Mark Fraser. Frasers was the first law firm to be licensed by the Ministry of Justice in Vietnam with a foreign law company licence. Frasers is Vietnam’s premier independent commercial law firm, providing innovative international-standard legal advice and opinions, in a Vietnamese context, on all areas of business and commerce to leading global and local companies investing and operating in Vietnam. The firm is culturally diverse and benefits from the integrated and cutting-edge expertise of its team of local and expatriate lawyers. Frasers understands the legal, commercial, political and regulatory issues that affect businesses in Vietnam, and aims to provide comprehensive legal services to assist clients navigate these complex issues and achieve outstanding business outcomes. Its strength lies in its integrated team approach, combining the highest international standards with leading local expertise, ensuring that clients benefit from the broad legal and commercial knowledge of its lawyers, but also in specialist or esoteric areas of law which its senior lawyers focus on. Its team of lawyers includes local and foreign lawyers who have international and local experience. Many of its local lawyers have studied and worked overseas, and have returned to Vietnam with their higher education qualifications and an understanding of international business environments. They are able to provide clients with a unique perspective on their business in Vietnam. Areas of practice: Since basing himself in South East Asia (including more than 20 years in Vietnam), managing partner Mark Fraser’s practice has focused on corporate matters (especially mergers and acquisitions), commercial real estate transactions, infrastructure projects and banking and finance matters. This involves debt and equity structuring of investment projects and the preparation and negotiation of documents. Mark has been involved in numerous mergers and acquisitions, power generation, water treatment, telecommunications, road tollway, and oil and gas projects within Vietnam and has advised on a number of Vietnamese matters in the banking and finance, corporate and commercial, infrastructure, capital markets, property development and dispute resolution areas. ### Languages - Cantonese - English - French - Vietnamese ### Staffing Figures - 4 Partners
Office locations
Hanoi
Hanoi
Frasers Law Company Unit 15-03, 15th Floor, Pacific Place 83b Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoan Kiem District Hanoi Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Frasers Law Company Unit 19.01, 19th Floor Deutsches Haus 33 Le Duan Boulevard District 1 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Chi Nguyen
Nguyen Le Quynh Chi has over 15 years of experience advising on all aspects of commercial disputes and shipping law. She has assisted many international banks, foreign investors, local and foreign corporations, shipowners, leading underwriters, as well as their counsels around the world with prompt action and comprehensive advice. · Commercial Disputes
Gwendoline Brooker
Gwendoline (Gwen) Brooker is a Partner based in Frasers’ Hanoi office. She has more than 35 years of experience in transactional and disputes work in the energy industry across the board from upstream oil and gas to refining and chemical, marketing and latterly, renewables in wind, solar and batteries. A qualified English barrister from Lincoln’s Inn, she has an LL.B (Hons) from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. · Energy & Natural Resources
Hoa Hoang
Hoang Hoa is an Of Counsel at Frasers Law Company, based in the firm’s Ho Chi Minh City office. Hoa is a Vietnamese-qualified lawyer with nearly two decades of experience advising foreign investors, multinational companies, and regional institutions on a broad range of transactional and advisory matters in Vietnam. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, real estate development, and strategic investments. · Corporate / M&A
Huong Duong
Duong Thi Mai Huong is a Partner at Frasers Law Company, based in the Ho Chi Minh City office. She joined the firm in 2020 and advises across a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, banking and finance, real estate and construction, and international trade. · Corporate / M&A
Mai Pham
Mai is an Of Counsel based in Frasers's Hanoi office. Mai has more than 20 years of experience practising corporate and commercial law, including experience working in a leading legal consultancy services provider in Vietnam, as an associate with a large global law firm working in its Hanoi office, and two years working with a ‘Magic Circle’ firm, in its Hanoi office. · Corporate / M&A
Mark Fraser
Mark is Managing Partner of Frasers Law Company. He has been advising clients on transactions in Vietnam since 1994. Mark’s practice focuses on corporate matters, especially mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, commercial real estate transactions, and infrastructure projects. This involves debt and equity structuring of investment projects and the preparation and negotiation of documents. Mark has been involved in numerous power generation, water treatment, telecommunications, road tollway and oil and gas projects in various jurisdictions within Asia and has advised on a number of Vietnamese matters in the banking and finance, corporate and commercial, infrastructure, capital markets, property development and dispute resolution areas. · Corporate / M&A
Tram Ho
Ho Thuy Ngoc Tram is a Partner based in Frasers’ Ho Chi Minh City office. Tram’s key areas of practice include corporate and M&A, renewable energy, infrastructure, banking and finance, and project finance. · Corporate / M&A