SCLVN would like to introduce theme for CCCDR2024: “Risk Mitigation in Construction Contract Preparation and Administration”
Venue: Pan Pacific Hanoi, 01 Thanh Nien, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Time: 8am Thursday 10th October 2024
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Andrea Chao is a partner at international law firm Bird & Bird, based in Amsterdam. She focusses on advising employers & contractors on the construction and procurement of complex construction projects. Andrea chairs FIDIC Task Group 17, which is tasked by the FIDIC Contracts Committee to prepare a collaborative contract as a new addition to the FIDIC suite of contracts. She has co-drafted the Dutch collaborative early contractor involvement model contract DG2020, since its launch used to delivery hundreds of projects with a value of several Bn (also available in English). Furthermore, she is a board member of the Dutch Society for Construction Law.
Caroline is an internationally renowned Commercial and Project Director with more than 25 years’ end to end experience across an array of projects and industries worldwide.
Caroline has a strong skill base in commercial management, contracts and claims management as well as in the provision of setting strategic procurement advice and establishing contract start up, contract drafting and negotiation, financing, contract administration and management, risk management, claims preparation, defence and resolution (including adjudication, arbitration, litigation work and expert witness support). Caroline is currently completing her Master of Construction Law at the University of Melbourne.
Caroline is a thought leader and chairs the Board of the Society of Construction Law, Australia (SoCLA).
Christophe is a French attorney, and a member of the Paris Bar.
After practicing for more than 10 years in major British and French law firms in France, he has worked 5 years in Vietnam in a top ranked law firm before joining Forvis Mazars Legal as a Partner, where he develops the International Construction Project & Energy practice.
In Vietnam, he handles all aspects of contractual work on international construction projects, across a wide range of industry sectors including wastewater treatment plants and bridges and, especially, in rail transport. His main practice areas also include risks analysis and alternative dispute resolution. Over the last 5 years, Christophe has advised different stakeholders on the 3 Metro line projects in Vietnam (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City).
Dr. Dang Hoang Mai graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economic Law from Hanoi Law University in 1999, and a Master’s degree in International and Comparative Law in the joint training program between Hanoi Law University and Swedish Lund University in 2004 and began teaching law at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering in 2001. In 2021, Ms. Mai successfully defended her doctoral thesis at Hanoi Law University with the topic Law on EPC contracts in Vietnam.
With more than 20 years of experience teaching and researching Economic Law and Construction Law, Ms. Mai is currently in charge of teaching specialized subjects in Economic Law and Construction Law at Hanoi University of Construction. And she is a visiting lecturer at Hanoi Law University, as well as participating in legal consultancy for organizations and individuals in a number of cases related to Economic Law, Investment Law and Construction Law.
David Robertson is a partner in White & Case’s International Arbitration and Construction & Engineering team. He has more than 25 years’ experience advising clients on major construction, engineering, energy and infrastructure projects around the world. David has advised on major projects across the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia, with particular experience representing clients on oil & gas and petrochemical projects, offshore engineering projects, off-shore wind farms, thermal and gas-fired power plants, desalination plants, road, rail and metro projects. His wealth of experience in disputes arising from the design, procurement and construction of major energy and infrastructure projects enables David to support clients with quick, accurate and commercially astute advice, assisting them to avoid and effectively manage disputes. David has been recognised as an arbitration specialist by Directories in London, Singapore and South Korea. David also sits as arbitrator in construction disputes.
Dona Herlinda Karisfa is a Senior Manager of Contract Administrator with experience working at a state-owned construction company in Indonesia for over 17 years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and Law from Indonesia and a Master of Construction Law from the University of Melbourne.
Dona obtained a Fidic Certified Trainer Certificate, Fidic Certified Contract Manager and Risk Management Professional.
Dona has served in various positions with various construction projects. She has experience preparing tender documents and executing construction projects at sites. As a Senior Manager of Contract Administration, she leads the team in reviewing and drafting contract documents, preparing claims and defence, negotiating contracts with clients, and guiding the project teams in resolving disputes during project execution.
Joseph Lee is an SCL Korea Committee Member and a Partner / Senior Foreign Attorney at Yoon & Yang. Joseph is an international construction and disputes expert who handles both non-contentious and contentious matters by providing legal advice to contractors, developers and government agencies from wide demographic regions – covering not only Korea but also those from China, Japan, Europe and Middle East. Joseph has been advising clients on various issues arising during pre-development, tender, contracting, construction and post-construction/operation phases of various infrastructure, oil & gas and energy projects. In particular, Joseph advised the Public Works Authority of Qatar (Ashghal) and drafted its entire suite of contracts and ancillary documents for procurement of 18 types of projects and services (a.k.a., 2018 Ashghal contracts), which are widely used in Qatar as its standard form contracts.
