Expertise
IDVN advise and represent clients including the Government of Vietnam, state-owned enterprises, domestic and foreign private enterprises in all stages of dispute resolution, including violation handling and pre-litigation negotiation, litigation at court and domestic arbitration, international arbitration and enforcement of arbitral award.
Typical Clients
- The Vietnamese Government
- The People’s Committees of Ho Chi Minh City
- Vinh Thai Urban Development JSC
- TAEL Group (Singapore)
- Delta International
- Minh Phu Seafood JSC
- UMAC Viet Nam
Services
We offer a full range of Dispute resolutions services, including:
- File research, analyze, evaluate disputes and advise on dispute resolution strategies
- Pre-litigation violation handling
- Representing clients in mediation (through mediators) or in legal proceedings
- Representing clients to participate in the dispute settlement process at Vietnamese courts, arbitrations and international arbitrations
- Assisting in the implementation of procedures for the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards or mediation agreements
Practices
We have experience handling disputes in the following areas:
- Commercial
- Investment
- Real estate
- Infrastructure & Project development
- BOT, PPP projects
- Taxation
- Corporate governance
- Commercial transactions
- Energy
- Communication
- Construction
- Domestic Arbitration
- International Arbitration
- Commercial Arbitration
- Investment Arbitration
Experiences
Arbitration
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- Bryan Cockrell v. Socialist Republic of Vietnam UNCITRAL, Case PCA No. 2015-03
- ConocoPhillips (U.K) Limited, Perenco Overseas Holdings Limited, ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Cuu Long Limited, ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Gama Limited v. Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Shin Dong Baig v. Socialist Republic of Vietnam (ICSID Case. No. ARB/AF/18/2)
- Dr. Maya Dangelas (Dang Thi Hoang Yen), US Global Institute Inc. and Angels Company Inc v. Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- Dr. Maya Dangelas and Tan Tao Investment & Industry Corporation (ITACO) v. Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation and China Railway 18th Bureau Group Company Ltd v. Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- Trinh Vinh Binh v. Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Russel v. VTV1
- Participated in more than 30 disputes at VIAC and SIAC on international trade, construction contract disputes, agency and distribution contract disputes, etc
Litigation
IDVN represents individual/company clients in the disputes at the court in the area of business-corporate, and even criminal cases related to bank activities:
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- Recovered over USD 10 million for a private client in criminal proceedings related to a fraud committed by officers in Eximbank
- Represented a client who had property in the criminal case of Dong A Commercial Joint Stock Bank
- Represented Investment Fund from Singapore to initiate a lawsuit to protect the interests of shareholders in a joint stock company
- Represent a state-owned company to resolve a dispute with a foreign contractor consortium related to a thermal power plant project with a total disputed value of more than US$160 million
- Represent an Education Group in a lawsuit between an Investor and partners regarding the control and operation of an educational institution arising from a share transfer agreement and a cooperation agreement to operate the educational institution
- Represent a major Vietnamese exporter in an international goods sale dispute involving the Russian and Cyrus group of companies
- Represent a Vietnamese company in a request for reimbursement of investment value on land after the project was withdrawn under the provisions of the Land Law 2003 in Ca Mau province
- Represent an individual investor to resolve the issue of late interest payment obligations and redemption of maturing bonds of a large real estate company in Ho Chi Minh City.
Other
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- Support to investigate international transactions: Coordinating with a foreign law firm to investigate the export transactions worth USD 20 million of medical gloves for a leading North America’s multi-industry import-export and multi-industry manufacturing corporation. The case was conducted in the Israel Court.