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DUANE MORRIS LLP, a law firm with more DUANE MORRIS VIETNAM LLC’s offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City work than 800 attorneys in offices across the United closely with our locations in Singapore, Myanmar and Shanghai to give clients States and internationally, is asked by a broad access to high quality legal services in the fastest-growing economies of the array of clients to provide innovative solutions Southeast Asia region. Our team comprises lawyers who have been active in to today’s legal and business challenges. Vietnam for decades and offer an extensive breadth of knowledge and experience.

OUR LAWYERS IN HO CHI MINH CITY DR. NGUYEN THI LANG Partner and Chair HUYEN DANG Associate + 84 28 3824 0236 | [email protected] +84 28 3824 0248 | [email protected] Dr. Nguyen Thi Lang focuses her practice on all aspects Huyen Dang practices in the area of corporate law. of corporate and commercial matters, with an emphasis Ms. Dang has experience advising foreign invested on mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investment, enterprises and other clients on a broad range of real estate, pharmaceutical and infrastructure projects. corporate and commercial matters including strategic investments, She has advised a wide variety of multinational businesses from all parts mergers and acquisitions. of the world, counseling many leading foreign and local investors in Ms. Dang earned an LL.M. from the Queen Mary University of London Vietnam. Dr. Nguyen has lectured on a wide range of subjects including School of Law and an LL.B. from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law. corporate governance, investment, commercial, competition and anti- corruption law. She has written extensively on foreign investment in NHAN LE Associate Vietnam, and in particular, on BOT contracts. +84 28 3824 0233 | [email protected] Dr. Nguyen earned an LL.B. (1999), LL.M. (2003) and Doctor of Law Nhan Le practices in area of labor and corporate degree (2008) from Ho Chi Minh City University of Law. law. He has worked with clients on matters involving securities, labor, and mergers and acquisitions for TRUC VO Senior Associate both domestic and international corporations. He is a 2011 graduate +84 28 3824 0254 | [email protected] of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law. Truc Vo practices in the area of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, DIEU ANH NGO Associate corporate governance, foreign investment, commercial +84 28 3824 0240 | [email protected] transactions, e-commerce and financial technology. Ms. Vo has Dieu Anh Ngo practices in the area of corporate law. experience with handling sophisticated transactions, providing strategic Ms. Ngo has experience with in matters related to legal advice, acting for clients in complex projects and multinational enterprise, foreign investment in Vietnam, mergers transactions. and acquisitions, and taxation. Ms. Vo received an LL.M. in International Law from the Transnational Ms. Ngo is a graduate of Ho Chi Minh Law University and completed a Law and Business University Graduate School of Law in 2014. She also lawyer training course at Vietnam’s Judicial Academy. She also holds earned an LL.B., with honors, from Ho Chi Minh City University of Law in a degree in International Business Administration from Foreign Trade 2010. She is a native speaker of Vietnamese and fluent in English. University of Ho Chi Minh City. OUR LAWYERS IN HANOI DR. OLIVER MASSMANN Partner and Director HAM DAI BACH Associate +84 24 3946 2205 | [email protected] +84 28 3824 0234 | [email protected] Dr. Oliver Massmann is an international attorney at law Pham Dai Bach practices in the area of corporate and a fi nancial accountant and auditor. He received his law, focusing on advising clients on corporate and Ph.D. with a doctorate in International Business Law from commercial transactions involving mergers and the European Global School in Paris. Dr. Massmann has over 20 years of acquisitions transactions, particularly in the telecom industry, experience working as a commercial lawyer in Vietnam and practices in managing due diligence exercises, documentation and regulatory the area of corporate international taxation and on power/water projects, advice. He also is experienced in negotiating joint venture agreements matters related to oil and gas companies and telecoms, privatization and and the arrangement of syndicated bank loans. equitization, mergers and