Indochine Counsel — Vietnam
View the full Indochine Counsel profile
About
- The firm Established in October 2006, Indochine Counsel is a leading commercial law firm in Vietnam. Offering services throughout Vietnam, Indochine Counsel is ideally positioned to assist international investors and foreign firms to navigate the legal landscape in one of Asia’s most dynamic and exciting countries. We also take pride in our services offered to domestic clients in searching for opportunities abroad. With over 45 lawyers and staffs in two offices, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Indochine Counsel offers expertise in a dozen practice areas and provides assistance throughout the entire life cycle of your business. Indochine Counsel strives to give clients quality service in a timely manner. Our lawyers have been trained all over the globe and have experience with both local and international law firms. Indochine Counsel takes pride in its people and works hard to ensure that they have the support and training necessary to work at the peak of excellence. Indochine Counsel’s objective is to provide quality legal services and add value to clients through effective customized legal solutions that work specifically for the client. The firm represents local, regional and international clients in a broad range of matters including transactional work and cross-border transactions. The firm’s clients are diverse, ranging from multinational corporations, foreign investors, banks and financial institutions, securities firms, funds and asset management companies, international organizations, law firms to private companies, SMEs and start-up firms. ### Areas of practice Corporate & Commercial: Our Corporate & Commercial Practice provides the full range of legal services to corporate clients in various industries. We advise clients on corporate compliance and regulatory issues related to their business operations. Mergers & Acquisitions: Indochine Counsel’s lawyers are at the forefront of M&A/Private Equity practice in Vietnam. They have acted as legal counsel for numerous landmark M&A deals (both cross-border and domestic). Some of our lawyers have been ranked by international legal directories as leading experts in this area. Property & Construction: With the rapid growth of the property market in Vietnam, our Property & Construction Practice has been very active in real estate transactions, property financing and construction related work. We advise property developers, lenders, real estate investment funds, local and foreign investors, contractors, consultants and property managers, on a wide range of matters. Projects and Project Financing (inc. Infrastructure): We advise local and foreign banks, financial institutions and corporate borrowers on Vietnamese laws related to a variety of loans and other debt-related instruments and financing transactions. Intellectual Property: We offer a broad range of services in intellectual property and IP-related matters. Our IP & TMT Practice Group assists local and international clients in the creation, protection, enhancement and enforcement of their intellectual property rights across Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and globally through our expansive network of IP firms. Technology, Media and Telecommunications: As Vietnam’s economy flourishes, our TMT Practice stands at the forefront of this dynamic sector. Indochine Counsel represents a diverse spectrum of clients, including technology enterprises, telecom firms, media and entertainment entities, e-commerce platforms, internet service providers, fintech innovators, startups, and value-added service vendors. ### Languages - English - Vietnamese - Chinese ### Memberships - International Trademark Association - ASEAN Intellectual Property Association (AIPA) - The Law Firm Network - The ASEAN Legal Alliance - The Asian Patent Attorneys Association ### Staffing Figures - 25 At this address - 32 in this country
Office locations
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Indochine Counsel Unit 305, 3rd Floor, Centec Tower, 72-74 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Xuan Hoa Ward Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Dang The Duc
Dang The Duc is the founder and managing partner of Indochine Counsel. With more than 25 years of experience in business law practice in Vietnam, Duc has extensive expertise advising foreign clients in international and cross-border transactions in such areas of practice as inward investment, corporate & commercial transactions, private equity, M&A, securities & capital market transactions, corporate restructurings, and project financing. Over the past several years, he has been involved in a number of major transactions for leading financial institutions, investment funds and multinational companies. In addition, he has substantial experience in advisory & transactional work for IPR, IT and technology related matters. Duc has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Vietnam by various international publications such as IFLR1000, Asian Legal Business (ALB), ALB Super 50 TMT Lawyers, Chambers Global, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Leaders in Law Global Awards, Asialaw Profiles, The In-House Community, The International Who’s Who Legal, The Expert Guide - The World’s Leading Lawyers, The A-List Vietnam’s Top 100 Lawyers (Asia Business Law Journal), Media Law International, and MIP IP Stars. He is an active speaker for conferences and seminars both in Vietnam and abroad for such legal business topics as M&A, private equity, corporate transactions, securities and capital markets. · Corporate / M&A
Nguyen Thi Hong Anh
