CDR Counsels handled a wide range of cases across various industries, and jurisdictions:
Corporate Legal Services
I. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Counsel advising and assisting a joint venture finance company in drafting a system of corporate management documents (Charter, Regulations, and technical guidelines) for the Board of Members, organizational and operational models.
Sof foreign-invested companies and domestic companies in preparing, organizing, conducting, and/or participating in company’s GSM or BOM meetings.
II. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Co-leading lawyer assisting and advising a Share Transfer Agreement between Japanese Investors for a share transfer of 21,75% of the total shares in a Japanese-invested company manufacturing products from wood, plastic and auto components located in Binh Duong province, Vietnam.
Leading lawyer assisting and advising a business transfer agreement between a Singaporean Investor and a Vietnamese individual for a transfer of the former’s business interests in a spirits and liquor distillation company located in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Counsel consulting and directly coordinating the merger process between Smartlink Card Services JSC and Vietnam National Financial Switching JSC (Banknetvn) into a unified card switching unit, Vietnam National Payment Joint Stock Company (NAPAS).
Counsel consulting on M&A transactions between Korean investors and a Vietnamese wooden furniture business.
Counsel consulting on M&A transactions between Singaporean investors and a Vietnamese property technology provider (Proptech).
III. ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING
Counsel consulting on restructuring a business in the real estate sector under the parent - subsidiary model.
IV. DRAFTING OF LEGAL CONTRACTS
Leading lawyer consulting and supporting the Owner in drafting and negotiating contracts with consulting contractors and supply contractors to build 40.6MWp Solar Power Plant in Long An province, Vietnam.
Leading lawyer consulting and supporting the Owner in drafting and negotiating contracts with construction contractors, consulting contractors and supply contractors to build 100,5MWp-GAIA Solar Power Plant in Long An province, Vietnam.
Leading lawyer consulting and supporting a corporation that produces insulated corrugated iron roofs in drafting a franchise contract for its partner to produce and sell products within Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam.
Counsel consulting on structure and drafting sample contracts for Flexfit Joint Stock Company.
V. REDUNDANCY LAW
Leading lawyer advising and supporting a Japanese-invested garment processing enterprise in making the labor utilization plan, conducting dialogue with the employees and terminating the employment with hundreds of employees due to economic difficulties.
VI. DISCIPLINE
Leading lawyer advising and supporting a Japanese-invested garment manufacturing enterprise in collecting evidence, investigating, and interviewing employees to investigate and clarify violations of labor discipline of some employees.
Dispute Resolution
I. EXPERT WITNESS
Party-appointed expert witness to give legal opinions on Vietnamese Laws (Bidding Law and Construction Law) in a VIAC arbitration case commenced by a Japanese contractor against a Vietnamese project Owner regarding a dispute arising from a contract to build a metro rail system. Expert witness.
II. ARBITRATION
Leading counsel advising and representing a Chinese main contractor (EPC contractor) in a VIAC arbitration commenced by the subcontractor for disputes under a subcontract for transportation of the blades for the wind turbines of a project on investment and construction of a cluster of wind power plants in Dak Nong, Vietnam, with the total claimed amount of more than US$1.4 million.
Leading counsel advising and representing the Vietnamese parties - the project's owners - in a VIAC arbitration case commenced by a Korean real estate enterprise under a joint venture contract to invest, build and develop a complex urban area project in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the disputed amount being more than VND370 billion (approx. US$15 million).
III. LITIGATION
Leading counsel advising and representing a Hong Kong crane manufacturing company (Seller) to request Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank (L/C issuer at the request of a Vietnamese Buyer) to pay for the unpaid L/C at Ho Chi Minh City People's Court with the total claimed amount of more than US$10 million.
Leading counsel advising and representing a shareholder to initiate a lawsuit against a company in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam and the legal representative of the company to request for cancellation of the resolution of the GSM and compensation due to breach of fiduciary duty.
Leading counsel advising and representing a a Korean-invested company to initiate a lawsuit against an ex-employee for the latter’s violation of Non-Compete Agreement, in Hanoi, Vietnam.