APOLAT LEGAL

Established in 2016, Apolat Legal is a licensed law firm providing a broad range of legal
services for domestic and international clients in multiple practice areas. The firm
commits to resolving legal issues regarding businesses thoroughly and in the most
beneficial way for various clients in Vietnam.
Apolat Legal is also honoured to receive numerous recognitions and articles posted by
world-leading and local organizations and publications, including The Law Association
for Asia and the Pacific (LawAsia, 1966), The Legal500, IP Link, AIPPI, IP Coster, Lexology,
Global Trade Review (GTR), The Saigon Times, etc.
Apolat Legal lawyers have long been recognized for their legal expertise and attention to
their dedication to work as well as the capacity to take advantage of their relationships to
maximize client’s interests. The lawyers will be grouped into specialized teams and
directly participate in each case to provide advice and close support to customers,
thereby quickly completing the assigned work most effectively.
The firm’s lawyer team specializes in almost all legal practice areas in Vietnam,
including Enterprise and Investment; Labor and Employment; Intellectual Property; Real
Estate and Construction; Health; Culture, Sports and Tourism; Information and
Communication; Natural Resources and Environment; Transport; Resident and
Immigration; Industry and Trade;Education and Training; Finance and Banking;
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Each practice area covers six principal legal
services: Legal Due Diligence; Regular Legal Consultancy; Investment Consultancy;
Dispute Resolution; Legal Document Translation; Intellectual Property; Legal Training.
Apolat Legal’s reputation and the quality of its services are reflected by its clients. We
are serving more than 1,000 clients, both local and foreign clients. The firm worked with
past and current long-term clients such as LG Electronics, Coastal Living Land Joint
Stock Company, Wall Street English, Hochiki Asia Pacific Pte.Ltd, Asus Technology
(Vietnam) Company Limited, AEON Mall Vietnam, Baskin Robbin, Citigym, Woori Bank
Vietnam Limited, Central Group, CJ Gemadept Logistics Holdings Company Limited, K
Group Company Limited, Digiworld Corp., Yellow Cab Pizza, Bamboo Capital Joint Stock
Company, Sinobright Pharma Co. Limited, Mayekawa, Sky Music Jsc, Oxalis Holiday
Company Limited, PGT Holdings, Vinacapital, Capitaland, Donghyup

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
(M&A)
01LEGAL
SERVICES
02
LEGAL
CONSULTING RETAINER
For enterprises in developed countries, effectively researching and manipulating the laws
are always their top priority, which helps them minimize the legal risks and gain multiple
advantages in any transaction. With the purpose of “Preventing and Minimizing legal
risks which may arise in business operation”, APOLAT LEGAL will be your trustworthy
partner to handle all legal issues, guide you to fully comply with law regulations and
represent you before any state agency or any business partner. With ample experience in
dealing with almost all legal issues arising from an enterprise’s business operation,
whether you are a start-up or a fully shaped enterprise, Apolat Legal will always be with
you in any market competition and will assist you in reaching any achievement you
desire.
LEGAL
SERVICES
INVESTMENT
CONSULTANCY
Since participating in WTO in 2007, Vietnam has relentlessly changed policies and
regulations to attract foreign investment sources into the country. However, foreign
investors are still under the strict control of state agencies and must perform much more
complicated administrative procedures than domestic investors. Moreover, the overlap
of regulations causes a lot of difficulties for investors to research and comply with the
law.
To improve and enhance the legal system to support investors with a favorable
business environment, the Law on Enterprise and Law on Investment issued in 2014 have
fixed many defections and created advantageous conditions for foreign investors to
operate their businesses in Vietnam. Nowadays, Vietnam is one of the most
investment-attractive countries in the world. With deep knowledge of Enterprise and
Investment regulations, Apolat Legal has numerous experiences in providing legal
services for foreigners investing in Vietnam and for domestic enterprises receiving
investment from foreign partners. We have worked on many large projects in different
fields and assisted investors not only in one independent procedure but also in an entire
project investment process.
Apolat Legal consults the investors in identifying the most efficient legal
structure for their business transactions; we assist them in assessing
their partners and potential business locations and undertake due diligence
on targeted companies or properties. In addition, we draft, review, and give
opinions regarding transaction documents, represent investors in
negotiating all terms and conditions of such documents, monitor the entire
investment process and withdraw investment capital to protect investors
from any potential risks. Our experiences allow us to help investors easily
adjust their projects, which are typically complicated.
