Eric is broadly recognised as one of many main worldwide attorneys at the moment practising in Vietnam. He joined the agency in 2017, having earlier held roles at a lot of different worldwide regulation corporations in New York Metropolis and Hong Kong.

US-qualified, he specialises in worldwide company transactions, advising multinational, non-public fairness, sovereign wealth and enterprise capital purchasers on their acquisitions, joint ventures, divestments, co-investments and operations in Vietnam and throughout the Asia-Pacific area. He has served purchasers throughout industries, with a specific give attention to expertise, monetary companies, training, healthcare and actual property.

As a senior member of the Freshfields Vietnam staff, Eric has additionally performed an lively function within the native enterprise neighborhood, serving to to additional cement US-Vietnam funding specifically by means of board memberships on the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi and the Vietnam Enterprise Discussion board.

“I’m completely delighted that Eric is becoming a member of the partnership,” stated Tony Foster, senior advisor and founding father of Freshfields’ Vietnam follow. “He’s famous by purchasers for being simple to work with and extremely business within the recommendation he supplies. His promotion undoubtedly provides power to our Vietnam providing, and it’s fantastic to see the following era of companions developing by means of the ranks as our agency celebrates its 30^th anniversary in Vietnam.”

“Freshfields’ Asia companions and I congratulate Eric on his well-earned promotion and look ahead to him becoming a member of our Asia companion bench,” stated Thomas Ng, regional managing companion of Freshfields in Asia. “As a agency, we’re happy with our lengthy historical past in Vietnam and stay as dedicated as ever to the market, which is an important a part of our technique to seize alternatives and help purchasers throughout the high-growth economies of Southeast Asia. Eric’s promotion underscores that dedication and bolsters our aggressive edge as we begin the fourth decade of our journey within the nation.”

With a 2,800-plus lawyer staff, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a worldwide regulation agency with a long-standing monitor report of efficiently supporting the world’s main nationwide and multinational companies, monetary establishments and governments on groundbreaking and business-critical mandates.

Being lively in Vietnam since 1987, Freshfields arrange its Vietnam workplaces in 1994 proper after Vietnam opened to the world. Freshfields is the primary regulation agency to be awarded a medal by the Ministry of Justice for glorious companies to the event of Vietnam’s authorized system.

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