ARBITRATOR’S/MEDIATOR’S INFORMATION
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Full name: KIEU ANH VU
Year of birth: 1989
Occupation: Attorney at Law, Lecturer, Arbitrator, LL.M
Scope of Activities and Experiences: Arbitration, commercial mediation, and other alternative disputes resolution methods; contracts, international trade, company law, investment law, M&A, real estate, and construction.
Language: Vietnamese, English
Residence: Ho Chi Minh City
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Education & Expertise
Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Commercial law) in 2011 and Master of Law (LL.M), major in Economic Law, in 2017 from the University of Law Ho Chi Minh City.
He specializes in consulting investment, projects, real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), contracts, enterprises. He is also involved in resolving many disputes in the fields of corporate law, investment, commercial business, etc, and intellectual property.
Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu specializes in dispute resolution by arbitration, commercial mediation, and other alternative disputes resolution methods; contracts, international trade, company law, investment law, M&A, real estate, and construction.
Professional activities
For domestic professional activities, Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu joined Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, Vietnam Bar Federation in 2016. In addition, Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu has been also a member of Vietnam Lawyers Association since 2015. Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu is the Founder and Managing Partner of KAV Lawyers – a law firm has ranked as Notable Law Firm in dispute resolution by Lawasia Profiles.
For international professional activities, Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu is a member of legal professional organizations, international arbitration centres, and organizations. Specifically, Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu is a Representative of ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) for North Asia Chapter (since 8/2021 – 3/2022), for South Asia Chapter (since 3/2022 – present); is an arbitrator, a mediator of Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; is an arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC, China); is a member (MCIArb) of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, UK), is a member of European Court of Arbitration – Cour Européenne D’arbitrage (ECA, France); is a member of International Bar Association (IBA), LAWASIA, Inter-Pacific International Bar Association (IPBA), American Bar Association (ABA), etc.
Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu is also a law lecturer at universities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, including University of Law Ho Chi Minh City (Ulaw), University of Economic and Finance Ho Chi Minh City (UEF), Van Lang University (VLU), Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU), Ho Chi Minh City University Foreign Language and Technology (HUFLIT), etc. Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu’s lectures are on contract law, dispute resolution, arbitration and ADR, company law, commercial law, investment law, bankruptcy law and legal skills.
Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu is also a speaker at seminars, workshops, conferences on law, and commercial arbitration. Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu usually writes articles on legal journals, magazines and newspapers, such as Saigon Times, Ho Chi Minh City Law News, Vietnam Law News, VNExpress, Tuoi Tre News, Thanh Nien News, Mot The Gioi News, etc and gives interviews on television channels, such as: Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV), National Assembly Television, Vinh Long Television (THVL), etc.
Experience in legal consultancy and litigation, arbitration
Kieu Anh Vu, Esq. has been consulting for a lot of domestic and foreign clients, big corporations and muti-national corporations, including: Tetra Pak, Breentag, R-PAC, Getz Pharma, Lotte Mart, Foody, Ben Thanh Tourist, Vicem Hà Tiên, Hòa Bình House, Khang Điền, etc.
In addition, Kieu Anh Vu, Esq. resolved a lots of disputes on trade and business as an arbitrator, presiding arbitrator or a counsel, an authorized representative of a party at arbitration centres and courts with all levels.
Up to March 2022, Lawyer, Arbitrator Kieu Anh Vu resolved 05 international arbitration cases (as a counsel, an authorized representative of a partyfor 04 cases and as an arbitrator for 01 case); 150 domestic arbitration cases (as presiding arbitrator for 42 cases; as a co-arbitrator for 99 cases and as a counsel for 09 cases); 02 cases on setting aside arbitral awards; 03 cases for enforcement of arbitral awards. There was 01 case that the dispute value was USD3,000,000; there were 02 cases that the dispute value was more than USD2,500,000 for each case.