Joseph Lee is also an international construction arbitration expert, experienced in advising on and conducting dispute resolution procedures in various fora including ICC, QICCA, KCAB, ad hoc arbitrations and courts in New York, Korea and Qatar. Joseph is also a registered arbitrator at KCAB International.
Meng Fai is a senior partner at a boutique law firm in Kuala Lumpur, specializing in construction, energy, and infrastructure law. He has over 15 years’ experience in this specialist area, having practised both in Singapore and Malaysia. Apart from dispute resolution, his practice focuses on drafting and advising on construction contracts, offering valuable guidance on project management for a wide range of infrastructure projects. This includes urban transport, high-value commercial developments, residential property development agreements and mixed-use projects encompassing Grade A corporate office towers, residential towers, and retail space with a gross development value (GDV) of RM800 million. Meng Fai leverages his legal expertise alongside a seasoned understanding of the industry to deliver solutions for his clients. He empowers clients through training to strengthen their in-house legal and project management capabilities. Meng Fai is a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a panel arbitrator of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and an accredited AIAC adjudicator.
Kim Rosenberg is a Partner in Freshfields’ Global Projects Disputes Group. She has over 20 years of experience in international construction arbitration, which she has supplemented by completing a Masters in Construction Law. Kim is ranked in Chambers Global UAE for Construction: Dispute Resolution and was included in the inaugural Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist Middle East 2023. From an industry perspective, Kim was chair of the committee that drafted the 2nd edition of the UK Society of Construction Law’s Delay and Disruption Protocol. She is a committee member of the Society of Construction Law (Gulf) and a Board member of the International Construction Law Association. Kim is co-editor and co-author of the Sweet & Maxwell publication Dealing with Delay and Disruption on Construction Projects. Kim also sits as an arbitrator in construction disputes. She is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales and Australia, and a foreign registered legal consultant in Dubai and Singapore.
Mr. Chung Le is a highly experienced project and construction lawyer with 20 years of practicing in Vietnam and some other countries. Mr. Chung Le is qualified to practice in Vietnam, the State of New York, and before the Supreme Court of the United States. He also holds an LLM degree from Duke University School of Law and an MBA degree from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris. Since 2020, he has been pursuing the Doctor of Legal Science (SJD) degree at Duke University School of Law.
Mr. Chung has acted as a legal adviser in highly significant country-changing infrastructure and energy projects such as an USD 9 billion refinery and petrochemical project, several complex gas-to-power, LNG-to-power projects and a number of coal-fired power plants in Vietnam.
Mr. Chung has been acting as a lawyer or legal expert in high-valued and complex disputes at Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
Le Net is the partner in charge of Singapore office of LNT & Partners. He is also in charge of financial services, infrastructure and arbitration practice group of the firm. In 2019 and early 2020, Net has been leading in a number of signature deals and cases, including: representing PetroVietnam in working with Nghi Son Refinery, acting for a number of subway construction projects in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, representing lender in a 8-bank syndication deal from China to Vietnam, representing Vingroup in a major M&A transaction, representing major renewable energy companies in wind power and solar power projects, winning an ICC construction arbitration case for Vietnam Expressway Corporation.
Net received his LL.B from Warsaw University in 1996, an LL.M from KU Leuven in 1997 and went on to obtain a Ph.D. from London School of Economics in 2004. He co-founded LNT & Partners in 2006. He taught contracts at Ho Chi Minh City University of Law and published widely in Vietnam and abroad. He is a panel arbitrator at the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) where he has chaired or co-arbitrated many leading cases, and also a panel arbitrator at Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). He is also a member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a CEDR accredited mediator.
Head of Project Implementation Management Dept 3, Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB)
Nicholas is a multi-jurisdictional lawyer specialising in the infrastructure and energy sectors. He has extensive experience advising contractors, sub-contractors and consultants in a range of sectors across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He leads teams in actively advising clients at all stages of the procurement and construction process and through to acting in international commercial arbitration proceedings. Nicholas has advised clients in international commercial arbitration proceedings and alternative dispute resolution under the HKIAC, DIAC, ICC, SIAC, and QICC Rules.