Moreover, Apolat Legal assists investors in planning their financial status
from a tax perspective. Tax planning aims to optimally exploit other
categories of financial plans by making the best use of tax policies in
possible conditions. Making good tax plans will allow other factors of
financial plans to interact more effectively and decrease tax burdens. We
also assist investors in dealing with any tax-related problem arising from
transactions or an enterprise’s liabilities toward tax agencies.
03LEGAL
SERVICES
Apolat Legal specializes in providing dispute resolution services with the participation of
lawyers with many years of experience in the legal field and is involved in major disputes
in areas such as shipping, entertainment and event, intellectual property, commerce, and
labor etc.
The combination of strategic approaches and effective dispute resolution methods helps
Apolat Legal constantly succeed in complicated cases. The lawyers of Apolat Legal, with
their professional qualifications and high experience in court litigation, arbitration, and
alternative dispute resolutions, have received high trust from our clients and are
considered one of the most high-qualified expert teams in Vietnam.
Apolat Legal provides some services such as:
Providing legal opinions on the disputes, researching relevant files and documents,
discussing, and analyzing each fact of the disputes thoroughly. After initial contact and
collection, research and discussion of information, Apolat Legal will provide the Client
with legal advice in writing that clearly states all key points, regulations in effect and
processes for the most optimal resolution option.
Training courses on specific areas as per client’s request;
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Alternative dispute resolutions: Arranging meetings with the opposing party
for face-to-face negotiation, separately or with the participation of third
parties to reach a mutually agreed solution.
Participating in Arbitration and Court proceedings: drafting documents,
collecting relevant files and directly engaging in a part or entire of the
dispute resolution proceedings at Arbitration Body or Court to defend the
clients’ legitimate rights and interests.
Judgment Enforcement: Drafting and collecting all relevant files and
documents and directly participating in a part or the entire process of
enforcing the Arbitration/Court award which is already in effect.
Apolat Legal is considered one of the most effective and highly
experienced law firm for dispute resolution in Vietnam. Languages fluently
used by our staff are Vietnamese and English.
04LEGAL
SERVICES
LEGAL DOCUMENT
TRANSLATION
Apolat LegalL has over 10 years of experience providing translation services regarding
laws and legal regulations into various languages such as English, French, Japanese,
Korean, etc. Our translation service includes, but is not limited to, the documents hereunder: Legal Agreements; Documents in respect of criminal/civil/commercial cases; Birth
certificates, Death certificates, Marriage certificates and Divorce certificates; Notarized
documents, Patent and Trademark registration certificates; Intellectual property papers.
Our associates have considerable expertise in legal transactions, years of experience in
translation and have passed the strict selection process. All our transactions are
reviewed and cross-checked before handing over to clients to ensure service quality.
05LEGAL
SERVICES
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
In the age of rapid and non-stop technology development, the value of an enterprise is
mainly based on how much its intellectual property assets are worth. As the intellectual
property factor is increasingly appreciated, Enterprises need to pay more attention to the
mechanisms, methods, and measures to protect their rights and interests regarding such
asset types. Here at APOLAT LEGAL, we desire to give our clients a comprehensive perspective to help them best manage their intellectual portfolio by:
Appraisal of all current intellectual property assets of the enterprise;
Look up the status of establishing ownership of each type of
intellectual property asset;
Consult and make plans to defend the client’s rights and interests relating
to each type of such intellectual property asset;
Organize training courses and enforce intellectual property protection
rights as per client’s request.
06LEGAL
SERVICES
LEGAL
TRAINING
Equipping the personnel in enterprises with legal
knowledge is necessary in a time when Vietnam
is deepening and broadening its integration in
the world economy. Here at Apolat Legal, we
provide clients with comprehensive legal
training and education programs to equip and
improve legal knowledge, thus contributing to
training high-quality national human resources
for the client’s development and expansion in
the context of fierce international competitions.
Our team of lawyers is experienced in serving
high quality lectures to clients, vocational
organizations, and professional associations,
providing practical legal knowledge containing a
well-arranged legal theoretical framework. In
addition, these courses are customized based
on specialized knowledge for the clients to apply
in specific operating conditions.
Training courses labor law;
Training courses on
commercial law;
Training courses on contract
negotiation and drafting;
Training courses on minimizing
risks in business activities;
Training courses on enterprise
management law;
Training courses on specific
areas as per client’s request;