About

Vo Huu Tu is the co-founder and partner of TND Legal. He has been working in the legal profession for more than ten years, and used to work for LuatViet Advocates & Solicitors and Indochine Counsel before co-founding TND Legal. Tu specializes in corporate & commercial transaction, mergers & acquisitions and dispute resolution. The key clients that Tu has assisted and advised comprise VinaCapital, Zuellig, Cognita, Tesa Tape, CapitaLand, Traveloka, Japfa, Wall Street English, European International School.

Areas of Expertise

• Corporate & Commercial transaction
• Mergers & Acquisition
• Dispute Resolution

Key Clients

Recent Transactions

Tu’s recent transactions include:

• Assisted a leading investment management fund in Vietnam in preparing transaction documents to acquire a company in healthcare industry;
• Assisted a leading investment management fund in Vietnam in performing legal due diligence on two mega real estate projects in a central province of Vietnam;
• Assisted a leading investment management fund in Vietnam in drafting transaction documents for joint venture projects in solar power industry in Vietnam;
• Assisted a major real estate developer in HCM city in performing legal due diligence on an industrial part project in a Southern province of Vietnam;
• Acted as legal counsel for an international education corporation in acquiring a local school with campuses in both HCM city and Hanoi;
• Acted as legal counsel for an international education corporation in acquiring lands for construction of its new international schools in Vietnam;
• Acted as the retained legal counsel for the two real estate developers in Ho Chi Minh city; and
• Acted as retained legal counsel for the two major international schools in Ho Chi Minh city.

Publications

Tu is a contributor on business law topics to both local and international legal journals. Below are his selective publications:

• “Foreign Investor Decree Clarified”, Vietnam News, 3 March 2013;
• “Vietnam’s Amended Law on Lawyers, Asian Legal Business”, Issue Jan 2013;
• “Doing Business 2013: Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises”, Co-contributor”, The World Bank;
• “Recent regulations on casino business”, Asian-Mena Counsel Volume 10 Issue 9, 2012/13;
• “Minerals Mining Law: The Gap Filled, Asian Legal Business”, Issue June 2012;
• “Gambling Business in Vietnam: What Can Foreign Investors Expect?”, Co-authored, IPBA Journal, No. 65 March 2012;
• “Enterprises gain voice in trade treaty negotiations”, Co-authored, Vietnam News, 7 March 2012