Nicholas has extensive practical knowledge of the construction industry gained through working for Main Contractors and Consultants as a quantity surveyor for 10 years prior to qualifying as a solicitor. Nicholas’ legal, and previous construction experience, enables him to provide practical legal advice to all stakeholders prior, during and at conclusion of the construction process as well as in domestic and international commercial arbitration proceedings, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Nicholas is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a past chairman of CIArb East Asia Branch.
Nina Tsaturova, Head of Legal and Director at Intelligent Solutions LLC in Tbilisi, Georgia, is a distinguished member of the FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators, specializing in construction law and dispute resolution. With over a decade of experience, she adeptly manages construction disputes, particularly FIDIC contracts, offering guidance on contract drafting, negotiation, and various dispute resolution methods. Nina has successfully handled diverse local and international projects, spanning infrastructure, residential, and commercial developments. Additionally, she actively contributes to the construction community as a Founding Member of the Georgian Association of Consulting Engineers and serves as the DRBF Country Representative in Georgia. As a FIDIC Certified Trainer and Head of Contract Principles at the FIDIC Academy, Nina’s commitment to excellence earned her the prestigious Merit Award for FIDIC Contracts Trainer of the Year in 2023, highlighting her leadership and dedication to advancing industry standards and professional development.
He is a Arbitrator of VIAC, former Head of the Construction Management Department and former Head of the Bidding Management Department, Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN).
Mr. Ninh Viet Dinh received an Energy Economics Engineering degree from Leningrad University (former Soviet Union), a Master of Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, Thailand), and graduated from a senior management training course. in nuclear power from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA). He worked at EVN Bidding Management Board from 1992-2016 and EVN Construction Management Board from 2016-2021. He is the Team Leader for reviewing legal documents on Bidding in Construction Investment of VCCI in 2011, in charge of drafting the EPC contract model issued with Circular No. 11/2016/TT-BKH.
Associate Professor Phạm Hồng Luân has been working at the University of Technology – Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City for over 43 years, teaching at the university level. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2012. His areas of expertise include Construction Engineering and Project Management.
Associate Professor Phạm Hồng Luân previously served as the Head of the Construction Project Management Department, where he trained many generations of civil and industrial construction engineers, including more than 70 master’s graduates specializing in Project Management. His research and teaching fields include Construction Engineering, Construction Project Organization, Business Informatics in Management, Scheduling Methods, and Legal Documents for Civil Engineers.
In addition to his teaching duties, Associate Professor Phạm Hồng Luân has participated in the design, project management, and quality management of numerous projects and works in Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces.
Dr.Pham Van Khanh holds a degree in Geological Engineering from Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, a Master’s in Business Administration, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the National Economics University. He has held leadership positions in various departments under the Ministry of Construction such as: Deputy Director of the Institute of Construction Economics, Director of the Department of Construction Economics, Director of the Agency of Construction Economics. During his tenure at the Ministry of Construction, he has been involved in resolving numerous complaints and disputes regarding construction progress in his capacity as a state regulatory authority.
He is currently serves as the head of the Economics Department of Vietnam Federation of Civil Engineering Associations and Honorary Vice Chairman of SCLVN.
Mr. Phan Trong Dat has nearly fifteen years of practical experience in the field of commercial arbitration and commercial mediation and currently holds the position of Acting Director of the Vietnam Mediation Centre, a division of VIAC. He has been working with hundreds of arbitral tribunals at VIAC and continues to hone his practical knowledge of commercial arbitration and commercial mediation. Mr. Dat holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, and a master’s degree in project management from the University of Nantes, France.
Mr. Dat is the Co-manager of the project “Enhancing the Use of Arbitration in Vietnam” for the period 2005 – 2010, a project that has made significant contributions to the current development of arbitration in Vietnam. He has worked closely with hundreds of arbitration councils at VIAC and continues to deepen his practical knowledge of commercial arbitration and mediation.
Mr. Dat is also a highly qualified academic and regularly delivers presentations and lectures (as visiting lecturer). He actively participates as a guest lecturer on topics related to arbitration procedures and dispute resolution skills at conferences and training courses conducted by law universities, Vietnam Bar Association, American Chamber of Commerce, Vietnam Banker Association, VCCI, etc.
Sanghoon Han is the head of Lee&Ko’s International Arbitration team and has represented both Korean and foreign clients in arbitration proceedings conducted under a number of leading international arbitration rules. Mr. Han also made a name for himself in the Korean international arbitration community as an investor-state dispute specialist. He has represented investors in two cases and also served as a counsel for Korea in three investor-state cases.
