2017 Legal Awards

Acquisition International - Legal Awards 2017 39 VILAF is a full-serviced law firm, dedicated to many high-profile clients who have been working with the company for many years. Dang Duong Anh, Managing Partner, speaks to us about the services that the team offer to its clients. ILAF was formed during the dawn of Vietnam’s foreign investment laws and ever since has worked alongside with the development of Vietnam’s system of business and investment laws, with the growth of the Government’s experience in handling business legal matters and most importantly with the growth of its clients’ business in Vietnam. Boasting 24 years of experience in Vietnam, and a team of senior lawyers who have worked with the Government in the development of Vietnamese business and investment laws for years, the firm possess the insights to the interpretation of the laws and policies. Its lawyers are not only qualified to practice laws in other countries, including UK, US, Korea and the Philippines, but also have extensive international legal practice experience. Regarding its continuous success, VILAF has been consistently ranked as the first-tier law firm by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, IFLR 1000, ALB and AsiaLaw in most of major areas of practice, including Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate, M&A, Projects & Energy and Real Property. Anh details what separates the company apart from its competitors, and how it uses this differentiation to its advantage. Company: VILAF Contact: Dang Duong Anh, Managing Partner Email: anh@vilaf.com.vn Address: 6th Floor, HCO Building (Melia), 44B Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: +84 24 3934 8530 M: 84 912 518 818 Website: www.vilaf.com.vn Vilaf - Hong Duc V LA170052 “What makes us unique is our approach to clients and how we always put them first, but more importantly, our human resources differentiate us from our competitors and peers. The company has high quality lawyers with professional standards, and we have the numbers of lawyers that not all law firms in Vietnam can reach, and more importantly, we treat our clients’ business and needs as ours.” Looking to the future, Anh hints that VILAF may be looking to expand its services into a variety of different countries, whilst also getting involved with professional education all around the world which may benefit the company. “With regard to what lies ahead for VILAF, we plan to expand our firm to other countries such as Singapore, Thailand, to join deeper in the professional organizations in not only Vietnam but also international. Plus, we want to corporate more with the professional education all around the world for the better education and training of the next generation.” Best in Foreign Direct Investment Law - South East Asia