Dang The Duc

Practice Areas

Banking

M&A

Private Equity

Project Finance

Project Development

Restructuring and Insolvency

Career

Dang The Duc is the founder and managing partner of Indochine Counsel. With more than 25 years of experience in business law practice in Vietnam, Duc has extensive expertise advising foreign clients in international and cross-border transactions in such areas of practice as inward investment, corporate & commercial transactions, private equity, M&A, securities & capital market transactions, corporate restructurings, and project financing. Over the past several years, he has been involved in a number of major transactions for leading financial institutions, investment funds and multinational companies. In addition, he has substantial experience in advisory & transactional work for IPR, IT and technology related matters.

Duc has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Vietnam by various international publications such as IFLR1000, Asian Legal Business (ALB), ALB Super 50 TMT Lawyers, Chambers Global, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Leaders in Law Global Awards, Asialaw Profiles, The In-House Community, The International Who’s Who Legal, The Expert Guide - The World’s Leading Lawyers, The A-List Vietnam’s Top 100 Lawyers (Asia Business Law Journal), Media Law International, and MIP IP Stars.

He is an active speaker for conferences and seminars both in Vietnam and abroad for such legal business topics as M&A, private equity, corporate transactions, securities and capital markets.

Honours

• Named among the Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyers 2022 and 2023 by Asian Legal Business (ALB)

• Named in the Who’s Who Legal for Southeast Asia – M&A, 2022 and 2023

• Named in the A-List Vietnam’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal (2020-2023)

• Named among the Asia IP Top 50 IP Experts of Vietnam 2022 by Asia IP

• Recognised as one of the leading Capital Markets & Mergers and Acquisitions practitioners in Vietnam, published in the Banking, Finance & Transactional Law Expert Guide 2021/2022 - The World’s Leading Lawyers

• Named as an IP Star in the Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars Handbook 2015/2016 and 2021/2022

• Named as an Elite practitioner for Corporate and M&A in Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2020/2021 – The Guide to the Asia-Pacific’s leading Lawyers

• Recognised as the M&A Lawyer of the Year by Leaders in Law’s Global Awards 2020 & 2021

• Named as an “In-House Community Commended External Counsel of the Year, 2019” by The In-House Community

Professional Memberships

Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association

International Bar Association

Inter-Pacific Bar Association

LawAsia

International Trademark Association

Asian Patent Attorneys Association

Publications

- Vietnam Renewable Energy Guide

- Vietnam Fintech Guide

- Vietnam Data Protection Guide

- Legal Guide for Vietnam

- Vietnam Intellectual Property Guide

- Vietnam Mining Investment Guide

- Vietnam Investment Guide

- Vietnam Property Development Guide

- Vietnam Technology Transfer Guide

- Vietnam Corporate Governance Guide

- Guide for Branch Offices of Foreign Companies in Vietnam

- Guide for Representative Offices of Foreign Companies in Vietnam

- Guide for the Purchase and Lease of Land in Vietnam

- Vietnam Cross-border Lending Guide

- Setting Up a Foreign Invested Enterprise in Vietnam

- Vietnam Employment Guide

Languages Spoken

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