HOANG Nguyen
HOANG Nguyen Ha Quyen

Managing Partner

CEDR Accredited Mediator/ VMC Mediator

Quyen.Hoang@LNTpartners.com
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Ms. Quyen Hoang is a partner in charge of the firm’s Corporate practice group. She has been ranked by Chambers as a Corporate / M&A expert. Ms. Hoang and her team have been consistently and proactively involved in the successful completion of various projects, including numerous high profile foreign-invested projects, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and corporate management. She has also been active in mediation, arbitration and dispute settlement.

Spanning over 27 years of experience, Ms. Hoang has been held in high regard and recommended by the asialaw Profiles for having “all the important connections and experience” that corporate clients need. Ms. Hoang is a regular columnist for the Vietnam Investment Review and several other legal periodicals. She was also a lecturer at the Judicial Academy and VCCI M&A courses. Ms. Hoang has been recognized by the legal community as one of the few life insurance law experts in Vietnam who have a comprehensive understanding of international insurance regulations and their application under Vietnamese laws. She has been recognized by the legal community as a natural mediator with an exceptional ability to connect disputing parties and facilitate agreements.

Prior to co-founding LNT & Partners, Ms. Hoang was Chief Counsel and Head of PR for a U.S. insurance company, where she was a member of the executive board, undertaking a broad portfolio of responsibilities and getting involved in all strategic decisions for the company. Ms. Hoang also previously worked as in-house counsel for British American Tobacco (Vietnam), where she advised innumerous domestic and international commercial issues.

Recognition:

• Ranked in Corporate and M&A by Chambers Global & Asia-Pacific from 2018 - 2025

• Vietnam’s Top 100 Lawyers - Asia Business Law Journal 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

• Recommended Lawyer in Corporate and M&A – Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022, 2024

• In-House Community Commended External Counsel of the Year – In-House Community 2016, 2020, 2024

• Distinguished Practitioner in Corporate and M&A – asialaw Leading Lawyers 2015 – 2024  

• Finalist for Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) – ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2021, 2023

• Asia's Top 15 Female Lawyers – ALB Thomson Reuters 2022, 2023

• Finalist for Dealmaker of the Year (SE Asia) and Managing Partner of the Year – ALB Women in Law Awards 2021

• Market-leading Lawyer in Corporate/M&A and Employment – asialaw Leading Lawyers 2018

Memberships

Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association

CEDR Accredited Mediator

Deputy Director – Vietnam Mediation Center (VMC)

Vietnam Business Lawyers Club (VBLC)

Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC)

Đoàn Luật sư TP. Hồ Chí Minh

Hòa giải viên CEDR

Phó Giám Đốc – Trung tâm Hòa giải Việt Nam (VMC)

Câu lạc bộ Luật sư Thương mại Quốc tế Việt Nam (VBLC)

Trung tâm Trọng tài Quốc tế Việt Nam (VIAC)

Education

LL.M. (University of the West of England, U.K.)

LL.B. (Ho Chi Minh Law University, Vietnam)

Certificate (WIPO and SIDA – Copyrights and Related Rights in the Global Economy)

Thạc sĩ Luật (Đại học West of England, Vương Quốc Anh)

Cử nhân Luật (Đại học Luật TP. Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam)

Chứng chỉ của WIPO và SIDA (Quyền tác giả và Quyền Liên quan trong Kinh tế Toàn cầu)

Language

Vietnamese

English

Work highlights

Assisted a leading regional insurer on the acquisition of a life insurance joint venture between a major Vietnamese bank and a European financial group;

Assisted one of the largest insurance companies on the M&A transaction to transfer share to the new buyer;

Assisted a U.S. Life Insurance Company on daily operation works;

Assisted a U.S. Life Insurance Company on the subscription on the series E issuance by an e-commerce legal entity in Vietnam;

Assisted a U.S. Life Insurance Company to prepare the Integration process after the completion of the acquisition (the deal was cancelled after negotiation failed);

Assisted a foreign non-life insurer to prepare policy wordings and obtain  MoF’s approval on a novel insurance product;

Assisted a U.S. Non-Life Insurance product to discuss and negotiate the acquisition of majority shares of a listed insurance company in Vietnam;

Assisted an international life insurer to handle potential dispute with policy holders;

Assisted a U.S. Life Insurance company to handle the recruitment plan to inherit agency force from the agency manager;

Assisted an Asian Life Insurance Company to negotiate bancasurance contract with one of the largest bank in Vietnam;

Assisted a commercial bank in Vietnam to discuss and negotiate bancassurance contact with a U.S. Life Insurance Company;

