Legal Awards 2015 M&A awards 111 LEGAL awards ~ Best for Infrastructure Projects - Vietnam & Foreign Investment Law Firm of the Year – Vietnam With over 20 years of experience, VILAF is one of the largest law firms in Vietnam. VILAF has been consistently ranked as the 1st tier law firm by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, IFLR 1000, ALB and AsiaLaw in most of major areas of practice, including Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate, M&A, Infrastructure Projects & Energy, Real Property and Arbitration. VILAF has been present in complex cross-border M&A deals, large financing and capital markets transactions and major infrastructure and energy projects in Vietnam. The firm’s long-term clients include Shell, Sumitomo Corporation, Phillip Morris, BNP Paribas, Citibank, SMBC, J-Power, SCB, ANZ, Mizuho, BTMU, Ford and Siam Cement Group, etc. VILAF’s experienced team of senior lawyers cover every aspect of business in Vietnam, including foreign direct investment, commercial, corporate, real estate, M&A, banking, finance, capital markets, project finance, infra- structure development, oil, gas & power, construction, trading & distribution, taxation, employment, shipping, litigation and arbitration, intellectual property, technology transfers, and life sciences. VILAF’s philosophy in business includes the following: • Improving the services quality by recruiting and training the best lawyers in the market; • Reinforcing investments and researching on key practices such as Infrastructure, project finance, M&A and arbitration; • Strengthening the relationship with the top international law firms such as Clifford Chance; Simmons & Simmons, Sherman & Sterling, etc.; • Along with the current traditional clients from Japan, America, Europe or Singapore, expanding new clients in other countries such as Thailand, Korea, China, etc. In an interview, Dang Duong Anh, Managing Partner of the firm outlines the opportunities and challenges fac- ing his business and the wider legal industry as we head into 2016. “The opening economy along with a better law system have made Vietnam to be a wonderland for foreign investors which gives us chances to approach and corporate with more and more clients” he explains. “As one of the biggest local law firms in Vietnam with high quality lawyers and professional standard, we have competitive advantages to strengthen our exist expertise and expand our legal services with more industries such as renewable energy, health care and education” he goes on to say. “However, the more the opportunities come, the more challenges await. We have to be more and more com- petitive not only in our services quality but also in the pricing offered. Human resources also a key problem for a firm if they do not have enough key employees or the keys one are approached from other competitors” he adds. “Unchanged prestige, high quality, reasonable price and professional working environment are our answer to the question. The most exciting opportunity is also the most difficult challenge. Keeping the spirit can help us overcome obstacles and archive successes” he concludes. Company: Vietnam International Law Firm (VILAF – Hong Duc) Name: Mr. Dang Duong Anh, Managing Partner Email:
[email protected] Web: http://www.vilaf.com.vn Address: 6th Floor, HCO Building (Melia), 44b Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam Telephone: +84 4 3934 8530 VILAF