Academic Qualifications:
- April 2005-October 2005, Vietnam Intellectual Property
Law and Practice, Joint Course - National Office of Intellectual
Property of Vietnam and the Hanoi National University, Hanoi,
Vietnam
- July 2004-December 2004, Lawyers
Training Course, Vietnam Judicial Academy
- July 2000-October 2003, Bachelor
of Laws, Hanoi Law University, Hanoi, Vietnam
- October 1989-July
1990, post graduate study in international relations and
Russian language, Stavropol College, Stavropol, Russia
- July 1985-July 1988,
Graduate Degree in International Relations (majors: international
relations, international laws, international trade, politics,
and English language), The Institute of International Relations
under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hanoi, Vietnam
- September 1984-July
1989, Graduate Degree in Russian Language, Hanoi Foreign
Language Teachers Training University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Employment:
- August 2007-present, Of Counsel, Tilleke & Gibbins
Consultants Limited, Vietnam Practice
- April 1998-July
2007, Director of Vietnam Operations, Legal Consultant,
Senior Lawyer, Tilleke & Gibbins Consultants Limited,
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Branch Offices, Vietnam
- April 1991-April
1998, Director of Investment, Business Development, Business
Consultant, Mefrimex Co. Ltd., Hanoi, Vietnam
Directorship:
- December 2003-April 2007, Controller,
Controllers Board, Hochiminh City Securities Corporation,
Vietnam
- February 2000-present, Member of
the Board of Directors, Hanoi Building Commercial Joint
Stock Bank, Vietnam
- February 1995-January 2000, Director
and Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hanoi
Building Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Vietnam
Professional
Associations & Affiliation:
- March 2005-present, Hanoi Bar Association
- March 2005-present, Vietnam Lawyers Association
- April 1998-December 2006, Association of Legal Administrators
- January 1995-December 2006, Vietnam-Thailand Friendship
Association of Hanoi, Member of Executive Board
Presentations, Publications
and Articles:
- "Vietnam Labor Laws" and "Vietnam
Contract Law and Dispute Resolution", presentations
at the Invest Vietnam: Future Challenges and Outlook conference,
organized by Lexis Nexis, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, August
20-24, 2007.
- "Restrictions on the Employment of Vietnamese
Citizens", Asia Labor Law Bulletin, Vol. 2, No.
1, March 19, 2007.
- “Legal Aspects on Conducting Business in Vietnam”,
presentation at the AIPPI-Korea North South East Asia IP
Networking Meeting, Hanoi, February 1-2, 2007.
- “Vietnam Legal Frameworks on Development of Renewable
Energy Small Power Project”, presentation at workshop
organized by the Ministry of Industry and World Bank, Hanoi,
November 23, 2006.
- "Working Hours, Holidays and Wages", Asia
Labor Law Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 15, 2006.
- “Dispute Resolution in Vietnam – Court Proceedings
and Arbitration” and “Vietnam Labor Law
and Dispute Resolution”, presentations at the Vietnam
Commercial Law Workshop, organized by CPI, Singapore, October
3, 2006.
- "New
Regulations on Foreign Representative Offices and Branch
Offices in Vietnam", September 15, 2006.
- Contributor, "Doing Business in 2007: How to Reform"
published by The World Bank and International Finance Corporation,
September 2006.
- “Vietnam Labor and Employment Law”, presentation
at the Business and Investment in Vietnam Workshop, organized
by Fortress Intelligence, Singapore, June 22, 2006.
- "Highlights
of the New Investment and Company Laws of Vietnam",
June 2006.
- "Vietnam's Changing Business & Investment
Environment - Investment & Enterprise Law", presentation
at the conference, Vietnam: The Emerging Market, organized
by Keymedia, Singapore, March 14, 2006.
- Chapter on Vietnam, "Getting
the Deal Through -- Insolvency & Restructuring 2006",
published by Law Business Research Ltd., September 2005.
- "Domain
Name Registration and Intellectual Property in Vietnam:
Update", September 2005.
- "Vietnam Intellectual Property
and Anti-Counterfeiting", presentation
at the conference, Vietnam Business: The Next Decade, organized
by Key Media Pte Ltd, Singapore, April 28, 2005.
- Multilaw Labour & Employment
Book - How to Hire & Fire in 76 Jurisdictions, Vietnam
Responses, April 2005.
- Lex Mundi IP World Desk Reference,
Vietnam Intellectual Property, January 2005.
- (With Trinh Trung Kien), "Medical,
Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products Distribution in Vietnam",
November 2004.
- "Vietnam
Intellectual Property Summary", November 2004.
- "Vietnam
Minimum Labor Standards", November 2004.
- Acknowledged one of the global contributors,
"Doing Business in 2005 - Removing Obstacles to Growth",
a co-publication of the World Bank, International Finance
Corporation and Oxford University Press.
- "How to organize promotion
of foreign investment in Vietnam", presentation
at the meeting of Foreign Investment Consultants organized
by the Investment Promotion Center - North Vietnam, Ministry
of Planning and Investment, Hanoi, July 26, 2004. Quoted
in the Vietnam Investment News (local newspaper), July 28,
2004 issue.
- "Domain
Name Registration and Intellectual Property in Vietnam",
February 2004.
- "Vietnam Regulatory Environment
for Rural Electrification", presentation
at the first workshop of the Technical Assistance Project
"Institutional and Financial Frameworks for Rural Electrification
in Vietnam" hosted by the Ministry of Industry of Vietnam
and World Bank Vietnam Office, September 16, 2003.
- "Registration
of Domain Names in Vietnam", July
2003.
- "Vietnam Employment Law Chapters",
Asia Employment Law Series,
CCH Asia Pte. Ltd., 2002-present.
- "Amendments to the Labour
Laws of Vietnam", December
2002.
- "New Internet Regulations
in Vietnam", October
2001.
- "Medical, Pharmaceutical
and Dental Products Distribution in Vietnam", June
1999 and updated in March 2000.
Interviews:
- Interviewed by Vietnam Law &
Legal Forum Magazine regarding legal and investment developments
in Vietnam, Vol. 11 No. 125, January 2005.
- Interviewed by Manju Manglani of
AsiaLaw Magazine regarding recent legal developments in
Vietnam, September 17, 2003
Practice Areas:
Management, Client
Relations and Development, Investment, Commercial and Corporate
and Labor Issues, Intellectual Property Enforcement, Technical
Assistance in Infrastructure
E-mail:
Telephone:
(84-4) 772 6688
Mobile:
(84-90)
343 0939
(February
2008) 
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