NGUYEN THI HOA

Ms. Hoa has over 10 years of experience in legal advice and assistance. Before joining Penfield, Ms. Hoa had more than 8 years’ experience in corporate governance, investment, finance and banking consulting. She previously worked as a senior legal assistant, lead lecturer in charge of internal training in foreign exchange, account, and payment activities at Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank). She used to coordinate with human resource institutions in training and developing training materials on credit, accounts, and foreign exchange for young human resources in the banking industry; she is also a visiting lecturer in Law Studies at Thanh Dong University.
She is now in charge of finance – banking, investment, cash flow structure consulting, corporate capital flow control, domestic investment, offshore investment and investment from foreign countries enter Vietnam and works in close liaison with our associates in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the UK. In addition, Ms. Hoa is also responsible for internship guidance of attorney apprenticeships at Penfield.

practice focus

Ms. Hoa has strong expertise in finance & banking sector (i.e. credit, payment, accounts); foreign exchange management (including activities related to foreign currencies, capital transactions and domestic/foreign investment activities using foreign currencies); business/project cash flow management and restructuring; corporate governance; investment with foreign elements; acquisition and merger, transfer/purchase of investment projects; international trade activities.

Representative Legal Matters

Corporate legislation (Outsource)

Supporting and advising customers who enter into loan agreements and other forms of credit with a variety of scales, including domestic and foreign investors in Vietnam.

Developing plans, advising businesses on working with competent agencies and resolving problems on changing business registration contents due to business re-organization;

Investment

Advising Hong Kong investors on establishing and operating KNA Company Limited and garment factory in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai.

Advising on establishment and operation of Kyoseki Vietnam Company Limited (a subsidiary of Kyoseki Sangyo Group).

Drafting and updating reports on investment activities in the PPP sector in Vietnam for Korean investors as ordered by KIND – a non-business unit of the Korean Ministry of Planning and Investment.

M&A

Advising on appraisal of receipt of garment factory project in Dien Nam – Dien Ban, Quang Nam province.

Adivising on and supporting the implementation of real estate projects at Bai Dai – Cam Ranh, Khanh Hoa (worth more than 50 million USD).

Adivising on and supporting legal appraisal for capital transfer transaction between Ecoba Joint Stock Company and Japanese investor.

Financing – Banking

Advising on procedures for setting up Consumer Finance Company, Insurance Assessment Company and supporting legal proceedings for investors from the US.

Advising on structuring of overdue loans (valued at more than 3 million USD) for a legal entity that is a member company of the group in Singapore.

Advising on bond package and product incentives for real estate project in Vung Tau (with a value of over 800 billion VND).

Advising on loan structure and increasing investment capital for Intrepid Vietnam Company (a subsidiary of Intrepid BV – The Netherlands).

Real Estate

Advising on the development of a tourist apartment project (over 1000 apartments) in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa; drafting documents for the handover of apartments and adivising on the operation of the five star international standard hotel.

Dispute Settlement

Advising Nam Cuong Group on dispute settlement.
Adivising on plans, drafting necessary documents, representing clients who are investors of significant projects, working and solving disputes with project clients in various suitable ways for project situation and status

education

Hanoi Law University – Major in Business Law
Foreign Trade University – Master of International Trade Law and Policy (2017)
Judicial Academy – Law Practice Certificate

language

Vietnamese

English

Japanese