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 and M&A practice group. She advises on matters of corporate, mergers and acquisitions, commercial compliance, contract drafting and negotiation, investment, employment, insurance and hospitality.  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 25 years of experience, 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.

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 Phap Luat Newspaper, the Vietnam Investment Review and several other legal periodicals. She was also a lecturer at Vietnam Business Lawyers Club.

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. She is a co-founder of the firm.

Recognition

• Asia's Top 15 Female Lawyers and Finalist for Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm), ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2023

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

• Distinguished Practitioner in Corporate and M&A by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2015 – 2023

• Finalist for Managing Partner of the Year and Dealmaker of the Year (SE Asia), ALB Women in Law Awards 2023

• Asia Top 15 Female Lawyers and Finalist for Managing Partner of the Year (Emerging Markets), ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2022

• Recommended Lawyer in Corporate and M&A by Legal 500 APAC 2022

• Ranked in Corporate and M&A by Chambers Global & Asia-Pacific Rankings 2018 - 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 Commended External Counsel of the Year by In House Community 2020, 2016

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

Memberships

Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association

Vietnam Bar Federation

VMC - Vietnam Mediation Center

VBLC - Vietnam Business Lawyers Club

Liên đoàn luật sư Việt Nam

Đoàn Luật sư TP HCM

VMC – Trung tâm Hòa giải Việt Nam

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

Education

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

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

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

CEDR Accredited Mediator

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

Cử nhân Luật (Đại học Luật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam)

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

Hòa giải viên CEDR

Language

Vietnamese

English

Work highlights

Assisted FWD Insurance on acquisition of Vietcombank-Cardif Life Insurance, a life insurance joint venture between Vietcombank and BNP Paribas Cardif;

Advised Toshin Development on strategic investment in high-end complex Lancaster Luminaire, a 6000 sqm high-end shopping mall, office and apartment complex located in the heart of Hanoi;

Advised Toshin Development on their investment in Starlake, the last golden land plot left alongside the West Lake in Vietnam’s capital;

Assist a 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 Ngoc Tung JSC;

Advised a Japanese real estate market leader on a mega infrastructure project connected to Ho Chi Minh City’s Metroline 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 Shiseido 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 Toshin Development Co., Ltd & AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd;

Assisted a multinational corporation to carry out internal investigation.

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Publications

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

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

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