Luật sư Vũ Phương Trang

Ms. Vu Phuong Trang is a Partner Lawyer at Independent Advisory Law Firm Limited. She has over 15 years of experience and manages a team of 5 consultants specializing in Maritime Finance, Maritime Business, Investment, and Labor law.

Lawyer Vu Phuong Trang has advised on numerous maritime finance transactions, particularly ship building contracts, sale and purchase agreements, ship management agreements, as well as charter parties, bills of lading, and disputes arising from these contracts. Lawyer Trang often represents sellers, buyers, and their respective banks, as well as mortgagees in ship sale and purchase and newbuilding transactions in Vietnam. Lawyer Trang has extensively collaborated with in-house counsels of major Vietnamese shipping companies, claims handlers of Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs, leading hull and machinery insurers, and their agents worldwide, providing them with crucial advice, timely assistance, and active support in their day-to-day operations. According to Legal500 Asia Pacific 2020, Lawyer Trang has been described as having "in-depth experience with transactional advice."

Lawyer Trang has participated in cases requesting the recognition and enforcement of approximately 20 awards issued by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC), the International Cotton Association (ICA), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) and the Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA), and many other ad hoc arbitration awards at various levels of courts and high courts in most provinces and cities of Vietnam such as Long An, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Ho Chi Minh. Additionally, Lawyer Trang has handled numerous disputes concerning maritime, international trade, domestic trade, real estate, labor, corporate member disputes, and bankruptcy proceedings.

Lawyer Trang regularly assists foreign investors with business and investment activities in Vietnam, from pre-licensing to post-licensing stages. Furthermore, Lawyer Trang provides a full range of legal consulting services to Vietnamese companies and foreign-invested enterprises in various areas including, but not limited to, company formation, joint venture establishment, business cooperation contracts, and offers legal advice on all matters related to these companies' business operations in Vietnam. Lawyer Trang also maintains good and sustainable relationships with Vietnamese government agencies to access these resources when necessary to provide swift and effective solutions for clients.