Mr. Han serves on the panel of arbitrators at KCAB, AIAC, Thai Arbitration Institute and Mumbai International Arbitration Centre and has acted as an arbitrator in international arbitration cases under the rules of KCAB. Mr Han is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Arbitrators.
Sinyee specializes in international arbitration and dispute resolution in the Asia Pacific region.
She focuses on disputes related to construction and controversial insurance issues. In the construction sector, she has advised contractors on claims related to delays, time extensions, payments, and fluctuations, as well as claims related to COVID. In the insurance sector, she advises contracting parties and insured parties (including owners and contractors) on property damage compensation and business interruption claims for insurance companies.
Sinyee has advised on FIDIC contract arbitration. She has also advised her clients on arbitration proceedings according to various arbitration rules. These include ACICA, AIAC, BANI, ICC, PDRCI, QICCA, SHIAC, SIAC, and UNCITRAL rules, and on special arbitration procedures. Additionally, she provides advice on domestic and international litigation procedures.
Sinyee was recognized by the Singapore Business Review (in 2020) as one of the top lawyers under 40 and was also ranked as a ‘key lawyer’ for controversial insurance issues by Legal 500 (in 2024).
Nhan qualified as a Bachelor of Civil Engineering in 1997, and Master of Sciences of Structural Engineering in 2006. Nhan is a chartered quantity surveyor (MRICS).
His project expertise includes commercial management of construction, contract practices, claim and claim defence, procurement and tendering, project financial control and reporting, quantification and costing of construction works, contract administration, conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution, project management. His market sector experience includes infrastructure, residential, educations, offices, hospitals, industrial, power and energy projects.
Victor is recognized as one of the leading arbitration practitioners in Thailand. He graduated from Kingston Polytechnic with a BSc in Quantity Surveying and from Northumbria University with an LLM in International Commercial Law (Distinction). He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Arbitration from the Reading College of Estate Management and a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
He has worked in the construction industry in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America and Asia. He regularly sits as an arbitrator in both international and domestic arbitrations.
He has particular experience in construction disputes but has also dealt with international trade disputes, shipping disputes, aviation disputes, joint venture disputes and a variety of general commercial disputes. He has accepted 65 appointments to act as an arbitrator and 36 appointments as party representative in arbitration cases. He has been directly appointed as an arbitrator by the ICC, SIAC, AIAC, TAI, VIAC, CIArb and the Thai Courts. He has conducted arbitrations as Presiding Arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and Co-Arbitrator. He has conducted arbitrations under ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, TAI, VIAC and UNCITRAL arbitration rules. He has conducted arbitrations under English, Indian, Malaysian, Nepalese, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese Law.
Andrea Chao is a partner at international law firm Bird & Bird, based in Amsterdam. She focusses on advising employers & contractors on the construction and procurement of complex construction projects. Andrea chairs FIDIC Task Group 17, which is tasked by the FIDIC Contracts Committee to prepare a collaborative contract as a new addition to the FIDIC suite of contracts. She has co-drafted the Dutch collaborative early contractor involvement model contract DG2020, since its launch used to delivery hundreds of projects with a value of several Bn (also available in English). Furthermore, she is a board member of the Dutch Society for Construction Law.
Dr.Pham Van Khanh holds a degree in Geological Engineering from Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, a Master’s in Business Administration, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the National Economics University. He has held leadership positions in various departments under the Ministry of Construction such as: Deputy Director of the Institute of Construction Economics, Director of the Department of Construction Economics, Director of the Agency of Construction Economics. During his tenure at the Ministry of Construction, he has been involved in resolving numerous complaints and disputes regarding construction progress in his capacity as a state regulatory authority.
He is currently serves as the head of the Economics Department of Vietnam Federation of Civil Engineering Associations and Honorary Vice Chairman of SCLVN.
He is a Arbitrator of VIAC, former Head of the Construction Management Department and former Head of the Bidding Management Department, Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN).
Mr. Ninh Viet Dinh received an Energy Economics Engineering degree from Leningrad University (former Soviet Union), a Master of Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, Thailand), and graduated from a senior management training course. in nuclear power from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA). He worked at EVN Bidding Management Board from 1992-2016 and EVN Construction Management Board from 2016-2021. He is the Team Leader for reviewing legal documents on Bidding in Construction Investment of VCCI in 2011, in charge of drafting the EPC contract model issued with Circular No. 11/2016/TT-BKH.
