Legal practice areas:

With 21 years’ experience providing legal services in Vietnam, focusing primarily on Investment, Infrastructure Projects, Energy, Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), Mr. Quach Manh Hong has consulted a wide range of clients in negotiating contracts and resolving business and commercial disputes outside the Court. He is the Founding and Managing Partner of WIKI LEGAL LLC.

Prior to founding WIKI LEGAL, Mr. Hong practiced at several well-known law firms in Vietnam, and used to be in charge of legal matters for reputable companies consulting investment, finance, stock, real estate, infrastructure investment of expressways, investment of urban areas, industrial zones, and investment of renewable energy projects.

Specialized experience:

In the field of reviewing and negotiating contracts, Mr. Hong has given legal advices for clients and enterprises in many transactions such as:

– Construction contracts, advisory contracts based on FIDIC’s contract templates in the project of investing in expressway construction;

– BOT contract for expressway project;

– BT contract for infrastructure construction of the Thu Thiem New Urban area;

– EPC contracts for building hydroelectric plants, intelligent transportation systems;

– Investment and cooperation contracts for the development of projects including urban areas, resorts, housings, industrial zones;

– Lease contracts for real estate of industrial zone;

– Purchase and sale agreements of shares and contributed capital for the purpose of mergers and acquisitions, and transfer of real estate project at a major project in Ho Chi Minh City;

– Share purchase and sale agreements for the purpose of acquiring the whole cement plant project in Ninh Binh;

– Joint venture agreements with foreign investors investing in hydroelectric construction in Lao Cai.

In the field of capital mobilization, Mr. Hong has participated in (i) consulting the structure of contracts, (ii) drafting and negotiating contracts with international investors about bonds and preferred shares issuance at unlisted enterprises, (iii) reviewing and negotiating credit contracts, loan syndication contracts.

In the field of outbound investment, Mr. Hong has assisted clients in consulting (i) the structure of overseas transferring investment funds, (ii) the conversion of loans into contributed capital, (iii) assets purchase and sale, shares purchase and sale in foreign countries for the purpose of mergers and acquisitions of enterprises.

In the field of commercial dispute resolution, Mr. Hong has also taken part in (i) consulting and evaluating bids, (ii) consulting the resolution of certain situations in bidding, (iii) resolving disputes and complaints in the process of selecting contractors for expressway projects, and disputes arising from construction contracts, advisory contracts during the performance of contracts.

Professional background:

Mr. Hong holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB in Economic Law, 1998) from Hanoi Law University and a Master of Laws (LLM in Business Law, 2008) from Faculty of Law – Hanoi National University.

Memberships:

Mr. Quach Manh Hong has been a Lawyer of Hanoi Bar Association since 2008.