About

Bao Nguyen started his career in legal industry at Indochine Counsel in mid-2017, prior to moving to the United Kingdom in the early 2020 where he later obtained his LLM in International Commercial Law at the University of Kent. During his academic pursuit, Bao acted as a remotely part-time associate of TND Legal from September 2020, and then became a full-time senior associate since early June 2021.

Bao Nguyen also leads the business development strategy of TND Legal as he represents TND Legal in various connection and communication with the legal alliances and business associations, both local and international. With more than 5 years of experience, Bao focuses on inward investment, corporate and commercial, real estate and banking and finance. He is also an active contributor to online legal articles and his own legal blog.

Areas of Expertise

• Inward Investment
• Corporate & Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisition
• Real estate
• Banking & Finance

Key Clients

Recent Transactions

Bao’s recent transactions include:

• Advised, assisted and acted as retained counsel for a SME financing platform on its business model, day-to-day business and the prospective entry into Fintech sandbox;
• Advised a Singapore-based cross-border money transfer and foreign exchange platform on market entry in Vietnam;
• Advised a reputable solar power development compnay in Vietnam in conducting due diligence with respect to various rooftop solar power projects nationwide; 
• Advised an Indonesia-based finance company on market entry within consumer lending sector in Vietnam; 
• Advised and assisted a major real estate developer (100%FOC) with transactional documents with respect to the transfer of a residential property project in HCM; 
• Advised and conducted legal due diligence for a Korean investor in acquiring a resort and condotel development project in Dong Nai Province;
• Acted as the representative and assisted a group of individual investors based in Hong Kong in acquiring multiple high-end residential properties in Ho Chi Minh city;
• Assisted a 100% foreign-owned educational establishment in Ho Chi Minh city in a joint-investment transaction with a local developer with respect to the new campus site; and
• Advised and drafted transactional documents in relation to the long-term lease of tourism properties (condotel, resort villa) for a 100% foreign-owned developer in Hue.

Publications

Bao is an active contributor to online legal journals / websites on local, regional and international scale. Below are his several notable publications:

• “Doing business in Fintech in Vietnam: A Regulatory Overview of Selected Sectors” (Aug 2021) IR Global
• “Dieu khoan hoan canh thay doi co ban: Da den luc can dua vao la mot dieu khoan mac dinh trong hop dong” (Serial publications, Jun 2021) Kien Thuc Phap Ly
• “Dilution and Anti-Dilution Clause: The Basic Understanding” (Jan 2021) TND Legal
• “Restrictions of the choice of law under Vietnamese Civil Code” (Aug 2020) Kien Thuc Phap Ly
• “Notable legal issues of the legal framework governing solar system projects” (Aug 2020) Kien Thuc Phap Ly
• “Negotiation Skills – Art of Manipulation” (Aug 2020) Law Insider
• “Legal procedures for the transfer of real estate project” (Jul 2020) Kien Thuc Phap Ly
• “Share as mortgage assets: Presumable risks for foreign mortgagee under Vietnamese legal regime” (May 2020) Kien Thuc Phap Ly
• “Dispute Settlement in EUVIPA – A mechanism to outdate the traditional ISDS or the creation of new challenges” (Mar 2020) Linkedin