Our team has extensive experience in advising foreign developers on real estate projects, including structuring real estate transactions, drafting real estate joint venture agreements, drafting land purchase agreements, booking contracts, lease, and long-term lease agreements, sale and purchase agreements for residential units, and assisting in negotiation with Vietnamese developers and land owners. We also advise manufacturers on the acquisition of industrial land, and on construction contracts and other agreements ancillary to factory establishment. We also conduct land due diligence for global hotel operators and advise on hotel management agreements.
Advised VinaCapital on a ten-figure USD mixed-use real estate project in Central Vietnam, including regulatory, corporate structuring, and transactional advice and participating in negotiations with potential
investors.*
Negotiated/drafted a joint venture agreement for a golf/residence project in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City, for Kumho E&C. The counterparty was Son Kim Land.*
Advised on the build-transfer project GS E&C, which involved constructing and transferring a significant highway in Ho Chi Minh City in exchange for land.*
Advised Gaw Capital on a mixed-use real estate joint venture project in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City.*
Advised ETA Star on a mixed-use joint venture real estate project in Ho Chi Minh City.*
Advised La Perla Living International on several resort/residence joint venture projects in Central Vietnam, including the Bai Tram Resort; assisted the client in structuring and negotiating the joint venture entity and land acquisition.*
Advised Chiap Hoa Group on a real estate complex in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City.*
Conducted land due diligence and advised on hotel management agreement for several Mariott branded hotels in Vietnam.
Advised the Vietnamese owner of Okura Prestige Saigon on its hotel management contract with Okura Hotels and Resorts.
*Michael Lee handled these engagements at his prior law firm.
Michael is a Partner at Dilinh Legal with over a decade of experience in Vietnam. Prior to Dilinh Legal, Michael worked at the Vietnam offices of Tilleke & Gibbins and MBJSM…
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