Asia Legal Business Online reports that? Vietnamese firm YKVN has hired K. Minh Dang as a partner and head of its newly-opened Singapore office.
Their story can be found at http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/breaking-news/ykvn-launches-in-singapore-with-former-dla-se-asia-head/81126
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Dang, who joins the firm from the Singapore office of DLA Piper where he was the partner-in-charge of the firm?s Southeast Asia corporate practice, will also be charged with the task of expanding YKVN?s cross-border ASEAN practice.
Dang was instrumental in DLA Piper?s growth in Vietnam. In the earlier ?90s, Dang set up the firm?s Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh offices in addition to serving as their executive partner. Prior to his time at DLA, Dang was with White & Case from some twelve years between 1993 and 2005.
?Establishing an office in the financial center of Southeast Asia is a natural step for YKVN ?, said Dang. ?We will be closer to many top clients who maintain headquarters here, [be] better able to serve Vietnamese clients with SGX listings and outbound acquisitions, and well-positioned to assist in the resolution of Vietnam related commercial disputes through arbitration in Singapore, which is emerging as the forum of choice for such disputes.?
The firm?s Singapore opening makes it the only Vietnamese firm with a physical presence in the Lion City but ALB understands that the firm could soon be joined by a number of its compatriots. At least three law firms are seeking to enter Singapore this year with stand-alone offices and joint law venture models being discussed.
