Merger and acquisition is a term that appeared in Vietnam not too long ago, especially when Vietnam’s stock market has developed rapidly. This term is translated from the English term “Merger & Acquisition” or abbreviated as M&A.

The rapid and strong growth of foreign investment in Vietnam has occurred in the past five years with a sharp increase in the number of mergers & acquisitions transactions. Lawyers of Hong Bang Law Firm are among the few lawyers in Vietnam who have participated and built a good reputation through these transactions. Their years of experience and excellent work are unquestionable in the eyes of fellow lawyers.

As the leading legal experts in Mergers & Acquisitions for both simple and complex transactions, large value or transnational, they are available to participate in all deals from public company takeover/offer to divestment, auction and company separation.

In addition, company-wide skills and expertise in diverse areas such as tax, labor, intellectual property, finance, real estate, antitrust and competition, and dispute resolution , can be mobilized to create synergistic effects and aggregate support for all types of mergers & acquisitions transactions (production, construction, commercial, information & communication projects… ).

Lawyers and M&A experts at Hong Bang Law Firm have constantly invested in the development of solution packages and research activities on legal regulations, roadmaps to resolve issues related to Mergers and Acquisitions to reduce project risk and in due diligence time.

There are a few legal issues that foreign investors, especially buyers, should pay attention to:

• Foreign ownership limits include restrictions on market access (such as 49% for public companies, restrictions on foreign capital in commercial banks, restrictions on market entry in the tourism sector, etc.) Travelers…);
• Different interpretations and implementations by public administrations of international treaties, such as commitments to join the World Trade Organization (WTO);
• Different legal procedures apply to different types of enterprises such as (foreign-invested companies as different from domestic companies, state-owned companies as different from private ones, purchase of State equity shares are different from private equity…).

Above is our advice on this matter. If you need more detailed advice as well as how to access this service, please contact Lawyer – Mr. Nguyen Duc Trong directly via hotline: 0912.35.65.75, 0912.35.53.53 or call Free Consultancy Center 1900.6575 or send a service request via email: info@hongbanglawfirm.com

We wish you and your family good health, peace and success!

Best regards!

Hong Bang Law Firm.