Phat Nguyen (Keyes)

Biography

Ms. Hong Phat Nguyen Vo (Keyes Nguyen) is currently a Junior Associate at PLF Law Firm in the Ho Chi Minh City office. She graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Law and completed the Lawyer Training Course at the Ho Chi Minh City Judicial Academy.

Strengths

With extensive experience in business and investment, sharp legal acumen, and deep insight into business matters, Ms. Hong Phat Nguyen Vo (Keyes) at PLF Law Firm has established herself as a dignified advisor in the eyes of many investors.

Professional Expertise

Ms. Hong Phat Nguyen Vo (Keyes) is highly competent in handling company formation services, inbound and outbound investments between Vietnam and other countries, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), foreign labor consulting, and internal compliance services.

Her sharp, detail-oriented risk management skills allow her to deliver strategic solutions that focus on addressing clients’ unique priorities, earning her the trust of PLF Law Firm’s clients. If you are an investor with a high–risk appetite seeking comprehensive solutions, Ms. Phat is the ideal choice.

High-profile Cases

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Advised and assisted in the acquisition transaction of an Australian insurance group purchasing a business (project) in Vietnam, with the transaction value reaching USD 600,000.
• Advised and supported a French investor in the acquisition of a company specializing in import-export and wholesale distribution in Vietnam, with a transaction value of USD 500,000.
• Provided advisory and support services for a Singaporean organization’s acquisition of a warehouse for goods storage in an industrial park in Ho Chi Minh City, with a transaction value of USD 50 million.
• Advised and supported legal due diligence for projects related to financial technology, property technology, and payment intermediary services.

Outsourced In-house Counsel

• Participated in developing compliance processes and providing ongoing advisory services for a textile corporation expanding its business in the Vietnamese, American, and European markets, with a total investment value reaching nearly USD 20 million.
• Provided regular consultancy for a leading global corporation in the field of inspection, testing, and certification, operating across more than 30 countries worldwide.
• Provided ongoing advisory services for a German corporation investing and managing projects in Vietnam in the fields of product certification, management systems, quality and safety inspection, and delivering technical solutions.

Doing business in Vietnam

• Participated in establishing legal compliance processes and advising businesses in Vietnam on investment and business activities in sectors such as IT payment intermediaries, software production, international goods trading, oil and gas, and consumer goods.
• Advised foreign investors from the United States, Germany, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, India, and more on undertaking business investment projects in Vietnam across diverse sectors, including financial technology, transportation, import-export, international goods trading, residency investment, logistics, and seafood processing and preservation.
• Provided solutions on economic contracts, employment contracts, and service agreements for both domestic and foreign investors in various fields.

Outbound Investment

Consulting and supporting the implementation of a project for a Vietnamese software company investing in the Japanese market, with a transaction value of JPY 15 million.

Dispute Resolution

• Advised an investor, a frozen seafood business group from Thailand, on the enforcement of an arbitral award from the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC) in Vietnam.
• Represented a client as the respondent in a venue lease dispute at the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC).

Industry Coverage

Business, Investment, Fintech, Mergers, Acquisitions (M&A), Intermediary payment, and Labor.

Clients

United States, Thailand, United Kingdom, France, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, India, etc.

Languages

Vietnamese and English.