Pham Duy Khuong (Managing Partner)

Practice Areas

• Prosecution and enforcement of intellectual property rights
• Franchising and licensing
• Antidumping & Countervailing
• M&A
• Commercial law
• Litigation
• Corporate law
• Labor law
• Foreign investment advice
• Arbitration

Work Experience

Lawyer Pham Duy Khuong is the founder and managing partner of ASL LAW. Lawyer Pham has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Vietnam by prestigious magazines such as Legal500, IFLR, ASIA LAW, Asia Business Law Journal, ALB and WTR for many years. Lawyer Pham was also ranked as one of the top 100 lawyers in Vietnam by Asia Business Law Journal while Legal500 ranked Lawyer Pham as one of four leading lawyers in Vietnam in a practical area. He has over 19 years of experience in the fields of franchising and intellectual property, trade remedy, anti-dumping & countervailing, M&A, litigation, corporate law, foreign investment consultancy, and labor law.

Admission

• INTA
• Hanoi Bar Association
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• International Network of Boutique & Independent Law Firms (INBLF)
• Commercial Arbitration Center

Education

• Latrobe University (Australia) – Master of Laws
• Vietnam Judicial Academy
• Hanoi Law University
• Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Languages

English, Vietnamese

Highlighted Cases

• Lawyer Pham represents Microsoft as its legal advisor in Vietnam. Lawyer Pham has conducted numerous negotiations and mediation between the defendants and Microsoft.
• Lawyer Pham is Microsoft’s legal representative in the SIAC arbitration case.
• Lawyer Pham advises franchisors from the UK, US, and Singapore on contract review, drafting, and legal requirements of franchising operations in Vietnam.
• Lawyer Pham has advised and assisted a very large foreign company in purchasing a seaport in Vietnam.
• Lawyer Pham represents Vietnamese construction companies in Vietnam in arbitration cases in China and Singapore.
• Lawyer Pham has advised and negotiated the illegal termination of a labor contract between a foreign pilot and a Vietnamese airline.
• Lawyer Pham participated in consulting and negotiating the illegal termination of labor contracts between foreign employees and a famous FDI company (Singapore) in the field of garment and fashion.
• Lawyer Pham is one of the representatives of many large manufacturing companies in anti-dumping investigations in target countries China and Korea.
• Lawyer Pham is one of the representatives of China Steel Corporation (CSC) in an anti-dumping investigation in Vietnam.
• Lawyer Pham advised OPPO, and VIVO on litigation in Vietnam.
• Lawyer Pham participated in defending a Vietnamese Bank at the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC).
• Lawyer Pham is also the representative of Purolite and Bomanite (US companies) to handle the infringement of Bomanite’s trademark and domain name in Vietnam.
• Lawyer Pham is the representative of Farmer Peanut (Singapore Company) in resolving property litigation in Vietnam.
• Lawyer Pham participated in consulting, negotiating, sending warning letters, and suing an international university at the competent People’s Court.
• Lawyer Pham represents many foreign companies at VIAC.