YKVN law firm news

DLA Piper has appointed Sean Angle to lead its finance and projects practice group across the Middle East. Angle, who has over 20 years experience working in the region, joins the firm from Reed Smith and will bring with him two senior associates, Tim Watkins and Diwakir Agarwal.

Vietnamese firm YKVN has hired K. Minh Dang as a partner and head of its newly-opened Singapore office. Dang, who joins the firm from the Singapore office of DLA Piper where he was the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Southeast Asia corporate practice, will also be charged with the task of expanding YKVN’s cross-border ASEAN practice.

Trail-blazing Temasek has hired Allen & Gledhill and Latham Watkins to act on a multi-jurisdiction a debt market deal worth US$1.1bn – in Temasek’s first foray into sterling-denominated securities.

Lawyers from Davis Polk’s Tokyo, Hong Kong and London offices worked with local Vietnamese counsel YKVN to complete a notes offering by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Vietnam's largest law firm by headcount, YKVN, has boosted its numbers with the appointment of litigation lawyer Truong Trong Nghia as a partner in the Ho Chi Minh office.

Favourable economic indicators, booming energy and oil & gas industries, and a strong export sector are the leading lights for lawyers in Vietnam as they look for the country to fulfil its potential

The votes are in, the numbers crunched, the data weighted, collated and tallied. And the results have given some interesting findings.

由《亚洲法律杂志》策划并组织的２００９年度亚太地区以及中东地区法律市场最佳雇主的调查活动于近日圆满结束。在中国区，十家国内和国际著名律师事务所脱颖而出，被业内人士评选为本年度“最佳雇主”。

When Singapore's KhattarWong announced in late September that it had signed an agreement with Vietnamese law firm PBC & Partners with a view to establishing a joint venture in two years (subject to approval by the authorities), it came as no surprise.

With Vietnam developing as the new 'hot spot' for foreign investment, Allens Arthur Robinson is expanding its recently acquired offices in the country

There is a new formula for regional success. Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organisation, fresh legal framework and abundant investment potential are seeing it emerge from behind China as a contender for the dollars of investors who are hungry for a piece of Asia's returns

ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards, which will be held at the Marina Mandarin in Singapore on 2 June

"It was a great night, one of the best attended awards ceremonies I have seen," said Clifford Chance partner Huw Jenkins. "Particularly impressive was the spread of awards and, as a result, a wide spectrum of attendees. Next year you'll need the Exhibition and Convention Centre."

White & Case has advised on Vietnam's first combined export credit agency supported aircraft finance transaction.

Heading north, Heading south
Vietnam's lawyers are in a holding pattern, recovering from the excessive optimism of the past decade and waiting for the payoff of market reforms and international trade agreements to materialise. A handful of firms are positioning themselves well for the expected windfall

The legal framework for commercial arbitration in Vietnam looks set to improve, following the introduction the National Assembly's Ordinance on Commercial Arbitration.