Audier & Partners

Audier & Partners is among the top law firms in Vietnam. The firm is frequently sought for capital markets, corporate and M&A and real estate work. Industry speciality includes consumer goods and services, particularly in the hospitality area. The firm’s deep bench includes the likes of corporate and M&A specialists Nicolas Audier, Etienne Laumonier and Nicolas Picard as well as construction and real estate expert Bernadette Fahy.

Banking and finance

Work highlights

Advised a European bank on restructuring and repositioning its Vietnamese banking entities on the Vietnamese market.

Capital markets

Work highlights

Advised a foreign investor on its investment in VietJet in relation to its $1.7 billion IPO.

Construction

Work highlights

Advising an international construction and engineering joint venture company, the lead contractor, and its Vietnamese affiliate company on the termination of an EPC contract with a leading Vietnamese SOE, as the owner, in respect of a major construction project in Laos.

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights

Represented Uber on the sale of its Vietnamese business to Grab in exchange for a minority stake in Grab’s Southeast Asian holding.  This deal was part of a larger deal covering Uber operations in eight Southeast Asian countries, for a value of nearly $2 billion.

Advising Minor Hotels on the development of its network of hotels throughout Vietnam under various global brands.

Key clients

Accor, Central Group