Project Description
Tran Thi Ngoc Linh is a Senior Partner at Dentons LuatViet, managing the Hanoi office, and is recognized as one of the leading experts in arbitration, foreign investment, corporate law, M&A, banking and finance, and real estate.
As the Head of the ASEAN Industrial Group at Dentons, she has actively promoted regional cooperation and successfully advised on numerous major investment projects in Vietnam. In this role, Linh specializes in providing legal advice on regulations related to land, construction, and environmental matters, assisting businesses in developing, managing, and expanding their operations in Vietnam. She plays a crucial role in negotiating and drafting land lease agreements and construction contracts. Additionally, Linh represents clients in arbitration proceedings related to industrial real estate, contracts, insurance, or M&A, ensuring the protection of their legal rights and interests.
Alongside her legal advisory work, Linh is also well-known as a litigator in both domestic and international arbitration. She has successfully represented clients in disputes before VIAC, SIAC, and ICC, involving clients in construction, contracts, investment, and insurance industries.
Linh is also recognized for her dedication to gender equality and women’s rights projects, acknowledged by UN Women through the Gender-Responsive Procurement project in Vietnam. She has made significant contributions to the World Bank’s Market Investment Report in Vietnam from 2019 to 2022. Her achievements have earned her a place in Asia Business Law Journal’s list of Vietnam’s Top 100 Lawyers for many consecutive years.
Experience
- A leading international US can maker: Advising in a global merger valued around US$700 million with a Japanese packaging company.
- A leading bank of China: Advising in a credit facility of hundreds of US$ million to a prominent Vietnamese developer of a thermal power project in Vietnam.
- A leading Dutch company in oil and gas industry: Advising in an assignment of their participating interest in a joint venture company in Vietnam and selecting participating interest in petroleum production sharing agreements (PSAs).
- Confidential client: Advised and represented the defendant in a construction contract dispute arising from a resort development project in Phan Thiet, valued at US$17.5 million.
- Confidential client – petrochemical industry: Provided advice on the necessary licenses and legal procedures for expanding infrastructure to support production. Assisted the client in reviewing compliance and maintaining construction safety standards during the upgrade phase.
- Confidential client: Advised a local company during the renovation of a factory, ensuring full compliance with construction and safety regulations. We conducted a comprehensive legal review of the project’s documentation, identified potential legal issues, and proposed appropriate solutions in accordance with the law.
- Confidential client: Advised an energy company during the renovation of auxiliary facilities in an industrial park. Assisted the client in risk assessment, obtaining permits, and ensuring compliance with construction and labor safety standards.
- Confidential client: Conducted a compliance assessment and provided comprehensive legal advice on construction projects at a cosmetics manufacturing facility, ensuring adherence to construction regulations and compliance requirements related to environmental protection, fire safety, etc.
- Confidential client: Advised a manufacturing client on legal requirements and potential risks related to the construction of factory buildings for a healthcare services provider. Assisted the client in obtaining permits and ensuring compliance with safety standards to protect workers and operations at medical device manufacturing facilities.
- Joint venture between a reputable Japanese automotive trading company and a Vietnamese company: Advised on the amendment of the Enterprise Registration Certificate and the Certificate of Eligibility for Retail Business.
- FMCG group headquartered in the US: Provided legal advice on various matters over several years, including capital increases, obtaining certificates of eligibility for the production of disinfectant products, and applying for permits for the trial flight of unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Vietnamese pharmaceutical company: Provided legal advice to a company in Binh Duong on a capital contribution transaction into a pharmaceutical joint venture valued at up to US$30 million. Dentons LuatViet’s work included reviewing the business cooperation contract, drafting and reviewing the joint venture company’s charter, advising on the rights and obligations of the parties in the joint venture, and resolving internal disputes.
- Nutritional supplements manufacturing company: Provided legal advice to the buyer, a nutritional supplements manufacturing company in Binh Duong Industrial Park, in the acquisition of a 50% equity interest from other members valued at over US$20 million. The scope of work included advising on investment law related to the pharmaceutical industry and carrying out the procedures for transferring the equity interest in accordance with Vietnamese law.
Recognition
- Asia Business Law Journal: Ranked as one of Vietnam’s Top 100 Lawyers (2022, 2023)
Activities and Affiliations
- World Bank Group certificate for contribution to “Doing Business 2022”
- World Bank Group certificate for contribution to “Doing Business 2021”
- World Bank Group certificate for contribution to “Doing Business 2020”
- World Bank Group certificate for contribution to “Doing Business 2019”
- UN Women: “UN Women Gender Responsive Procurement Project (Pro Bono) – Vietnam”
- Certification, Program of IP Practitioners, JPAA IP Practitioners Seminar, Singapore, 2002
Memberships
- Member, Hanoi Bar Association
- Member, Vietnam Bar Federation
- Member, Vietnam Lawyers Association
Prior and Present Employment
- Senior Partner, Dentons LuatViet (formerly LuatViet Advocates & Solicitors), 2006 – present
- Pham & Associates, 2002 – 2006
