His practice focusses on financing, capital markets and M&A transactions. He is also known for his deep knowledge of the Vietnamese market and his practical approach to problem-solving. Hai has played a key role in numerous high-profile cross-border deals, helping clients navigate both local and international legal landscapes with confidence.
Hai’s expertise is widely recognized by leading legal directories and he is a sought-after speaker with numerous publications to his name on corporate governance, capital markets, and the Vietnamese legal framework in respected publications such as Corporate Governance Review, Infra Asia, Asian Power, and Asian-Mena Counsel Magazine.
Hai began his career as in-house counsel for PetroVietnam Transportation Corp., followed by private practice with the Ho Chi Minh City office of a US law firm and a top Vietnamese firm. Hai joined A&O Shearman in 2025.
Advisory and regulatory
Capital markets
Corporate and M&A
Disputes
Finance
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- Administrative and public law
- Antitrust
- Artificial intelligence
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- Cybersecurity
- Data privacy and data protection
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- Family office
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- Funds and asset management
- Global employment and compensation
- Private client
- Public company advisory and corporate governance
- Restructuring, insolvency and capital solutions
- Sanctions and international trade
- Tax
- White-collar defense and global investigations
- ALL ADVISORY AND REGULATORY
- Asset finance
- Corporate trust and agency
- Debt capital markets
- Derivatives
- Emerging growth
- Emerging markets finance
- Equity capital markets
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- Fund liquidity solutions
- Global employment and compensation
- Insurance
- Islamic finance
- Markets Innovation Group
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- Real estate
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- Structured finance, securitizations and CLOs
- Sustainable finance
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- ALL CAPITAL MARKETS
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- Business and human rights
- Complex commercial transactions
- Cybersecurity
- Data privacy and data protection
- Digital assets
- Emerging growth
- Environmental
- Equity capital markets
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- Foreign direct investment and CFIUS
- Global employment and compensation
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- M&A, JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Private equity
- Project development and finance
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- Real estate
- Restructuring, insolvency and capital solutions
- Sanctions and international trade
- Tax
- Technology transactions
- ALL CORPORATE AND M&A
- Administrative and public law
- Antitrust
- Artificial intelligence
- Asset tracing and recovery litigation
- Business and human rights
- Corporate and commercial litigation
- Cybersecurity
- Data privacy and data protection
- Digital assets
- Environmental
- Financial services litigation
- Global employment and compensation
- Intellectual property
- International arbitration
- Insurance
- M&A litigation
- Political law
- Project development and finance
- Public company advisory and corporate governance
- Restructuring, insolvency and capital solutions
- Sanctions and international trade
- Securities litigation and enforcement
- Tax
- White-collar defense and global investigations
- ALL DISPUTES
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