We view an M&A deal as constructing a building. A building may be built up beautifully and glamorously over months, but its success and solidity are examined over time. Likewise, for an M&A deal, we are committed to assisting the clients at every stage of the deal, predicting and safeguarding your business from legal risks, as well as solving any problems in savvy and legal ways.

Below are the top 10 reasons why the Corporate Counsels becomes the right choice for your proposed M&A transaction.

1. Skillful and knowledgeable M&A lawyers

Our lawyers are all experienced in every stage of an M&A transaction, from due diligence, negotiation, contract drafting, to post-licensing. The Corporate Counsels team is blended with members having various specialized practice areas and backgrounds, such as FMCG, technology, insurance.

In addition to remarkable legal skills, the Corporate Counsels lawyers well understand that clients expect us to fully know how their business is run, and which wider social, political and economic issues may affect them. This enables us to provide pragmatic, business-minded legal services to the best of our ability.

2. Excellent business and legal English

Foreign investment is increasing rapidly in Vietnamese markets. We are proud to have assisted many foreign investors in crossing the bridge with their Vietnamese counterparts and also many Vietnamese giants in their cross-border transactions reaching out to the high sea. Our lawyers’ fluency in English has been acknowledged and highly praised by lots of our clients, whether in face-to-face negotiations or explanation of complex information to clients in writing – we can accommodate your needs with our concise and business-friendly English.

3. Solid and real litigation experience

There are scarce M&A legal teams in Vietnam accompanied by a specialized litigation team. Corporate Counsels is powered by LeTran law firm, which now owns a super litigation power in the legal industry of Vietnam. The Corporate Counsels team regularly benefits from the solid litigation experience of LeTran lawyers, by which we well perceive the disputable areas in a transaction and what should be done to avoid potential disputes as well as protect the best interests of our client if a dispute arises. The litigation team will support the M&A team to provide insights into legal issues in courts and arbitration, and we are sure these are appreciated added values of our legal products delivered to the clients.

4. Practical understanding of clients’ business with our in-house lawyers’ background

Business and practical knowledge is one of the key factors to the success of an M&A transaction. Many of our lawyers were previously in charge of important legal roles in many businesses, which help us shape detailed and down-to-earth knowledge about the clients’ business. Before jumping into an M&A deal, we will identify the client’s business objectives and flexibly assist the client along the way to achieve these objectives. Our goal is to become the client’s business partner, instead of a rigid legal blockage to your business development.

Whether you are a technology or pharmaceutical company, we are sure to learn your business insights and savvy your market.

5. Broad legal matter portfolio

Our deal lawyers have more than 05 years of experience representing numerous global corporations in over 1,000 legal matters and successfully led many M&A deals. We can assist the clients in all legal aspects, including incorporation, labor, IP, corruption, etc. Along with the development of an M&A deal, the Corporate Counsels lawyer team will coordinate and timely back the clients with sufficient legal advice and identify all legal risks for the clients on all legal areas for their decisions.

6. Full-packaged services

Whether the clients are working on the sell-side or the buy-side, cross-border or nationally, or on a small, midsize or large deal, our range of transaction-focused legal services include (i) legal structuring and planning, (ii) legal due diligence, (iii) transaction documentation and negotiation (equity and asset sale and purchase agreements, mortgage agreements, management agreements, loan agreements and other related documents), and (iv) pre- and post-closing support.

Our experienced partners and lawyers will directly represent the clients during the negotiation, drafting/reviewing of transaction documentation and a sophisticated corporate team on the ground will carry out the licensing works for the post-closing stage.

7. Fully developed due diligence team

An appropriate due diligence can help parties considerably migrate other risks whilst time is of the essence to any business. Our team consisting of experienced corporate counsels can assist the clients in identifying all of the significant legal issues of the target company in an allowable period of time.

The due diligence report will classify low-, medium-, and high-risk legal issues for the clients’ ease of consideration and decision on the next steps.

8. Reasonably structured service fee

Carrying out an M&A transaction may be lengthy and expensive for the clients. We understand the effectiveness in running the budget and we commit to keeping the hours that we charge our client on the work conducted by the staff from Associate to Partner levels only. Hours spent by Trainee Associate and Paralegal positions will not be charged to the clients.

Moreover, to help the clients obtain timely and best legal services from us and ensure a long-term business relationship with them, we are usually open to working together to customize their budget to our legal services.

9. Client’s business partner

Along with our work, the lawyers at Corporate Counsels are willing to establish a good rapport with their clients to figure out their concerns and provide optimal solutions.

Moreover, we understand that the clients would like our prompt responses to their requests. As such, for every M&A deal, we built up a strong and dedicated team for a specific client to attend and respond promptly to the client’s needs, with a partner to take overall responsibility over the deal and a senior lawyer to communicate with the client, backed with a strong team of M&A deal lawyers.

10. Close network with Vietnamese authorities

We have close working relationships and understanding of key Vietnamese authorities, nurtured through our work for investments and projects requiring liaison with officials. In addition, we usually provided our comments on draft regulations at the request of governmental bodies.

Therefore, we have a sufficient understanding of the Vietnamese authorities to assist the clients in obtaining necessary permits, approvals, and licenses to expedite their M&A transactions.

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If you have any questions or concerns about investing in Vietnam or need our legal assistance for your M&A transactions, our experienced Corporate Counsels lawyers are always available at letran@corporatecounsels.vn