Advised a Japanese real estate investor on strategic investment in a 6,000 m² high-end complex with shopping mall, office and apartment located in the heart of Hanoi;

Advised a Japanese real estate investor on their investment in Starlake, the last golden land plot left alongside the West Lake in Vietnam’s capital;

Assista recent significant shares subscription of a Vietnam’s leading internet & technology company at one-billion-dollar valued start-up;

Advised on a joint venture between a Korean investor and a Vietnamese company;

Advised a Japanese real estate market leader on a mega infrastructure project connected to Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro line No 1, and a Korea-based multinational electronics corporation on its construction of a 70 ha manufacturing facility for high-tech household appliances in Vietnam;

Represented  a leading Japanese cosmetics company in a high-profile dispute against a Vietnamese trading partner for unpaid stocks where the latter carried out material dishonest dealings;

Providing legal services retainer for a Japanese real estate investor & U.S. Life Insurance company;

Assisted a multinational corporation to carry out internal investigation;

Acting on behalf of five-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City in negotiating commercial contracts;

Providing legal advice on retail store establishment for well-known brands.

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Publications

2024 (with Nguyen Duy Thanh, Ngo Thi Phuc Tam), Lexology Panoramic: Vietnam Insurance & Reinsurance 2024;

2023 (with Nguyen Duy Thanh, Ngo Thi Phuc Tam and Nguyen Thi Ngan Ha), Chambers Global Practice Guides 2023 - Joint Venture in Vietnam;

2023 (with Nguyen Duy Thanh, Ngo Thi Phuc Tam), Lexology GTDT - Insurance & Reinsurance 2023;

2022 (with Nguyen Duy Thanh, Ngo Thi Phuc Tam), Lexology GTDT - Insurance & Reinsurance 2022;

2022 (with Nguyen Duy Thanh, Ngo Thi Phuc Tam and Pham Minh Duc), Vietnam Chapter, Lexology Insurance and Reinsurance;

2020 (with Ngo Thi Phuc Tam), Vietnam Insurance Market – Share/Capital Acquisition;

2020 (with Nguyen Anh Tuan), Vietnam Chapter, Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Market Intelligence 2020;

2019, “Development of collaborative economy in Vietnam”, In-House Community;

2019, “Protecting personal data in cyberspace: enterprise’s obligations under the laws of Vietnam”, In-House Community;

2015 (with Nguyen Xuan Thuy), A New Wave of Mergers and Acquisitions in Vietnam, Global M&A Guide 2015;

2014 (with Nguyen Anh Tuan, Truong Anh Vu), Vietnam Chapter, Global Legal Insights M&A 2013 Edition;

2014 (with Logan Leung), New joint circular cleans up bancassurance sales rules, Vietnam Investment Review;

2013 (with Nguyen Anh Tuan, Nguyen Xuan Thuy), Vietnam Chapter, Global Legal Insights M&A 2012 Edition;

2013, The opportunity cost of retailing, Insights at LNT & Partners;

2013 (with Nguyen Xuan Thuy), What’s stopping Japanese M&As?, Insights at LNT & Partners;

2013, Insuring the insurance market gets in order, Insights at LNT & Partners;

2013 (with Nguyen Xuan Thuy), Voting and Attendance Ratios under Resolution, Insights at LNT & Partners;

2013, New rules on remittances of profits overseas, Vietnam Investment Review;

2013 (with Nguyen Xuan Thuy), What is the solution for M&A procedures of foreign investors in domestic companies?, Insights at LNT & Partners.

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Recognition
Vietnam's Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal 2023, 2022, 2021
Ranked in Corporate and M&A by Chambers Global & Asia-Pacific Rankings 2018 - 2023
Distinguished Practitioner in Corporate and M&A by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2015 – 2023
Asia's Top 15 Female Lawyers and Finalist for Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm), ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2023
Finalist for Managing Partner of the Year and Dealmaker of the Year (SE Asia), ALB Women in Law Awards 2023
Recommended Lawyer in Corporate and M&A 2022 and 2021, the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
Asia Top 15 Female Lawyers and Finalist for Managing Partner of the Year (Emerging Markets), ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2022
Finalist for Dealmaker of the Year (SE Asia) and Managing Partner of the Year, ALB Women In Law Awards 2021
Finalist for Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm), ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2021
In-House Community’s Commended External Counsel of the Year, 2020
Market-leading Lawyer in 2018 in Corporate/M&A and Employment
In-House Community’s Commended External Counsel of the Year, 2016