Kim Thanh Tran

  • Senior Foreign Attorney
  • T. +84-28-3821-2303
  • F. +84-28-3821-2427
  • E. kimthanh.tran@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Kim Thanh Tran majored in International Law at Ho Chi Minh City University of Law in Vietnam, and earned a LL.M. from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of University of Aix-Marseille III in France. Mr. Tran is fluent in Vietnamese and has a good command of English and French.

Representative Experience

2019-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2015-2019 TMI Associates, Ho Chi Minh City
2005-2015 Indochina Legal, Vietnam

Representative Matters

Advised Hanwha Life on the establishment project of insurance consulting firm of its Vietnamese branch
Advised GS Caltex on the investment in Vietwash, a Vietnamese start-up engaging in car wash business
Advised POSCO on the restructuring project including the corporate division of SS VINA, a Vietnamese subsidiary
Advising a Vietnamese company on acquisition of a well-known hotel chain in Vietnam (Victoria Hotels)
Advised a world leading maritime company (CMA CGM) in negotiation and establishment of a joint-venture with Gemadept Corporation to operate a container terminal in Vung Tau Province
Advised Hanwha Life on the establishment project of insurance consulting firm of its Vietnamese branch
Advised GS Caltex on the investment in Vietwash, a Vietnamese start-up engaging in car wash business
Advised POSCO on the restructuring project including the corporate division of SS VINA, a Vietnamese subsidiary
Advising a Vietnamese company on acquisition of a well-known hotel chain in Vietnam (Victoria Hotels)
Advised a world leading maritime company (CMA CGM) in negotiation and establishment of a joint-venture with Gemadept Corporation to operate a container terminal in Vung Tau Province
Advised Vietnamese investors on sale of 100% shares of a Vietnamese dairy company (VIXUMILK) to a group of foreign investors
Advised the biggest motorcycle manufacturer in Vietnam on the matter of competition laws related to the agency agreements and on preparation of its internal guideline on competition
Advised a foreign fund on acquisition of an office building in Hanoi (Press Club)
Advised a Japanese human resource company on acquisition of significant shares in one of biggest Vietnamese employment outsourcing companies (L&A Investment)
Advised Japanese investors on acquisition of strategic shares in a Vietnamese company operating a well-known cinema chain (BHD Cinema)
Advised one of largest Japanese real estate developer in negotiation and establishment of its subsidiary in Vietnam to operate warehouse leasing in Loc An Binh Son Industrial Zone
Conducted the internal training courses on regulations related to antitrust, competition and international economic sanctions to a subsidiary of one of biggest Japanese shipping line company

Education

2005 University of Aix-Marseille Ⅲ (LL.M.)
2003 Ho Chi Minh City University of Law (LL.B.)

Qualifications

2011 Vietnam