Changing legal representative for foreign contractor’s project management office

Hong Bang Law Firm is a reliable partner of foreign contractors who are leading corporations in the world such as: Tractebel Engineering Ltd, Powerchina, Sinohydro Corporation Limited , China Huadian Engineering and so on. We have supported the establishment of hundreds of Project Management Offices (PMOs) for construction projects in all provinces and cities around the country. The following article of Hong Bang Law Firm aims to introduce the necessary procedures when the contractor changes its legal representative of the Project Management Office in Vietnam.

Legal basis:

  • Construction Law 2014;
  • Decree No. 15/2021/ND-CP detailing a number of contents on construction investment project management;
  • Circular No. 14/2016/TT-BXD and Circular No. 06/2021/TT-BXD;
  • Circular 105/2020/TT-BTC.

Services to be provided by Hong Bang Law Firm:

  • Consulting on legal issues related to the procedure for changing the legal representative of the PMO;
  • Drafting documents on change of legal representative of the PMO;
  • Translate, notarize, translate, and consularly legalize documents in service of changing the legal representative of the PMO;
  • Representing clients to submit dossiers at competent state agencies;
  • Follow up the processing of the application;
  • Customer representative receives results at state agencies;

Documents to be provided by Client:

  • Business registration of the contractor;
  • Passport of the legal representative of the Contractor;
  • Passport of the legal representative of the PMO;
  • Legal documents of the project: Decision approving the project investment policy, Certificate of investment registration, other relevant project documents;
  • Construction permit for foreign contractors issued by the Ministry of Construction/ provincial Department of Construction;
  • Certificate of seal sample registration issued by the Ministry of Public Security/provincial Public Security;
  • Certificate of tax code registration issued by the provincial Tax Department.

Competent state agencies:

  • Provincial Departments of Construction;
  • Provincial Tax Department.

Implementation time:

  • Implementation time is 03 – 05 working days from the date of receiving complete and valid dossier.

If you need more detailed advice as well as how to access this service, please contact Lawyer Nhat Nam via hotline: 0912.35.65.75, 0912.35.53.53 or call the legal consulting centre at 1900.6575 or send a service request via email: lienheluathongbang@gmail.com.

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