Month: July 2020

EPLegal attended consultation workshop on investor

On 22 July 2020, Mr. Tony Nguyen – Founding Partner of EPLegal – was invited to attend the consultation workshop on enhancing the effectiveness of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in Vietnam, which held by Minister of Justice (MOJ) in Ha Noi.

Several leading practitioners in ISDS’s attendance at this consultation offered an extensive discussion on ISDS in Vietnam among these participants, which included the causes leading to the investor-state disputes, certain hurdles in ISDS in Vietnam and solutions to these problems during the ISDS.

As a guest speaker, Mr. Tony Nguyen made a presentation on enhancing the role of Vietnamese lawyers and arbitrators in ISDS, as well as shared his practical experience in ISDS from the international perspectives.

Review of the semi-online consultation

From 29 June to 2 July 2020, EPLegal successfully organized two consecutive semi-online consultation programs on international arbitration for Petro Vietnam and its subsidiaries. The programs were attended by around 150 in-house lawyers and non-lawyer professionals from PetroVietnam (PVN) and 36 subsidiaries of PVN in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The 2-day program’s topics covered

1. General overview of international arbitration,
2. The special characteristics of Vietnam’s law in relation to international arbitration,
3. A simulated arbitration process,
4. In-depth knowledge of international arbitration proceedings, and
5. International dispute resolution strategies, all which were presented by outstanding arbitration practitioners in Vietnam and Asia.

The program was informative and highly appreciated by the participants. Through the consultation, the participants gained knowledge of international arbitration from an in-house counsel perspective, as well as enhanced practical skills and knowledge through a simulated arbitration process and tutorials with numerous case studies.

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