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Dr. Van Tuan Nguyen is a partner in charge of the firm’s Corporate practice group. With more than 22 years of legal experience, he has advised on a wide variety of matters including international private law, foreign investment, corporate compliance, intellectual property and dispute resolution.
Prior to joining LNT & Partners, Dr. Nguyen was Deputy Director of Vietnam Airlines' Legal Department, where he advised the Board of Director and CEO on issues of compliance with foreign laws, intellectual property, aircraft leasing and dispute resolution. He also previously worked as Head of International Private Law Division for the Ministry of Justice and was responsible for researching, drafting laws and acting as the Government’s legal counsel in negotiating various treaties, including FTAs and Investment Agreements such as BOT contracts and Government Guarantee and Undertakings (GGU).
Dr. Nguyen is a visiting lecturer for undergraduate programmes on International Arbitration at Hanoi Law University and for Masters of Economics programmes on Media and International Business Law at National Economics University. He also gives lectures at Vietnam Judicial Academy on investor-state dispute resolution for Vietnamese lawyers and officials of various ministries, State agencies and provincial departments. Dr. Nguyen has authored numerous legal articles and books on foreign investment in Vietnam.
Vietnam Bar Federation
Hanoi Bar Association
Liên đoàn Luật sư Việt Nam
Đoàn Luật sư Hà Nội
Ph.D in Law (Latrobe University, Australia)
LL.M (Vrije University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Master of Economics in Finance, Banking and Monetary (National Economics University)
LL.B (Hanoi Law University)
Bachelor of Economics (Hanoi Accounting and Finance University)
Tiến sỹ Luật, (Đại học Latrobe, Úc)
Thạc sỹ Luật (Đại học Vrije Amsterdam, Hà Lan)
Thạc sỹ Kinh tế (Đại học Kinh tế Quốc dân)
Cử nhân Luật (Đại học Luật Hà Nội)
Cử nhân Kinh tế (Đại học Tài chính Kế toán Hà Nội)
Vietnamese
English
Advising the Board of Directors and CEO on domestically legal matters which need to ensure the compliance with laws of Vietnam, particularly the Law on Enterprise, law on Investment Law on Aviation, etc. and Charter and other internal rules of Vietnam Airlines.
Acting as a Legal Counsel to the Government in negotiating, drafting and advising the Government Agencies in BOT contracts on electricity projects such as Mong Duong, Vinh Tan, Hai Duong, Kien Luong, Nghi Son Powers, loan agreements for Powers Project, and joint-venture contracts;
Advising Petro Vietnam and its authorized representative to the Members of Council at Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd (the "Company") on the management and operation of the Company;
Acting as a Legal Counsel to the Government to settle investor-state dispute cases such as Mc Kenzie v the Government of Vietnam; Trinh Vinh Binh v. the Government of Vietnam
Member of Drafting Legislation Committees and attending the Committee meetings of Parliament for discussion and consideration of various legislation of Vietnam;
Member of Vietnamese Government’s Delegations in negotiating ASEAN Treaties;
Advising ECOPARK in negotiation, drafting and amending the Management Agreement for Chadwick International School – Ha Noi;
Advising PVI Holdings in financial restructure of the Group, including PVI Re, PVI Insurance and PVI AM.
In charge of SIAC Arbitration ARB319/21/HTD case between Power Generation Corporation 1 vs. PT Trubaindo Coal Mining and Banpu Minerals Pte Ltd.
In charge of SIAC Arbitration No. 416 of 2021 (ARB/416/21/HTD) between Petronica Inc vs. Petroleum Offshore Trading and Services JSC.
Advising Vietnam Airlines in fleet restructuring, negotiation with lessors for reduction of leasing contractual costs or extension of payments during Covid-19 pandemic.
Advising Viet Jet Airlines in fleet restructuring, negotiation with lessors for reduction of leasing contractual costs or extension of payments during Covid-19 pandemic.
Advising Vietnam Airlines and drafting the SPA to sell 2 aircrafts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Advising Vietnam Airlines to sell its shares in Cambodia Angkor Airlines.
2021, (with Duong Tri Thanh), "Development of Vietnam’s Aviation Law: Airlines’ Influence in the Legislative Process", in Jae Woon Lee (eds) Aviation Law and Policy in Asia: Smart Regulation in Liberalised Markets, Brill.com
2015, “Protection of Legitimate Expectations: A case study of Vietnam”, Transnational – Dispute Management
2010, “Implementation of International Commitments in treaties: experiences from other countries and possibility of self-executing Vietnam’s commitments in WTO”, Journal of Democracy and Law (pp.26-31)
2009, (with Peter Van den Bossche), “WTO Law in a Nutshell”, National Political Publishing House
2009, “WTO: a progress report”, Journal of Vietnam Law and Legal Forum (pp 14-17)
2009, “Investments in the WTO-Legal Consequence and Implementation Issue for Vietnam”, Journal of Democracy and Law (pp.22-31)
2009, "Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanism of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Improvement of Vietnamese Legal System" in Research Project: “International Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanism and the Improvement of Vietnam’s Legal System in the Process of Economic Integration” conducted by the Institute of Law Research under Ministry of Justice
2007, "Law and Practice of ASEAN Countries on Treaties and Domestic Transformation” in Research Project: “Domestic Transformation of Treaties, that concluded by Vietnam in the Context of International Economic Integration” conducted by the Institute of Law Research under the Ministry of Justice
2005, “Foreign Direct Investment with Economic Development in Vietnam”, Judicial Publishing House
2005, “Investment Liberalization and the Need to Improve Vietnam’s Environment for FDI Inducement”, Journal of World Economic Problems (pp. 66-74)
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