Nguyen Tien Hoa (Senior Partner)

Practice Areas

• Foreign Investment
• Business
• Intellectual Property
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Litigation

Work Experience

18 years of consulting experience at leading legal firms in Vietnam

Admission

• Member of Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association
• Member of Vietnam Intellectual Property Association
• Member of Vietnam Lawyers Association
• Member of Vietnam Anti-Counterfeiting and Trademark Protection Association

Education

• Bachelor of Laws – Faculty of Law – Vietnam National University, Hanoi
• LL.M – Business and International Law – University of Law and International Business – Korea, (2008-2010)
• Internship and practical research at WIPO, WTO, UNIDROIT, International Court of Justice (2010)
• Certificate of Patent Expert issued by Japan Patent Office in 2014
• Certificate of recognition for providing Business and Investment Law services in Vietnam – by Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Languages

English, Vietnamese

Highlighted Cases

• Corporate/foreign investment: Advised many domestic and foreign investors on business/investment licenses in Vietnam – specifically: Familymart, Starbucks Coffee, Central Group, Metiseko Vietnam, Rice Creative, ITO Vietnam, IBM Vietnam – Da Nang Branch, Vina Place; Obtained establishment licenses for: The Thesys KFT (Hungary), FITI Testing and Research (Korea), UBM (Thailand), Tohkemi (Japan), P.T NOVELL Pharmaceutical Laboratories (Indonesia), etc.
• Mergers & Acquisitions: Provided legal assessment reports and gave legal opinions for transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Vietnam including Nam Duong Aquaculture Co., Ltd. of KEMBANG Subur Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia); Color Club Company, advising Baker and McKenzie Taipei for their clients in Vietnam.
• Litigation: Represented Salcon Sdn. Bhd. at Dong Nai Court in labor disputes; Hong Thinh JSC and Hung Vuong JSC in commercial disputes; Hong Thinh JSC and Tan Thanh LLC at Binh Duong Court, GALAXY LEDS Sdn. Bhd. and Hong Thanh, DIGI-TEXX Vietnam, and Pham & Associate in commercial and copyright disputes, etc.
• Intellectual Property: Legal advice on copyright and IP registration, application for copyright certificates and other IP rights, handling IP protection and invalidation of trademarks, industrial designs, patents for Clients: Microsoft, Dassault Systemes; BB Solimec (Thailand); Hawaii Thai; Hong Leong Bank, Thach Anh Construction Company, Viet Rubber Joint Stock Company; Support and advice on trademark protection for Thanh Tri Rice, Soc Trang; Binh Phuoc Rubber, Tin Nghia, Tan A Dai Thanh, etc.
• Publications and other contributions: Contributing legal opinions as a lawyer through interviews on television and other media, being a speaker on many talk shows on television channels such as Hanoi 1; HTV 7, HTV 9; VTV1; Publishing many in-depth articles on Investment Newspaper (VIR).