acquisitions, and general commercial matters Mr. Pham earned an LL.M. from the University of Leeds in 2018 and a for multinational clients in relation to investment and doing business in Bachelor of Economic Laws from Hanoi National University in 2007. Vietnam. He has been named a Leading Lawyer in Mergers and Acquisitions in Vietnam by The Legal 500 for the last four years in a row. PHAM NGOC HA Associate Dr. Massmann is a 1994 graduate of Bochum Law University, fi rst state exam, +84 24 3946 2208 | [email protected] and Ministry of Justice, Duesseldorf, Germany, second state exam 1997. He Pham Ngoc Ha focuses on private equity, mergers and holds an LL.M. degree in International Taxation from St. Thomas University, acquisitions transactions and corporate law. Ms. Ha Florida, USA. He is certifi ed as an international fi nancial accountant and regularly advises local and foreign investors on mergers auditor by the College of Birmingham, is admitted to the Bar Association in and acquisitions and share sale transactions involving both publicly Berlin and is a licensed foreign lawyer in Vietnam. listed and private companies. She has participated in various fi nancing transactions of commercial banks as legal counsel of lenders, including MINH DUC HOANG Special Counsel BIDV, Vietcombank, Agribank and Vietinbank, among others. +84 24 3946 0232 | [email protected] Minh Duc Hoang practices in the areas of corporate, mergers AREAS OF PRACTICE and acquisitions, startups/venture capital and real estate law. • Corporate Law, Mergers • Banking and Finance Before joining Duane Morris, he was a senior associate in and Acquisitions, Joint • Food & Beverages and one of the two biggest local law fi rms in Vietnam and in charge of the real Ventures Distribution estate group. He has advised multinational companies conducting business • Contract Drafting and • Labor Law in Vietnam on aspects of Vietnamese law affecting their businesses. Negotiations • Fintech & Blockchain Mr. Duc Hoang is a 2000 graduate of Hanoi University of Law and National • Infrastructure Projects • Dispute Resolution University, Foreign Language University. • Energy, Environment and Resources • Intellectual Property BACH DUONG PHAM Special Counsel +84 28 3824 0235 | [email protected] Bach Duong Pham is special counsel in Duane Morris’ Hanoi

offi ce. Mr. Pham has more than 10 years’ experience in Leading Firm advising clients in relation to banking and fi nance transactions as well as corporate matters in Vietnam. He has a strong track record in loans and trade fi nance involving international companies operating in Vietnam, as Leading Individual well as Vietnamese state-owned enterprises and private borrowers. Mr. Pham has in-depth experience of Vietnamese securities issuances, custody services and derivative products, as well as the corporate aspects of transactions involving credit institutions. He also worked on many large and fi rst-of-its-kind Leading Firm Leading Individual mergers and acquisitions transactions in Vietnam. HANOI Prior to joining Duane Morris in 2015, Mr. Pham was a senior associate at a Pacifi c Place large international law fi rm with two branches in Vietnam. Bach Duong was Unit V1307/1308, 13th Floor also head of Legal and Compliance for Standard Chartered Bank in Vietnam 83B Ly Thuong Kiet Street and the Mekong Region for almost six years, from 2005 to 2010. Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi HANOI Mr. Pham is a graduate of the Sorbonne University in Paris and the Moscow Vietnam State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He is admitted to the P: +84 24 3946 2200 F: +84 24 3946 1311 Paris Bar (Avocat à la Cour d’Appel de Paris). He speaks native Vietnamese and is fully fl uent in English, French and Russian. HO CHI MINH CITY Mr. Pham is listed as a Recommended Lawyer in Projects and Energy by The Suite 1503/04 Legal 500 Asia-Pacifi c 2020 edition. Saigon Tower 29 Le Duan Street MINH THANH TRAN Associate District 1, Ho Chi Minh City +84 24 3946 0223 | [email protected] HO CHI Vietnam MINH CITY Minh Thanh Tran practices in the area of corporate law. Mr. P: +84 28 3824 0240 Tran has worked with clients on matters involving real estate, F: +84 28 3824 0241 corporate, investment, project fi nance, and mergers and acquisitions for both domestic and international corporations. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: Mr. Tran is a graduate of Hanoi School of Law Faculty of Economy and blogs.duanemorris.com/vietnam Vietnam Judicial Academy. www.duanemorris.com