Nguyen Thi Hong Anh, a partner of Indochine Counsel, co-head of IP & TMT Practice Group. With both legal and technical background, she has been in practice as a patent & trademark attorney for over 20 years, dedicated to establishing, protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights for clients in Vietnam and other countries. Hong Anh served in several positions dealing with IP and technology matters before she joined Indochine Counsel in 2006. She worked as a patent specialist for Pham & Associates from 1995 to 2003, and then vice manager of IP practice at Vision & Associates, Ho Chi Minh City Branch Office. She is especially active in representing companies in prosecution work for patents, designs and trademarks as well as enforcement actions for IPRs. Hong Anh is also extensively involved in advising foreign companies in emerging IP rights and technology related matters in Vietnam such as internet, media and telecoms. Some clients she has advised include: William Prym GmbH & Co., Kg (DE), Mega Lifesciences (TH), Navigos JSC / VietnamWorks, Genus PLC (UK), Perfect International Resources Limited, Eurodrug Laboratories B.V, United Pharma (Vietnam), Inc., JuhlerGroup, Nuplex Resins Vietnam, Yahoo! Vietnam, PT. Propan Raya ICC, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Global Pharma Healthcare Ltd., Super Cyber, Phanu Group, Samsonite Europe N.V, Plethico Pharmaceuticals Limited, CIPLA Ltd, Behn Meyer, Green Cross Vietnam, EVN Land, Savico Group, Marion Biotech, FPT Online, G-MEI Network Technology, KIDO Corporation, TikTok Pte. Ltd., and Wee Digital. Hong Anh has written a number of articles and analyses on IP laws and practice in Vietnam in foreign law magazines such as IAM Magazine, Asia IP, and Asian Legal Business. She has been recognized as an IP Star for both Patent and Trademark areas in the MIP IP Stars (2017 to 2023), and named among the Top 50 IP Experts of Vietnam 2022 by Asia IP. · Intellectual Property
Pham Thi Thanh Lan
Pham Thi Thanh Lan obtained a BA in foreign trade economics from Hanoi Foreign Trade University in 2004 and an LLB from Ho Chi Minh City Law University in 2012. She has over 19 years of consulting experience with focus on foreign investment in Vietnam. She has assisted numerous foreign investors in setting up companies and factories in Vietnam, from identification of potential partners, land acquisitions, warehouse/office leasing, and preparation of feasibility studies and legal documentation for licenses, and attending to licensing matters with the authorities. In addition, Lan is active in commercial property transactions, advising clients in land acquisitions, joint ventures, and operational issues as well. Before Lan joined the firm in early 2007, she worked for several years as an investment consultant for Vision & Associates, where she handled foreign invested projects for clients in Vietnam. Lan has assisted various foreign investors to set up foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) in Vietnam as well as being a legal counsel for FIEs during business operation and investment project implementation, of which some major clients include: Comebest Saigon, Neonlite Distribution Limited, Dunlopillo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Rheem Australia Pty. Ltd., Crown Asia Pacific Holdings Pte. Ltd., Triumph International Overseas Ltd., Japfa Comfeed Vietnam Company Limited (Singapore), Go-Pak UK, Jebsen & Jessen Chemicals Holding Pte. Ltd., ERRIA A/S, Gannon Vietnam, Delmar International (China) Inc., Perfect Global (H.K) Limited, Klingspor AG, Onduline S.A., Fluidra Commercial, S.A., Mega Lifesciences (Vietnam) Ltd., Good Food, Export Trading Commodities Pte. Ltd., Ermenegildo Zegna Holditalia S.P.A (Italy), Vinx Corp., Delfi Technologies,, Yahoo! Singapore Digital Marketing Pte. Ltd., TechData Co., Ltd., Traveloka Pte. Ltd., UTOP Technology (Vietnam) JSC, TikTok Pte. Ltd., Robert Walters, First Alliances, Trainor Asia Limited, Harvey Nash Limited (BVI), People Link JSC, BCG Energy, Sembcorp Energy & Power, Athena Holding Pte. Ltd. · Corporate / M&A
Phan Anh Vu
Phan Anh Vu is a partner and leads a legal team at Indochine Counsel from its establishment in 2006. He has over 19 years of legal advisory and business consulting experience in Vietnam, specializing in inward investment, mergers & acquisitions, corporate & commercial, and property & construction. He also has significant experience with securities, project financing transactions, mining & energy, and insolvency & restructuring. Prior to joining Indochine Counsel, he worked as an associate and deputy legal manager for a major local law firm, Vision & Associates (2004-2006). He began his career as in-house counsel for 7 years at a large State-owned company (28 Corporation / AGTEX), operating in the fields of garment & textile, fuel petrol and real estate. With in-depth knowledge of business law, Vu has advised and acted as a legal counsel in a number of investment projects and commercial transactions for some major foreign and local investors in Vietnam, including Gimpex Limited, Vietnam Alliance Minerals, Hoan My Medical Corp, Victoria Healthcare, ILA Vietnam, Raffles Education, HR2B Vietnam, Turner & Townsend, Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Chevron Lubricant Vietnam Ltd., Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), Savico Corporation, Golden Pig JSC, Saigon Paper, Trung Nguyen Group, Triumph Vietnam, Vietfund Management, Dong A Fund Management Corp, Southern Bank, Gulf Developers, Guthrie GTS Limited, and ZarubezhEnergoProekt Europe Ltd. He is a regular contributor to legal journals such as Asian-Mena Counsel, and has also written extensively on business law topics for business newspapers in Vietnam. He has also been a local contributor for “Doing Business Project – Vietnam” of World Bank from 2007. He has successfully completed the CEDR Training Course (a six-day course) and has been certified as a CEDR Accredited Mediator. The training course organized by CEDR, the largest conflict management and resolution consultancy in the world with the collaboration of the Ministry of Justice, IFC Vietnam and VIAC (Vietnam International Arbitration Centre) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. · Inward Investment