Employment
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Vietnam
Band 1
Email address
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+84 8 3829 5585About
Provided by Baker McKenzie
We are the largest employment team out of all the international law firms operating in Vietnam. We have more than 25 years’ experience advising on complex and high-profile employment issues, compliance & investigations, as well as the employment aspects of M&A, restructuring and reorganization projects.
Our employment practice in Vietnam consists of a truly close-knit core team, who also draw on the expertise of lawyers from multiple disciplines such as corporate & commercial and M&A, immigration, tax, and dispute resolution, to give comprehensive advice and establish well-arranged contracts. This is a breadth of skillset beyond most other practices active in this area.
We offer a wide spectrum of employment law services, regularly handling innovative matters, including, but not limited to:
o Hiring and recruitment issues;
o Compliance issues;
o Union matters;
o Labor Conflict Settlement matters;
o Migration and Mobility for Expatriates;
o Transactional work;
o Terminations and layoffs;
o Reorganisation and restructuring;
o Workplace issues and policies;
o Employee investigations;
o Employment-related litigation;
o Restrictive Covenants/Trade secrets; and
o Employee benefits and compensation.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie has a highly rated team of lawyers in Vietnam, working on a vast range of advisory and contentious labour matters. The team is regularly involved in issues relating to terminations and retrenchments, as well as disciplinary actions and trade unions. The firm possesses sound expertise in handling employee transfer matters. The team is active for a broad spectrum of international clients, including leading names in the pharmaceutical, banking, consumer goods and technology sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Baker McKenzie has a commercial team that provides good pragmatic advice. The team is very responsive and helpful."
"They understand the complexity and uniqueness of the local legal landscape and are aware that we may not foresee certain risks ourselves, and therefore advise us on related issues without being asked."
"Baker McKenzie has a commercial team that provides good pragmatic advice. The team is very responsive and helpful."
"They understand the complexity and uniqueness of the local legal landscape and are aware that we may not foresee certain risks ourselves, and therefore advise us on related issues without being asked."
Notable Practitioners
Thuy Hang Nguyen is a partner in Ho Chi Minh City and a standout figure in the market. She has a broad employment practice across compliance and litigation matters, including employee transfers, retrenchments and training programmes.
"She provides good commercial advice and a strong understanding of how multinational clients operate."
"Hang is extremely calm and thoughtful in any challenging situation and she can provide a view informed by both her legal expertise and business acumen for a broader perspective."
Van Trung Khuat is a special counsel at the firm's Hanoi office and is regularly an advisor to multinational corporates on a wide range of contentious employment issues, as well as labour law compliance and other advisory matters.
"Trung is very knowledgeable and experienced in this area of work."
"He is sophisticated in his work and advice and a very organised professional who is always responsive to our requests."