Apolat Legal is honored to be selected as the regular legal consultancy for the client, a Chinese-invested enterprise operating in the production and distribution of fiber products in Vietnam, with a total investment of over 290,000,000 USD.  The client’s activities involve numerous legal issues,…

Apolat Legal has provided consulting services for the preparatory phase of an investment project in wind energy in the Central Highlands region.  The client of Apolat Legal is a Singaporean-invested enterprise that is currently preparing to invest in a wind energy project in Tay Nguyen with an…

Our client is a foreign-invested enterprise with investors from Europe, seeking to acquire a factory in Dong Nai province for the production of paper packaging/cardboard packaging, with an acquisition value exceeding 2,000,000 USD.  With our experience in consulting on various types of mergers and…

Apolat Legal provided legal advisory services and represented a Korean Investor in seeking approval for the investment project from the Prime Minister’s Office and executing the Construction and Operation Investment Project for Light Industrial Infrastructure in Quang Ngai Province. The project has…

Apolat Legal is the legal consulting firm for a 100% Vietnamese-owned company’s transfer of 100% shares of a real estate company owning a high-end condominium project in Ho Chi Minh City, with a transaction value of 150 million US dollars (USD).  Apolat Legal has conducted a review of internal…

Apolat Legal has provided consulting and representation services for working with the Inspectorate of the Department of Industry and Trade on e-commerce activities.  In the current phase, the construction and operation of electronic and online methods to support business activities (such as…

Apolat Legal provided legal advice to an investment company regarding the acquisition of a media and entertainment company listed on the HOSE stock exchange and its subsidiary, with a total transaction value of 21 million US dollars (USD).  Apolat Legal advised on legal issues and legal risks…

Apolat Legal is the legal consulting firm for a 100% Vietnamese-owned investment company’s acquisition of shares in a leading Vietnamese food production company, with a value of 130 million US dollars (USD).  Apolat Legal has provided advice on legal issues and legal risks related to the…

Apolat Legal is the legal consulting firm for a 100% Vietnamese-owned investment company’s acquisition of a 100% Korean-owned company, which is the investor of a Beach Resort – Villa and Golf Course Project, with a transaction value of 100 million US dollars (USD).  Apolat Legal conducts legal…

Apolat Legal provides regular legal consulting services to the Client as Yeah1 Group Joint Stock Company (YEG) – a leading Vietnamese company in the fields of media and entertainment, currently listed on the HOSE stock exchange.  Leveraging their in-depth understanding of the law and extensive…

We are delighted to announce that Apolat Legal, a law firm specializing in intellectual property rights, recently provided legal counsel to BAC Company Limited, a renowned business training and consultancy company in Vietnam, in a copyright dispute related to derivative works with The International…

The modern economy depends on man-made machines and devices. Most of these must be fueled by petroleum in order to function. Therefore, having a stable source of petroleum through trading or self-production is an important goal of each country in general and Vietnam in particular. In this article,…

Vietnam is a country with a large, young population with rising income, and most of these are willing to spend a large amount of money to regularly go to cafe to enjoy their favorite drinks which create fertile ground to set up a cafe for business. At first glance, setting up a cafe seems simple,…

Apolat Legal is a legal firm that provides legal retainer service in Vietnam for the Client as a company named Foreign Trade Development & Investment Corporation of Ho Chi Minh City (FDC), listed on the HOSE stock exchange with total assets of approximately VND 1,000 billion.  The Client was…

We are pleased to announce that Apolat Legal, a law firm specializing in intellectual property rights, recently provided legal counsel to a prominent water purifier distribution company in Vietnam regarding a trademark dispute related to a domain name with Mitsubishi Chemical Cleansui Corporation, a…

We are delighted to announce that Apolat Legal recently assisted Tai Ky Food – Flour Joint Stock Company, a leading player in the food powder production industry in Vietnam, in registering their trademarks in an impressive 13 countries and territories. This collaboration marks a significant…

Apolat Legal advised and assisted the Client being a Vietnamese investor in financing and funding a residential construction project with a project area of up to 75,000 m2 in Binh Duong owned by a well-known real estate company.  During the negotiation process, Apolat Legal acts as the key legal…

In this transaction, the Client is a foreign-invested company operating for more than 20 years, experiencing many periods of changing laws, adjusting licenses, and changing capital contributions of foreign investors, causing an exchange rate difference, the charter capital of Vietnam Dong on the…

Currently, it is very difficult to get a work permit for foreigners, especially Chinese nationals. Many experts and technical workers cannot enter Vietnam to work because they cannot apply for a work permit.  However, Apolat Legal’s team of lawyers with extensive experience in working with state…

