Phuoc & Partners offers assistance in a comprehensive range of commercial legal service areas. We propose a full range of combined or separate legal and tax services, adapted to each client’s individual requirements.
* Corporate Law
We focus, with some of Vietnam’s most experienced legal experts, on a full range of incorporation and investment issues, from pre-licensing advisory services to post-licensing assistance.
Our specialists provide sophisticated advice on mergers, acquisitions and other significant corporate transactions in several lines of business. We advise on conventional acquisitions, dispositions and mergers; restructurings; joint ventures; off-shore trusts; the establishment of new business entities in Vietnam and the expansion or exportation of Vietnamese businesses into other jurisdictions.
Transactions may have intense demands on the professionals involved, thus we work closely with our clients’ executives and create specific teams for each transaction.
* Construction projects/ EPC/ Real Estate
Phuoc & Partners advises developers, owners, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers on a wide range of construction-related legal matters, during project planning, approval and implementation. Our clients are involved in a broad range of construction projects, including residential, commercial and industrial projects.
* Debt Collection
Though we make every effort to resolve debt collection disputes without litigation, we nevertheless can count on in-depth experience before all jurisdictions in Vietnam.
Based on the value of the matter at hand, we represent clients ranging from sole proprietorships to multinational corporations in various matters, including: collection of overdue accounts; enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments; recovery of funds, assets, property; commercial tenancy defaults; equipment leasing defaults; bankruptcy and insolvency; priority disputes among creditors; execution proceedings.
* Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Members of our Litigation and ADR Practice Group assist parties in resolving their disputes using private mediation, arbitration, facilitation and other dispute resolution processes as well as the more traditional litigation venue. Depending upon each individual case and the client’s particular needs, utilization of an alternate dispute resolution process can avoid the publicity, risks, costs and delays inherent in civil litigation, especially in areas that are particularly well suited to alternate dispute mechanisms, such as construction or labor related disputes and, to a cerain extent, debt collection.
* Labor & Employment
Representing employees Very few relationships are as important to an individual’s well-being as his or her employment, and many individuals do not realize that their workplace rights have been violated until they consult with an experienced employment lawyer. Phuoc & Partners represents executives, officers, directors and partners in all aspects of their employment relationships.
Representing employers Phuoc & Partners assists employers in a wide range of employment matters before both the courts and the Labor Union and local authorities, including employment agreements and policies, collective and individual employment law disputes, employee confidentiality, reorganizations, restructuring, non-competition issues and strikes as well as all matters relating to leaves of absence and severance allowance issues. We have experience representing employers in collective bargaining and administration of collective agreements employment agreements and policies, Collective and individual employment.
* Expatriates
Foreign employees represent an invaluable resource and workforce for businesses. We focus on all legal and tax issues concerning the employment of expatriates to ensure a smooth secondment in as well as out of Vietnam. In addition to our broad service package for multinational companies, we provide individual service packages for employed expatriates, including work permits, visas, temporary residence cards, personal income tax services, advisory and tax finalization assistance, and individual tax structuring..