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The Vietnamese market has been a dynamic M&A environment. We have also seen that inbound M&A activity is increasing in both deal volumes and deal values faster than domestic M&A. According to public data, by dollar value, inbound M&A occupied more than 75% of total deal value in 2017 and the first half of 2018. Inbound megadeals explain this shift in the balance, for example the investment by the Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC in Vinhomes alone was $1.3 billion, while Warburg Pincus’s investment in Techcombank was $370 million. Real estate and financial services M&A activity has been most prominent in 2018.

On August 8, 2018, at GEM Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City, the 10th Vietnam M&A Forum honored the best M&A deals and advisory firms for 2018 and for the decade of 2009-2018.  VILAF brought home the 2018 M&A Law Firm of the Year Award and the M&A Law Firm of the Decade Award and was the sole law firm winning both awards at the Forum and the sole domestic law firm winning an award.

On August 10, 2017, the Vietnam M&A Forum 2017 announced the top mergers and acquisitions deals at a gala dinner at Ho Chi Minh City’s Gem Center. 26 deals and companies were chosen from nearly 100 nominations by Vietnam M&A Forum 2017’s panel of independent judges, to be then divided into different categories: The Best M&A Deals, Firms with The Best M&A Strategy, and The Best M&A Advisory Firms. VILAF has again been awarded the […]

At the Annual Vietnam M&A Forum 2016 on 18 August 2016 held in Ho Chi Minh City, VILAF again won the Best M&A Law Firm of the Year Award. Vietnam M&A Forum is the largest M&A and strategic investment annual public event in Vietnam for the business community, domestic and foreign investors in Vietnam, organized by Vietnam Investment Review, AVM Vietnam, and the Ministry of Planning and Investment. VILAF is a first tier law firm (ranked […]

Dang Duong Anh, managing partner, and Mai Chi, an associate of Vietnam International Law Firm (VILAF-Hong Duc), Hanoi Office, analyse the legal challenges of M&A transactions in Vietnam As reported by the Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances (IMAA), the year 2015 has seen a surge of up to 40 per cent in M&A transactions involving Vietnam’s enterprises, with a total value of circa $4.3 billion, surpassing the record pace of $4.2 billion in 2012. This […]