Business and Intellectual Property Law Firm in Vietnam

S&B Law

Suite 208, B Building, Sport Hotel
Hacinco Student Village, Thanh Xuan Dist.
Hanoi 10999
Vietnam

+84 4 35563788

+84 4 35563858

www.sblaw.vn

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Law Firm Overview

S&B is one of the business law firms which have been recognized and highly appreciated by both international and local clients. With more than 30 lawyers and legal experts in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, S&B owns a large and strong team of local lawyers in Vietnam. Our professional performance and services are equal to that of international firms in Vietnam and in some areas it even surpasses them. Clients found that S&B provides excellent and practical advice on local issues. S&B also offers a superlative service and is capable of meeting the expectations of clients.

With long experience and strong working relationship with various Government agencies and State-owned companies, S&B lawyers have the ideal position to fully understand its working method and expectations so as to assist clients in dealing and negotiating most effectively with its officials. International businesses and lenders have highly appreciated S&B‘s local expertise in moving projects smoothly not withstanding various administrative burdens in Vietnam.

S&B lawyers have the capability to provide extensive legal services in Vietnam, including representing clients before the counts and other government agencies, negotiating with Vietnamese authorities and local partners, assisting in structuring and negotiating transactions and disputes and performing due diligence. S&B also provides administrative assistance in relation to investment in Vietnam, including legal and commercial translation, working with relevant governmental agencies and preparing routine applications to obtain licenses, registrations, notarization and approvals in all spheres including project development, financing, intellectual property and tax.

Areas of Law

Areas of Law Description

Our practice areas include:

- Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer

S&B Law provides the full range of intellectual property services covering patent, trademark, industrial design, copyright and domain name, enforcement and commercial exploitation of IP rights. Our group of IP Lawyers and technology specialists is always willing to assist, whether you are seeking advice on how to begin protecting your unique ideas or to deal with the most complex issues in the various aspects of IP.

- Banking and Finance

Since its establishment, S&B Law has been an important partner in the banking industries, serving many banking and non-banking credit institutions in Vietnam. Our highly skilled and experienced banking lawyers and consultants with high ability to access resources relating to Banking and Finance Policies in Vietnam are equipped with powerful research capabilities and innovative thinking to provide real business results.

- Foreign Investment

Our services in the field of Foreign Investment cover a wide range from assistance in market research, quantifying benefit and risks associated with investment policies of the government, foreign invested company formation, establishment of branches and representative office of foreign companies, expanding business of foreign invested company, obtaining business license or investment certificate for investors in Vietnam or in other countries.

- M&A

Being well aware of that Merger and Acquisition (M&A) transactions are expected to configure a brand new investment trend in Vietnam in the near future, in the most recent year, S&B Law lawyer and experts continually invest in a unique set of solutions and research including legal frameworks, roadmaps that directly address M&A issues in order to minimize project risk and time to value.

- Real Estate and Construction

Our practice includes advising and drafting property-related security documents including debentures, mortgages, and rental assignment; advising on all aspects of the Law on Land, Law on Estate, Law on Residential Houses, and Law on Construction, particularly rent reviews and property management; designing and undertaking required due diligence investigations to identify and quantify commercial risks associated with real estate transactions; structuring and strategizing including initiatives to minimize or eliminate taxation and other duties; advising on planning, environmental, and rating issues; advising on and coordinating major development and construction projects.

- Telecommunications and Information Technology

S&B Law benefits Clients through its extensive range of services including advice on legislation or policies, negotiation assistance, preparing contracts relating to telecommunication, assistance in obtaining website license, assisting in preparing term of services applied to website, dispute resolution assistance and IP rights protection related to Telecommunication and information technology.

- Employment and Labor

S&B Law advises many foreign invested companies, branches and representative of foreign companies on all aspects of labor matters including drafting of labour contracts and acting on behalf of clients in relation to in-courts or out-of court settlement of labour disputes. We also assist local companies and foreign invested companies in setting up of labour internal rules, settlement of labour disputes, obtaining work permit and other labour matters.

- Dispute Resolution

We have increasingly been involved in dispute resolution by arbitration which has been appreciated as a way to offload the cases in the Vietnamese system and to create transparency and predictability for the outcome of the hearing process. The value that S&B Law contributes to clients is an effective combination of evidence and argument, risk tracking, potential damage and risk control, negotiation and also mediation.