Apolat Legal acts as a legal consultant and representative to work with the inspector of the Department of Industry and Trade on the delay in renewing the retail establishment licenses, resulting in the forfeiture of all profits arising in the period that the licenses have not been extended.  In…

Along with the development of the market economy, the standards form contracts are becoming prominent because of its convenience and economy. Accordingly, the standard form contracts help businesses reduce time and cost to negotiate terms when conducting a transaction. However, to ensure the…

Unilateral termination of the labor contract and labor discipline can be considered as one of the “courses of action” to adjust labor relations. Unilateral termination of the labor contract will result in the case of terminating the existing labor relationship between the employee and the employer.…

Employees are valuable and potential assets, constituting one of the essential factors for ensuring the stable and robust operation of a business. Simultaneously, employees can also be regarded as having significant profit for the business. They can contribute their talents and ideas to the…

In the transfer or assignment of the right to exploit intellectual property rights, one of the most important issues to be agreed by the parties is the valuation of transfer/assignment of the right to exploit intellectual property rights. In this article, Apolat Legal introduces the three current…

After the mark registration period for more than 2 years, some businesses, for various reasons, are no longer interested in the registered mark or because they do not have a clear understanding of the risks when using the mark improperly, they decide to “reform” their mark to tally with the trend or…

Every mark registration application will undergo a formal examination and a substantive examination of the mark registration application. In some cases, a mark registration application may be suspended from examination. The suspension of examination of mark registration application may be made when…

In most countries including Vietnam, a mark is only protected to the extent of the goods and services identified in the mark registration application. This mainly proceeds from the primary purposes of mark registration which is to protect the difference of a mark and prevent confusion for consumers…

In most countries including Vietnam, a mark is only protected to the extent of the goods and services identified in the mark registration application. This mainly proceeds from the primary purposes of mark registration which is to protect the difference of a mark and prevent confusion for consumers…

Song covering is known as a prevailing behavior now, especially in the digital environment. However, the act of covering other people’s songs also carries risks of copyright infringement subject to various different sanctions. This article aims to provide the most general information about legal…

Giải quyết tranh chấp quyền nuôi con khi ly hôn Việc xảy ra tranh chấp khi ly hôn giữa hai vợ chồng là điều không thể tránh khỏi. Trong đó, tranh chấp quyền nuôi con là một trong những xung đột thường xuyên xảy ra nhất. Chính vì vậy, rất nhiều người quan tâm đến các quy định của pháp luật, cũng như…

Phương án giải quyết tranh chấp thành viên công ty Trong quá trình làm việc và hợp tác với nhau, việc xảy ra tranh chấp, xung đột giữa các thành viên trong công ty là câu chuyện khó lòng tránh khỏi, đặc biệt là đối với những loại hình doanh nghiệp như Công ty TNHH hay Công ty cổ phần. Bên cạnh đó,…

In today’s interconnected world, the collection, processing, and sharing of personal data have become increasingly prevalent. With the growing concern over data breaches and privacy infringements, governments around the globe are taking proactive measures to safeguard the rights of individuals and…

1. Loan sharks – current thread in Vietnam Currently, state agencies are concentrating in handling of cases related to usury because these are cases that adversely affect the security situation of Vietnam. Grasping this situation, many loan sharks have turned around, using fake contracts to hide…

1. Effective circular stipulating conditions for foreign loans of enterprises not guaranteed by the government Currently, Circular 12/2014/TT-NHNN (“Circular 12”) is the effective circular stipulating conditions for foreign loans of enterprises not guaranteed by the government, which presents the…

Nowadays, it is not difficult to find products that are cakes, candies, juices and many other products that are food imported from abroad for consumption in Vietnam. For a product to be displayed and traded in the Vietnamese market, surely that product will need to go through a certain procedure…

Currently, Circular 12/2014/TT-NHNN (“Circular 12”) is the effective circular stipulating conditions for foreign loans of enterprises not guaranteed by the government, which presents the conditions for the borrower who is not a credit institution or foreign bank branch. In the current situation when…

Vietnamese law allows individuals to make a will to dispose of their property with the aim of transferring the property to another person after death. Through a will, the testator can appoint heirs, disqualify heirs from inheritance and determine those parts of the estate to which each heir is…

The development of economics, and the thriving of ultramodern technology results in mankind, especially the young generation, immerses in the virtual world and ignores other surrounding values. Therefore, life skills education centers will assist the young generation, especially children, in…