The Asia Counsel Team
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OUR LAWYERS
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MINH DUONG
MANAGING PARTNER

CHRISTIAN SCHAEFER
PARTNER

ROSS MACLEOD
PARTNER

LUYEN VO
SENIOR ASSOCIATE

TRANG DANG
SENIOR ASSOCIATE

TRANG NGUYEN
ASSOCIATE

TRAN DANG
ASSOCIATE

NGUYET NGUYEN
ASSOCIATE

TOAN DAO
ASSOCIATE

LINH TRAN
ASSOCIATE

NGAN HONG
ASSOCIATE

MAI HUYNH
ASSOCIATE

BAO VO
JUNIOR ASSOCIATE

SON LE
TRAINEE LAWYER

TAM NGUYEN
TRAINEE LAWYER

NGAN LE
LEGAL ASSISTANT

NGOC HUYNH
LEGAL ASSISTANT




MINH DUONG
MANAGING PARTNER
Minh is the Managing Partner of Asia Counsel Vietnam. Minh has been advising clients in Vietnam for more than 12 years. He is admitted in the New South Wales Supreme Court and High Court of Australia. He has worked on major banking and finance in Vietnam. His clients include Dragon Capital, VietJet, Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corporation, Insurance Australia Group, Pharmacity, Mekong Capital, Vina Capital, and Sequoia Capital. Minh is fluent in English and Vietnamese.
Minh: +84 973 731 144

CHRISTIAN SCHAEFER
PARTNER
Christian is an M&A and corporate / commercial lawyer, based in Vietnam. He buys companies like Paris Hilton buys handbags although he says he’s making sure that clients still like their purchase the day after. Christian went from amateur to pro in law while going from pro to amateur in beach volleyball and is yet unsure whom to blame for that. He is living proof that Germans have a sense of humor or at least that they think they do. While we think he’s a gentle soul, he knows how to fight tooth and nail for his clients. Having lived in Vietnam for more than 10 years, he says he won’t leave before the day when a taxi driver does not try to overcharge him. His favorite clients are those that are fun, rich and always in trouble.
Christian: M +84 90 396 4691

ROSS MACLEOD
PARTNER
We congratulate Ross on his recent appointment as a partner at Asia Counsel. Ross is a Scottish qualified lawyer with extensive experience in M&A and commercial transactions in the UK and Vietnam across a broad range of industries. Ross has also worked with numerous international clients on the development of renewable energy projects.
E: ross@asia-counsel.com

XUAN DANG
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Xuan is an Senior Associate of Asia Counsel Vietnam with more than eight years of professional experience in M&A, Corporate, and Regulatory Compliance. A team player, she combines with business colleagues to deliver hands-on and spectacular client service. With diligence, detail-oriented focus and flexibility she smoothly facilitates client matters. Xuan is fluent in English and Vietnamese.

TRANG DANG
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Trang Dang is a qualified lawyer with 10 years of legal practicing experience at international law firms in Vietnam in various legal areas including Energy, Project Finance and Corporate. Prior to joining Asia Counsel, Trang spent about 7 years at Allens Linklaters focusing on advising greenfield developments of and transactions concerning large-scale infrastructure and energy projects which were mostly invested in the form of project finance, including a refinery and petrochemical plant, BOT power plants, upstream oil and gas projects and several renewable energy projects.

TRANG NGUYEN
ASSOCIATE
Trang is a Vietnamese qualified lawyer and an Associate at Asia Counsel Vietnam. Trang focuses on real estate, merger and acquisition, corporate governance, and foreign investment.

TOAN DAO
ASSOCIATE
Toan Dao is a Vietnamese qualified lawyer and an Associate at Asia Counsel Vietnam. Toan’s practice focuses on foreign investment, corporate, M&A and real estate business.

TRAN DANG
ASSOCIATE
Tran is an experienced lawyer and Associate at Asia Counsel, focusing on corporate and commercial law and M&A transactions, as well as foreign direct investment. Before joining Asia Counsel, Tran had worked for one of the Big Four law firms in Japan. Besides her busy law practice, Tran is a K-pop fan, citing Big Bang as one of her favorite groups.

NGAN HONG
ASSOCIATE
Ngan is an experienced Lawyer and Associate at Asia Counsel Vietnam. Ngan’s practice focuses on foreign direct investment, corporate and M&A.

NGUYET NGUYEN
ASSOCIATE
Nguyet is a Trainee Lawyer at Asia Counsel Vietnam with a focus on corporate, M&A, foreign direct investment and regulatory matters.

TAM NGUYEN
TRAINEE LAWYER
Tam is a trainee lawyer at Asia Counsel. She has been assisting clients on corporate, commercial, labour and licensing matters. Before joining Asia Counsel she interned at a British multinational life insurance company and another leading law firm.

SON LE
TRAINEE LAWYER
Son’s practice focuses on foreign direct investment, corporate and M&A transactions in Vietnam. Before joining Asia Counsel Vietnam, Son was a legal collaborator for a leading technology company in Vietnam for over 2 years and then had his internship at an international law firm in Vietnam.

NGAN LE
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Ngan Le is a Legal Assistant at Asia Counsel. Ngan’s practice focuses on corporate and M&A transactions.

MAI HUYNH
JUNIOR ASSOCIATE
Mai has experience in corporate and commercial matters, focusing primarily on M&A, foreign direct investment, labor, technology and data protection. She was once described by a worthy person who inspired her in this career as “a driven and dedicated to the art of lawyering”.

BAO VO
JUNIOR ASSOCIATE
Bao is a Junior Associate at Asia Counsel Vietnam. Bao’s practice focuses on foreign direct investment, corporate and M&A as well as renewable energy projects in Vietnam.

LUYEN VO
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Luyen is a Vietnamese qualified lawyer and a Senior Associate at Asia Counsel Vietnam. Luyen’s practice focuses on foreign direct investment, corporate and M&A as well as infrastructure projects in Vietnam.

LINH TRAN
ASSOCIATE
Linh is a Vietnamese qualified lawyer and a Associate at Asia Counsel Vietnam. Linh’s practice focuses on foreign direct investment, corporate and M&A.

NGOC HUYNH
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Ngoc’s practice focuses on corporate and M&A transaction. Before joining Asia Counsel Vietnam, Ngoc had her internship at an international law firm in Vietnam.