In-house Counsel

Introduction

Along with profit goals, enterprises need to ensure legal compliance and mitigate risks effectively. Without a comprehensive legal compliance department, enterprises face significant vulnerabilities. Recognizing this need, PLF offers the “In-house Counsel Service,” also known as “Retainer Services” or “Corporate In-house Service,” exclusively for businesses.

Under this service, PLF’s experienced legal advisors act as a dedicated legal compliance department, providing expert legal consultancy and advice. Our team ensures compliance with the complex legal system in Vietnam, including corporate law, investment law, tax law, labor law and other relevant regulations. We offer proactive legal advice, handle legal requests, and ensure legal compliance to minimize risks and protect our clients’ interests.

As part of our commitment to supporting businesses, we provide free consultation to discuss how our In-house Counsel Service can benefit your enterprise. With PLF as your legal advisor, you can access professional and cost-effective legal solutions tailored to your specific needs, ensuring comprehensive legal compliance and risk management.

Why PLF?

Professional standards:

Established in 2009, PLF Law Firm has earned a distinguished reputation as one of the top law firms in Vietnam, specializing in business law.

Experienced team:

At PLF, our team comprises leading advisors and lawyers dedicated to providing comprehensive and thorough legal solutions. With extensive expertise across various sectors such as Consumer & Retail, Manufacturing, IT, Finance and F&B, our team ensures excellence in service delivery.

Efficiency:

Our track record speaks for itself – PLF is committed to delivering efficient solutions in a timely manner, ensuring that our clients never miss out on any business opportunities.

Business mindset:

At PLF, we go beyond legal expertise; our team members possess a keen understanding of business dynamics. We approach legal issues from a strategic business perspective, providing insights and solutions that align with our clients’ commercial objectives.

Transparent fees:

Transparency is key at PLF. Our fee structures are clear and straightforward, enabling our clients to estimate legal costs accurately and make well-informed decisions.

Regularly honored as a top law firm:

PLF is consistently recognized as a top law firm by reputable industry publications such as IFRL1000, Asialaw, and Legal500. Our accolades in key practice areas, including M&A, Banking and Finance, Industry, and Manufacturing, underscore our commitment to excellence.

Free Consultation:

As part of our commitment to supporting businesses, we provide Free Consultation to discuss how our services can benefit your enterprise. With PLF as your legal advisor, you can access professional and cost-effective legal solutions tailored to your specific needs, ensuring comprehensive Compliance strategy in Vietnam.

Discover the expertise of our legal professionals on our ‘Our Team‘ page and explore further insights in our blog articles, specifically tailored for those interested in In-house Counsel in Vietnam.

What is Outsource In-house Counsel service?

In-house Counsel service also called Corporate In-house Counsel (CIC) service or Retainer service is designed to support daily business operations and transactions. The legal team of PLF will be side by side with Clients as a legal – compliance department to provide advice and solutions.

Our appointed legal team includes lawyers and legal experts having experience in different fields. Each request will be transferred to the person who has the corresponding experience. This is an optimal legal solution as it enables Clients to save considerable costs associated with hiring lawyers and maintaining a legal-compliance department.

How we can help:

• Strategic advisory: Based on the Client’s culture and goals, PLF advise the leaders e.g. Board of directors, Board of Management, Board of Shareholders, Members’ Council, General Directors, CEO, COO, CFO, ect. on the strategies that should be adopted in accordance with law;
• Restructuring: PLF advise Clients on their current corporate structures and ensure the business restructuring complies with laws;
• Advisory: PLF advise on concerns, questions, and issues arising from business operations in Vietnam by offering practical solutions;
• Documents revision: PLF examine, review, comment and adjust directly the documents required for the business transactions, including orders, contracts, and their appendices, agreements, statements, minutes of acceptance, liquidation agreements, and other documents related to business operations;
• Compliance: PLF monitor and advise on compliance matters to maximize the legal protection for Clients;
• Internal control: PLF review internal documents such as company charter, internal rules, and regulations (ex: salary, bonus, work), labor regulations, meeting minutes, decisions and authorization letters, etc;
• Regulatory update: PLF keep track of the new legal regulations related to the Clients’ activities and update them on the latest law;
• Provision of forms: PLF provide clients with forms issued by state agencies.