Caroline is an internationally renowned Commercial and Project Director with more than 25 years’ end to end experience across an array of projects and industries worldwide.
Caroline has a strong skill base in commercial management, contracts and claims management as well as in the provision of setting strategic procurement advice and establishing contract start up, contract drafting and negotiation, financing, contract administration and management, risk management, claims preparation, defence and resolution (including adjudication, arbitration, litigation work and expert witness support). Caroline is currently completing her Master of Construction Law at the University of Melbourne.
Caroline is a thought leader and chairs the Board of the Society of Construction Law, Australia (SoCLA).
Christophe is a French attorney, and a member of the Paris Bar.
After practicing for more than 10 years in major British and French law firms in France, he has worked 5 years in Vietnam in a top ranked law firm before joining Forvis Mazars Legal as a Partner, where he develops the International Construction Project & Energy practice.
In Vietnam, he handles all aspects of contractual work on international construction projects, across a wide range of industry sectors including wastewater treatment plants and bridges and, especially, in rail transport. His main practice areas also include risks analysis and alternative dispute resolution. Over the last 5 years, Christophe has advised different stakeholders on the 3 Metro line projects in Vietnam (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City).
Nina Tsaturova, Head of Legal and Director at Intelligent Solutions LLC in Tbilisi, Georgia, is a distinguished member of the FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators, specializing in construction law and dispute resolution. With over a decade of experience, she adeptly manages construction disputes, particularly FIDIC contracts, offering guidance on contract drafting, negotiation, and various dispute resolution methods. Nina has successfully handled diverse local and international projects, spanning infrastructure, residential, and commercial developments. Additionally, she actively contributes to the construction community as a Founding Member of the Georgian Association of Consulting Engineers and serves as the DRBF Country Representative in Georgia. As a FIDIC Certified Trainer and Head of Contract Principles at the FIDIC Academy, Nina’s commitment to excellence earned her the prestigious Merit Award for FIDIC Contracts Trainer of the Year in 2023, highlighting her leadership and dedication to advancing industry standards and professional development.
Nhan qualified as a Bachelor of Civil Engineering in 1997, and Master of Sciences of Structural Engineering in 2006. Nhan is a chartered quantity surveyor (MRICS).
His project expertise includes commercial management of construction, contract practices, claim and claim defence, procurement and tendering, project financial control and reporting, quantification and costing of construction works, contract administration, conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution, project management. His market sector experience includes infrastructure, residential, educations, offices, hospitals, industrial, power and energy projects.
Sinyee specializes in international arbitration and dispute resolution in the Asia Pacific region.
She focuses on disputes related to construction and controversial insurance issues. In the construction sector, she has advised contractors on claims related to delays, time extensions, payments, and fluctuations, as well as claims related to COVID. In the insurance sector, she advises contracting parties and insured parties (including owners and contractors) on property damage compensation and business interruption claims for insurance companies.
Sinyee has advised on FIDIC contract arbitration. She has also advised her clients on arbitration proceedings according to various arbitration rules. These include ACICA, AIAC, BANI, ICC, PDRCI, QICCA, SHIAC, SIAC, and UNCITRAL rules, and on special arbitration procedures. Additionally, she provides advice on domestic and international litigation procedures.
Sinyee was recognized by the Singapore Business Review (in 2020) as one of the top lawyers under 40 and was also ranked as a ‘key lawyer’ for controversial insurance issues by Legal 500 (in 2024).
Meng Fai is a senior partner at a boutique law firm in Kuala Lumpur, specializing in construction, energy, and infrastructure law. He has over 15 years’ experience in this specialist area, having practised both in Singapore and Malaysia. Apart from dispute resolution, his practice focuses on drafting and advising on construction contracts, offering valuable guidance on project management for a wide range of infrastructure projects. This includes urban transport, high-value commercial developments, residential property development agreements and mixed-use projects encompassing Grade A corporate office towers, residential towers, and retail space with a gross development value (GDV) of RM800 million. Meng Fai leverages his legal expertise alongside a seasoned understanding of the industry to deliver solutions for his clients. He empowers clients through training to strengthen their in-house legal and project management capabilities. Meng Fai is a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a panel arbitrator of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and an accredited AIAC adjudicator.
