Tran Nguyen Hai PARTNER Education & Training HCMC University School of Law (LL.B.) HCMC University School of Economics (MA, Econ) Berkeley Law's International Executive Legal Education (IELE) Program College of Law (UK) IBA International Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Admissions Ho Chi Minh City Bar Vietnam Bar Federation (VBF) Practices Corporate & Foreign Investment / M&A  Commerce / Real Estate / Shipping & Logistics
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Tran Nguyen Hai is a partner of BizLaw. Hai has over ten  years of practical experience in business law and his main  areas of practice are corporate & foreign investment, M&A,  commerce, real estate, and shipping & logistics. He advised  both local and foreign clients in their commercial transactions  such as financing, procurement, distribution, franchising,  construction, and property lease. Hai has extensive  experience in negotiating joint venture agreements, share  purchase agreements, structuring foreign investment in  Vietnam, and procurement documents in cross-border  transactions. 

Hai graduated from HCMC University School of Law and he  also obtained his MA in economics from HCMC University of  Economics. Hai is admitted to Ho Chi Minh City Bar, Vietnam  Bar Federation (VBF).

Prior to joining BizLaw in 2004, Hai had worked two years  for a multinational company and five years at InvestConsult  Group, the largest investment and legal consulting group in  Vietnam then. Heading the investment project department in  Ho Chi Minh City of the group (from 1999 to 2004), Hai  acted for numerous multinational corporations in respect of  their investment projects and business transactions in  Vietnam.

Significant matters Hai has been involved in at BizLaw  include:

• advising major shipping lines and logistics companies for  their establishment and operations in Vietnam.
• advising three leading foreign shipping lines to form  their first joint venture to operate US$ 100 million  terminal in Ba Ria - Vung Tau.
• advising a major container terminal in Vietnam, as  borrower, to finance its equipment through a syndicated  loan, including a foreign bank and a joint venture bank in  Vietnam.
• advising one foreign major container shipping line and  one major logistics company for their establishment and  operations in Vietnam.
• advising the seller in a local integrated logistics service  provider company its share transfer to a major logistics  company listed in Singapore.
• advising one of the largest foreign commercial real  estate services firm in Vietnam in its transactions in  Vietnam.
• advising a public real estate developer in Vietnam to  establish their corporate governance policies. 

Representative international clients Hai has assisted at  BizLaw include: CBRE, Columbia Asia, DuPont, Fuji Xerox,  Expeditors, Hanjin Shipping, Indo-Trans Logistics, Interfood,  Nam Long, OOCL, Regus, Pacific Stars Group of Companies,  Schenker, Veolia Water, etc.