HIEU PHAM

Hieu Pham joined the team in April 2014 and is a special counsel at ACSV Legal. Hieu earned his LLB at the University of Economics and Law in August 2012 and has been a qualified lawyer since August 2017. He was admitted as a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association in 2017.

Hieu is a native Vietnamese speaker and fluent in English.

Hieu works and focuses on a variety of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures and all forms of foreign direct investments, assisting clients in various sectors including health and fitness, food and beverages, information technology and hospitality, finance industry, digital marketing companies.

Hieu has also been active in providing counsel to high-net-worth families and clients concerning all aspects of estate and tax planning and family asset holding structuring. In particular, Hieu helps clients transfer significant family wealth seamlessly while minimizing tax liability across different jurisdictions including the U.S., Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia. He represents high-net-worth clients to work with banks, trustees, local counsel, tax advisors across continents during the planning, structuring and executing exercise. Hieu regularly advises clients on pre-immigration tax planning, family asset holding structure, creation of family trusts and acquisition of overseas assets.

‘Hieu Pham has a good overview of our business and is well aware what the impact of a decision is. He has a good commercial view as well as legal eye for matters we worked on. He is very creative and comes up with solutions that we believe would not have been provided by other lawyers, not even at the big international law firms in Vietnam.’

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021

Hieu Pham is a recognised lawyer for tax (wealth and private client).

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021

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Vietnam is a dynamic country with an economy that continues to grow and modernise and has a lot to offer. It is a unique country and provides extensive opportunities if you are willing to spend the time to understand the market and the people living and working in it.

Since Vietnam has joined the WTO in 2007, investment opportunities in Vietnam have developed immensely. Nevertheless, there are undoubtedly many challenges in doing business here, some of which we will touch upon the main points in our guide “Doing Business in Vietnam".

In this guide you can find information about:

Ways to invest and available incentives;
Types of legal entities you can setup;
The do’s and don’ts of borrowing or lending money;
Competition law, contract law, intellectual property rights law, the labour code and dispute resolution;
What to do in case of insolvency, bankruptcy, or dissolution; and
General information about Vietnam

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Real Estate

ACSV Legal provides advice on real estate and construction matters. We take a commercial approach while focussing on achieving our clients’ objectives.

Energy

Dispute Resolution

ACSV Legal offers a preeminent dispute resolution services with a special focus on international commercial arbitration.

Wealth and Private Client

ACSV Legal advises Vietnamese high net-worth individuals and families, family offices, closely held businesses on all matters affecting their business, personal and family wealth, as well as the institutions entrusted with effectively managing that wealth.

Banking and Finance

ACSV Legal routinely advises high-net worth individuals, companies, banks, and other entities on cash flow-based lending, asset based lending, acquisition financing, exit financing, and other secured and unsecured financing.

Labour and Employment Law

ACSV Legal regularly provides support to clients in drafting internal labour rules, labour contracts, compensation structures and assistance in employment litigations in collaboration with SH Law.

Corporate / M&A

ACSV Legal has one of the premier Corporate / M&A practices in Vietnam and its approach is to understand the legal, commercial and political dynamics of every matter.

Private Equity

ACSV Legal has experience in advising clients on strategic investments, divestments, debt and security transactions, design and review of loan contracts, as well as capital contributions.

Insolvency and Restructuring

ACSV Legal has advised some of the biggest names in many industries in Vietnam, including health and fitness, retail, food and beverage and hospitality on pre-emtpive pre-deal restructuring or restructuring related to insolvency and winding-up proceedings.

Taxation

ACSV Legal lawyers are experts in both corporate and commercial Vietnamese law and can thus provide our clients with appropriate tax advice.

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MARK OAKLEY

Managing Partner

TIM DOBSON

Of Counsel and Head of Energy Practice

HIEU PHAM

Special Counsel

VU NGUYEN

Of Counsel

ELAINE CHEW

Special Counsel

MINH NGUYEN

Senior Associate and Head of Dispute Resolution Practice

KEN Y. FUKUDA

Of Counsel

LEIF SCHNEIDER

Senior Associate and Head of German Desk

HUYEN PHAM

Senior Associate

PHUONG HUYNH

Senior Associate

TRANG PHAN

Associate

LINH NGUYEN

Associate

LY NGUYEN

Associate

NGUYET LE

Associate

HUONG VO

Associate

DUC TRAN

Associate

TRUONG LE

Associate

PHUONG NGUYEN

Junior Associate

CUONG TA

Junior Associate