Department profile
Mori Hamada

Real Estate

Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : Vietnam


Mori Hamada

About

Provided by Mori Hamada

Mori Hamada Vietnam offers an international standard of practicing Vietnam law, combining comprehensive understanding of the law with practical on the ground experience. Our team of more than 15 lawyers is recognised in Vietnam for its legal expertise.

We offer a full range of legal services, with a focus on corporate and mergers and acquisitions, real estate, energy, infrastructure, banking and finance, labour and employment, dispute resolution and arbitration and human rights and compliance.

We have a team of ten Vietnam lawyers, including our partner, Ms. Ha Thi Dung, an experienced practitioner with nearly 20 years of experience with local and foreign law firms inside and outside Vietnam.

The office also has experienced international lawyers located on the ground in Vietnam, including four senior lawyers qualified in Japan and the United States (Takeshi Mukawa, Kana Manabe, Kenji Nishio and Atsushi Inoue), and an Australian lawyer (Nirmalan Amirthanesan). We therefore offer clients the benefits of cross-border experience in combination with the deep local expertise and experience necessary to get deals done in Vietnam.

Mori Hamada Vietnam is supported by our offices in Asia, including our offices in Thailand (Chandler Mori Hamada), Singapore (Mori Hamada Singapore), Tokyo (Mori Hamada) and China (Mori Hamada Beijing Office and Shanghai Office), to offer seamless support to our clients located outside Vietnam.

Industries (6)

  • Real estate development
  • Logistics
  • Telecommunications
  • Manufacturing
  • Education and other services
  • Energy (including renewable energy) and natural resources

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Vietnam

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Mori Hamada Vietnam has offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The firm is particularly active advising clients on M&A in the real estate sector, with experience in residential, commercial and industrial properties, among others. The firm demonstrates further capabilities on land use and licensing matters.

Notable practitioners

Kenji Nishio and Ha Thi Dung are key contacts for clients.

Work Highlights

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  • Mori Hamada Vietnam advised Sumirin Vietnam Company on its USD139 million investment in a township development on a 404,774 square metre plot of land in Binh Duong Province.

Strengths

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  • They are very experienced in the real estate sector in Vietnam and have a way of approaching and structuring the transaction that is able to get approval from the state authority.

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  • Their reports are very straight to the point and easy to understand. Having a digestible report is very important.

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Members

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  • Takeshi Mukawa

  • Kana Manabe

  • Hiroki Kishi

  • Kenji Nishio

  • Nirmalan Amirthanesan

  • Thi Dung Ha

  • Atsushi Inoue

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