BANKING AND FINANCE


aboutOur major finance deals include the followings among others:
– Acting for a Local Bank to release a loan up to 500,000USD. This includes analyzing risks of project, advising on mortgage, drafting loan agreement;
– Acting for a Local Bank to issue an offshore bank guarantee for capital contribution undertakings up to 1,000,000 USD. This includes analyzing risk of project, structuring the transactions, advising on mortgage, drafting guarantee agreement;
– Acting for a Foreign Bank to release a loan up to 4,000,000 USD. This includes reviewing and finalizing loan structure, mortgage agreement and loan agreement in line of Vietnam Law;
– Acting for a Local Company regarding to restructuring from Finance Company into Commercial Bank. This includes feasibility studies for the projects, studying legal frame of Vietnam, precedents and the Government opinions regarding the subjected matters;
– Supporting a non-government organization in studies of Strengthening the governance and management capacity of Vietnam Association of People’s Credit Fund (VAPCF) and Technical assistance to People’s Credit Funds (PCF);
– Supporting a Foreign Bank in studies for foreign currency policies of Vietnam. This includes advices on Vietnam’s Legal frame on Foreign Currency as well as short term and long term strategies of Vietnam Government regarding Foreign Currency.

M&A

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Our major M&A deals include the followings among others:
– Acting for Viettel Real Estate to acquire DAEWOON-HANCIC Office Building Project from Korean Investors. This includes conducting due diligence studies, reviewing and structuring the transaction.
– Acting for Yen Tho Machinery Joint Stock Company to acquire a Manufacture Project from Foreign Investors. This includes conducting due diligence studies, structuring transaction, preparing contracts and pursuing licensing procedure.
– Acting for a local company to acquire a real estate project in Bac Giang – a Northern Province in Vietnam. This includes structuring transaction, preparing contracts and pursuing licensing procedure.
– Acting for a foreign investor to transfer a manufacturing project in Vietnam to another foreign investor. This include assisting in negotiation and reviewing structure of transaction and contract.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

aboutSBLAW has represented many clients in dispute resolutions, either by way of out-of-court settlement or before the Vietnamese courts, State agencies or the Vietnam International Arbitration Center. Below are some major deals:
– Representing for a Singaporean Investor being the plaintiff in the dispute between shareholders of a foreign invested company in Vietnam;
– Representing for a Foreign Investor being the plaintiff before Binh Duong Court in the dispute relating to implementation of Trademark Licensing Agreement;
– Representing for a Foreign Investor being plaintiff before Binh Duong Court in the dispute relating to Trademark Infringement;
– Representing for a Local Company being defendant in an international trade dispute;
– Representing for a Local Company being defendant before Hanoi Court in a case relating to recognition and enforcement of the Foreign Arbitration Award in Vietnam;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

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We are now IP Agent of MBank, Nippon Steel, VSTV, VTC, PVFI, MHY Singapore, Viettel, VIETNAM FUND MANAGEMENT, TVP STEEL, TIN NGHIA CORP, GELEXIMCO, KINHDO, DOMEXCO, MAY 10, KOVA, COMEXIM etc in Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia and Myanmar. In addition, we are also co-operating with our associated IP Agents in Australia, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE and USA to protect IP rights for clients in Vietnam and abroad.
Below are some deals :
– Acting for Mbank, VSTV, Ryukyu Cultural Technological Village Co., Ltd, KOVA etc for trademark registration in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia;
– Acting for Ryukyu Cultural Technological Village Co., Ltd being a plaintiff in a case relating to Copyright Infringement over its hand-made glasses in Vietnam;
– Acting for VTC Online in negotiation with Sony Music Entertainment relating to use of music works in Vietnam;
– Acting for a foreign invested company being a defendant in a case relating to Copyright Infringement over software in Vietnam;
– Acting for a Local Bank to negotiate with its foreign partners on use of copyrighted art works in Vietnam for its commercial exploitation;
– Advising a Local Bank on Patent Protection relating to its software and business solutions in Vietnam.

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION

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Our major deals include the followings among others:
– Acting for a local company to identify and quantify commercial risks relating to implementation of an office complex construction project in Hanoi.
– Acting for a Foreign Bank to conduct a due diligence research over an office building construction project in Vietnam before loan transaction.
– Acting for a Local Company being distributor in a residential houses distribution transaction. Total value of the transaction is up to 12,000,000 USD.
– Acting for a Local Company being investor of a residential houses construction project in Hanoi in legal framework review, legal document preparation, identifying commercial risks associated with the project.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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– Acting for HTC Corporation – one of the fastest-growing companies in the mobile sector over the world – to review its software license contract applicable on its products.
– Acting for VC Corporation – a leading company operating in the field of internet and electronic trading of Vietnam – to obtain licenses for advertisement, setting up social networking websites and resolve disputes arise between administrators and users;
– Acting for Vat Gia JSC – the owner of well known electronic trading websites in Vietnam – to deal licensing matters with competent authorities;
– Acting for Pecesoft Co., Ltd – the owner of website chodientu.vn and ebay.com.vn to register its Intellectual Property Rights and set up a regulation on electronic payments;
– Acting for VTC Online to negotiate for music copyright license with Sony Music Entertainment;
– Acting for Global Data Services JSC in preparing and negotiating for agreement on co-location services to be entered with its Japanese Partner.


EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR

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Our major deals include the followings among others:
– Acting for an international school in Hanoi in setting up and registration of its labor internal rules;
– Acting for a local school in settlement of labor disputes regarding the implementation of labor contract;
– Acting for a multinational corporation in Vietnam in settlement of labor disputes regarding termination of labor contract;

FOREIGN INVESTMENT

aboutSB Law is proud to assist clients in negotiation, licensing and post licensing procedures for the establishment and operation of their commercial presence in Vietnam.
– Acting for Stalheim Industries Sdn Bhd to establish a joint venture company in Vietnam called as Innovar (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. Innovar (Vietnam) Co., Ltd is licensed to implement importation, exportation and distribution right of wood floor and related products;
– Acting for Nikken International Co., Ltd – a foreign invested company own by Japan Investors – for expanding business scope. Nikken International Co., Ltd is one of very first wholly foreign invested companies in Vietnam which were licensed to implement importation, exportation, distribution right and to lease constructional equipments in Vietnam;
– Acting for IBM Vietnam to consult authority agencies regarding to implementation of its investment projects and to realize its important business strategies in Vietnam;
– Acting for Metiseko International Co., Ltd – a Hong Kong Companies to setup a factory manufacturing textile and clothing in the centre of Vietnam;

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