Truong Trong Nghia

Practice areas

Arbitration, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, foreign investment, litigation

Introduction

Truong Trong Nghia is one of the co-chairs of disputes resolution practice at YKVN and is well-recognized as one of Vietnam’s most experienced lawyers with over 30 years of legal practice and arbitration experience. He started his legal profession in 1982 at the State Economic Arbitration of Vietnam and presided over 400 economic cases. He also practiced law as one of government-appointed people’s counsels before the legal practice was permitted as a profession in Vietnam. He is a senior arbitrator of Vietnam International Arbitration Center.

As a Fulbright scholar, Nghia made his Master of Laws at NYU School of Law in 1994-1995. He returned to Vietnam and worked for 12 years as deputy director and later director of Investment and Trade Promotion Center, a government agency specializing in promoting foreign trade and supporting foreign investors in Vietnam. During this time, he joined Ho Chi Minh City Bar and practiced as an of counsel to YKVN. In 2008, He became a full-time partner co-heading YKVN’s disputes resolution practice.

Nghia has advised clients in domestic and international litigation as well as cross-border arbitration. He also regularly advises domestic and foreign companies on corporate, trade, foreign investment and M&A matters. His clients are major corporations including VNPT, Vietnam Steel Corporation, Saigon Construction Corporation, Eximbank, Agribank, Satra and PNJ, Bunge, Bachy Soletanche, Hill International, Metro Cash & Carry, RMIT, Academic Colleges Group (ACG), Misfit, Fulbright University, Abbott, Coca-Cola, Hitachi, Hyosung and Rio Tinto.

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