Audier & Partners

The banking and finance practice of Audier & Partners not only handles pioneering transactions but also advises development banks. Nicolas Audier, Nicolas Picard and Marijn Sprokkereef have been advising Agence Française de Développement and five other development banks on the review of the draft Law on the Conclusion, Accession and Implementation of Treaties, which will affect the banks’ operations in the local market.

The capital markets group at Audier & Partners has been involved in many recent transactions in Vietnam. The team has advised international investment banks on an array of securities transactions, such as the equitisation of state-owned enterprises and IPOs. The practice advised the Vietnam government on its $1 billion sovereign bond issue, which is to be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

The construction and real estate practice at Audier & Partners regularly advises clients across commercial, industrial, and residential sectors. Etienne Laumonier and Nguyen Cong To have been advising a hospitality services provider on a development on the island of Phu Quoc. “There is a level of trust in that I know,” notes a client, “that they can get the work done in a timely manner for reasonable cost.”

Audier & Partners has advised corporations and investors on all types of corporate and M&A transactions, including financial and trade sales. Nicolas Audier, Nicolas Picard, Bernadette Fahy, and Etienne Laumonier acted as legal counsel to long-standing client Casino Group on the €1 billion ($1.1 billion) sale of Big C Vietnam to Central Group.

The dispute resolution and litigation practice at Audier & Partners bases its approach to dispute resolution on robust knowledge and experience of local and global arbitration and litigation procedures, including Bernadette Fahy’s counsel in cases under the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Nicolas Audier, Fahy, and Tran Trong Binh have been advising a French commodities company on its $70 million arbitration claim against the Vietnamese government for outstanding debts due under long-term commodity supply contracts, under Vietnam and France’s bilateral investment treaty.