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Tu Ngoc Trinh is a senior associate with the Tilleke & Gibbins corporate and commercial team in the firm’s Hanoi office. Tu handles a range of corporate matters including company formation, employment, commercial transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. She is a key member of the firm’s top-tier franchising practice in Vietnam, and also takes the lead on cases related to competition and consumer protection laws in Vietnam. Tu also contributes her expertise to the firm’s tech/media/telecom and life sciences practices.
Tu obtained an LLB with a focus on commercial law from the Hanoi University of Law and a Certificate in French Law from the Vietnam-France House of Law, winning competitive scholarships at both institutions in recognition of her scholastic excellence. Tu is a member of the Hanoi Bar Association and the Vietnam Bar Federation.
- Successfully navigated complex franchise approvals for a leading Asian hospitality group, encompassing luxury hotels and resorts in premier destinations (Thailand, Maldives, Vietnam).
- Provided comprehensive franchising advice to global brands in fashion, food and beverages, education, and other sectors, securing necessary approvals from Vietnamese authorities.
- Advised one of the world's largest hospitality companies on various legal matters.
- Delivered strategic counsel on anti-competition regulations to global pharmaceutical companies, electronics manufacturers, and confectionery giants, ensuring compliance in the Vietnamese market.
- Advised a multinational technology company on regulatory, licensing, and anti-competition requirements for investing in, acquiring, building, operating, and maintaining a fiber backhaul network which would be connected to submarine cable landing stations in Vietnam.
- Served as local counsel on a complex sale and transfer of an optical networks business for a global telecommunications company.
- Advised and assisted a global healthcare company in merger filing in Vietnam.
- Advised on and assisted with numerous M&A transactions, including a major European solar panel producer's acquisition of Vietnamese power companies and a Malaysian private equity fund's acquisition of shares in Southeast Asian tower facilities and communication networks, including Vietnamese subsidiaries.
- Provided strategic advice to a leading educational institution in various legal matters for its operation in Vietnam.
- Advised multiple international educational institutions to cooperate with local partners for the management of their operations in Vietnam.
- Advised and supported a multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, software, and online services for a high-profile product recall in Vietnam.
- Advised a global pharmaceutical company on aspects of doing business in Vietnam, including the operation of its representative office, advertising, and introduction of its products.
- Helped a multinational company establish a foreign direct investment company engaged in the import/export and distribution of mobile phones and computers. The established company was one of the few foreign-owned companies permitted to do business in this sector in Vietnam.
- Helped a multinational company in the business of turbines, energy management software and energy technology services to establish a representative office in Vietnam.