Articles and publications
Articles on arbitration & mediation:
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- A commentary on current provisions of conciliation in arbitration proceedings in Viet Nam, 2021, Scientific Workshop on “Conciliation of disputes in civil, business and commerce” organized by University of Law, Hue University;
- A comparative on adversary in court and in arbitration in dispute resolution on business, commerce, 2021, Scientific Workshop on “Adversary in dispute resolution on civil, economy” organized by Saigon International University (co-author with Nguyen Thi Ngoc Uyen);
- Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses in commercial arbitration in Viet Nam, 2021, Sientific Workshop on “Law on commercial arbitration and commercial mediation in Vietnam – Theory and Practice” organized by Thinh Tri Commercial Arbitration Centre and Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Langague - Information Technology dated 09 October 2021;
- Improving the quality of human resources for development of commercial arbitration in Viet Nam, 2021, Sientific Workshop on “Law on commercial arbitration and commercial mediation in Vietnam – Theory and Practice” organized by Thinh Tri Commercial Arbitration Centre and Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Langague - Information Technology dated 09 October 2021;
- Application the Precedent No. 09/2016/AL in settlement disputes on business, commerce in court and in arbitration, 2021, Sientific Workshop on “Application the Precedents in current trial activities of courts” organized by Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Langague - Information Technology dated 28 August 2021;
- Resolving contractual disputes in the context of Covid-19 by commercial mediation, 09 August 2021, published by Business Forum Magazine (News Agency of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry);
- Expedited Arbitration Procedures – international experience and recommends for Viet Nam, 2020, Scientific workshop on “International and foreign experience on development of arbitration in the context of international economic integration”, organized at Ho Chi Minh City University of Law dated 05 December 2020;
- The risk of setting aside arbitral awards, 19 December 2019, published by Saigon Times.
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Articles on other topics:
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- Why Facebook sues 04 Vietnamese individuals?, 10 July 2021, published by Business Forum Magazine (News Agency of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry);
- Can terminate lease contracts because of Covid-19, 17 May 2021, published by Business Forum Magazine (News Agency of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry);
- Completing the legal framework for officetel, 17 February 2021, published by Business Forum Magazine (News Agency of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry);
- Covid-19 and its impact on performance of commercial, business contracts, 2021, National Scientific Workshop on “Completing the legal framework in the prevention and control of Covid-19 in Vietnam” organized by Van Lang University and Journal on Democracy and Law (Ministry of Justice) dated 21 January 2021;
- Some legal issues on officetel, 2021, Scientific Workshop on “Building and completing the legal framework for some kinds of real estate” organized by Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Language - Information Technology dated 20 January 2021;
- Law on small and medium-sized enterprises, 2020, City-Level Workshop on “Improving the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City”, organized by University of Economy - Finance and Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies dated 03 November 2021;
- Law on support for small and medium-sized enterprises: lots of policies have not been realized, 26 November 2020 (No. 48-2020), published by Saigon Times;
- How does the 2020 Law on Enterprises simplify procedures of business establishment?, 21 September 2021, published by Business Forum Magazine (News Agency of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry);
- Who are independent members of the board of directors? – Approach from the 2020 Law on Enterprises, 19 September 2020, published by Saigon Times;
- First News sues Lazada: Liability of e-commerce platforms?, 16 September 2020, published by Business Forum Magazine (News Agency of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry);
- Shareholders convene the General Meeting of Shareholders by themselves: Having the right but difficult to enforce, 11 June 2020, published by Saigon Times;
- Is Covid-19 a force majeure event for immunity of liability, 03 March 2020, published by Saigon Times;
- Labor contract: lots of new points need to noted by enterprises, 26 December 2019 and 01 January 2020, published by Saigon Times;
- A commentary on some provisions on independent members of the board of directors under the 2020 Law on Enterprises, 2021, Scientific Workshop on “New points of the 2020 Law on Enterprises”, organized by Faculty of Commercial Law – Ho Chi Minh City University of Law dated 09 September 2020;
- Company seals were usurped: How to resolve?, 13 June 2019, published by Saigon Times;
- Business registration in the name of foreigners: Risks and legal responsibilities, 06 June 2019, published by Saigon Times;
- Law on identification of transactions between public companies and related persons, 2018, Jurisprudence Journal, No. 10-2018 (co-author with Vo Trung Tin);
- A member of board of directors resigns and legal consequences arise, 07 June 2018, published by Saigon Times;
- On enterprises’ seals according to the 2014 Law on Enterprises and other related provisions, 2016, Legal Sciences Journal, No. 02 (96) – 2016 (co-author with Vo Trung Tin);
- What is the correct way to write the company's authorization, 13 October 2016, published by Saigon Times;
- Filling the loophole of irregular information disclosure of state-owned enterprises, 19 August 2016, published by Saigon Times;
- Enterprises have not escaped the seals, 28 July 2016, published by Saigon Times;
- Which services require licenses under Article 292 of the 2015 Penal Code?, 30 June 2016, published by Saigon Times;
- Need a legal framework to support, motivate “startups”, 09 June 2016, published by Saigon Times;
- The seal of the enterprise according to the provisions of the 2014 Law on Enterprise and other relevant regulations, 2015, Scientific Workshop on “The 2014 Law on Enterprises and the 2014 Law on Investment – Innovations that make the right of freedom to conduct a business a reality”, organized by Faculty of Commercial Law – Ho Chi Minh City University of Law dated 30 October 2015;
- The enterprise seal is still complicated, 29 October 2015, published by Saigon Times.
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