Antitrust & Competition

Expertise

Over the past 20 years, we have developed a close working relationship with officials from all levels at the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Competition Authority. We can therefore offer a unique insight into their inner workings and procedures. We provide a comprehensive service package in the field of antitrust and competition in Viet Nam including :

Services

  • Providing legal opinions, assessing possibilities of violating competition laws in clients’ business transactions
  • Consulting on legal matters related to market entry and expansion
  • Consulting and preparing documents notifying economic concentration
  • Consulting on drafting agreements to limit competition, abuse of dominant market position, abuse of monopoly position, unfair competition
  • Determining market share, relevant product market, relevant geographical market;
  • Consulting on procedures and representing parties in complaints and/or lawsuits for violating practices of competition laws at the competition council or in court

Experiences

  • Consulting and acting as a merger agent in the acquisition of a leading prefabricated steel manufacturing company in Vietnam by a subsidiary of an international investment bank in Australia in conducting an economic concentration announcement which ultimately has been approved by competent authorities.
  • Consulting and representing joint venture parties in the field of manufacturing and processing steel plates between a reputable company in Vietnam and a leading company in Korea in conducting an economic concentration announcement which ultimately has been approved by competent authorities.
  • Consulting and representing a Russian state-owned Oil and Gas corporation in conducting an economic concentration announcement which ultimately has been approved by competent authorities.

Typical Clients

  • Samsung C&T
  • ZARUBEZHNEFT
  • TLC Holdings
  • Keppel Land

Our Practices

IDVN’s capabilities and reach is not limited to Vietnam. Over the past two decades, we have built long-term partnerships with some of the world’s leading international law firms, including Morris, Manning & Martin LLP (USA), Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Molse LLP (USA), and Van Bael & Bellis (Belgium), as well as several regional firms.

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