Potentially catastrophic problems for businesses can arise from many threat vectors. It could be a corporate or employee malfeasance or negligence that leads to a serious investigation by a government body. It may involve an employee committing theft, embezzlement, or another criminal act. The threats can come from force majeure events, such as pandemics and war, or even changes in legislation that critically impact businesses.
Our team and Diep Hoang, in particular, have extensive crisis management experience that involves Vietnamese government bodies.
In 2010, Acted as Vietnam counsel for MSD in the US MOJ and SEC investigations for alleged violation of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) involving an alleged kickback scheme to promote a Hepatitis C drug in Vietnam.*
Acted for Formosa Steel on its 2016 marine pollution incident – one of Vietnam’s most significant pollution incidents with extensive media coverage.
Advise on white-collar crime and embezzlement investigations for several MNEs.*
Advised an MNE on a murder incident of a construction company employee near its construction site.
Assisted an MNE with two significant investigations by government authorities in tax, customs, and other corporate matters covering its 10-year operations in Vietnam.
Advise several MNEs in handling the allegation of potential copyright infringement of software.
Advise an FDI company in handling the investigation against the client’s management initiated by the Vietnamese economic police for the alleged deliberate act against the State’s regulations on financial management.
Advise an MNE on Vietnamese legal matters relating to the death (apparent suicide) of a US citizen who participated in the client’s remote working program.
Representing a client to work with the Vietnam Competition and Consumer Authority (VCCA) on handling consumer complaints concerning contractual terms in the standard sale and purchase agreement.
*Michael Lee handled these engagements at his prior law firm.
Diep is the founding Partner of Dilinh Legal. Prior Dilinh Legal, Diep worked at MBJSM’s Ho Chi Minh City office as a banking and finance associate where she acted for various foreign banks.
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