Mr. Phan Trong Dat has nearly fifteen years of practical experience in the field of commercial arbitration and commercial mediation and currently holds the position of Acting Director of the Vietnam Mediation Centre, a division of VIAC. He has been working with hundreds of arbitral tribunals at VIAC and continues to hone his practical knowledge of commercial arbitration and commercial mediation. Mr. Dat holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, and a master’s degree in project management from the University of Nantes, France.
Mr. Dat is the Co-manager of the project “Enhancing the Use of Arbitration in Vietnam” for the period 2005 – 2010, a project that has made significant contributions to the current development of arbitration in Vietnam. He has worked closely with hundreds of arbitration councils at VIAC and continues to deepen his practical knowledge of commercial arbitration and mediation.
Mr. Dat is also a highly qualified academic and regularly delivers presentations and lectures (as visiting lecturer). He actively participates as a guest lecturer on topics related to arbitration procedures and dispute resolution skills at conferences and training courses conducted by law universities, Vietnam Bar Association, American Chamber of Commerce, Vietnam Banker Association, VCCI, etc.
Dr. Dang Hoang Mai graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economic Law from Hanoi Law University in 1999, and a Master’s degree in International and Comparative Law in the joint training program between Hanoi Law University and Swedish Lund University in 2004 and began teaching law at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering in 2001. In 2021, Ms. Mai successfully defended her doctoral thesis at Hanoi Law University with the topic Law on EPC contracts in Vietnam.
With more than 20 years of experience teaching and researching Economic Law and Construction Law, Ms. Mai is currently in charge of teaching specialized subjects in Economic Law and Construction Law at Hanoi University of Construction. And she is a visiting lecturer at Hanoi Law University, as well as participating in legal consultancy for organizations and individuals in a number of cases related to Economic Law, Investment Law and Construction Law.
Mr. Chung Le is a highly experienced project and construction lawyer with 20 years of practicing in Vietnam and some other countries. Mr. Chung Le is qualified to practice in Vietnam, the State of New York, and before the Supreme Court of the United States. He also holds an LLM degree from Duke University School of Law and an MBA degree from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris. Since 2020, he has been pursuing the Doctor of Legal Science (SJD) degree at Duke University School of Law.
Mr. Chung has acted as a legal adviser in highly significant country-changing infrastructure and energy projects such as an USD 9 billion refinery and petrochemical project, several complex gas-to-power, LNG-to-power projects and a number of coal-fired power plants in Vietnam.
Mr. Chung has been acting as a lawyer or legal expert in high-valued and complex disputes at Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
From 1977 to 1979, Mr Luong Van Ly worked for the International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ha Noi. From 1979 to 1992, he was a consular officer and then became Press Chief Officer at the Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Affairs Office from 1992 to 1994. From 1994 to 2001, he was Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office in Ho Chi Minh City, the local branch office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Ly taught International Public Law at the School of Law, the Natural and Social Sciences University of Ho Chi Minh City. Over these 03 years he helped train several classes of talented barristers now practicing all over the country and several classes of government officials who are today putting their solid legal knowledge at the service of their daily work. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Ly was Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Planning and Investment, in charge of foreign investment and ODA Projects. In these capacities he became well known and highly appreciated by foreign investors in Viet Nam and colleagues as an active and effective promoter of the city. Mr. Luong Van Ly contributed a great deal to the creation of VLT Lawyers. In July 2016, VLT Lawyers merged with Phuoc & Partners.
Since July 04th, 2019, Mr. Ly, an ACIArb, is an accredited arbitrator to the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC). In such capacities, he has been appointed member of several VIAC arbitral tribunals specially in disputes involving foreign parties. Since September 2019 he is the Senior Adviser in GV Lawyers, assisting Partners in consulting in education, health care, construction, commerce and investment.
Le Net is the partner in charge of Singapore office of LNT & Partners. He is also in charge of financial services, infrastructure and arbitration practice group of the firm. In 2019 and early 2020, Net has been leading in a number of signature deals and cases, including: representing PetroVietnam in working with Nghi Son Refinery, acting for a number of subway construction projects in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, representing lender in a 8-bank syndication deal from China to Vietnam, representing Vingroup in a major M&A transaction, representing major renewable energy companies in wind power and solar power projects, winning an ICC construction arbitration case for Vietnam Expressway Corporation.
Net received his LL.B from Warsaw University in 1996, an LL.M from KU Leuven in 1997 and went on to obtain a Ph.D. from London School of Economics in 2004. He co-founded LNT & Partners in 2006. He taught contracts at Ho Chi Minh City University of Law and published widely in Vietnam and abroad. He is a panel arbitrator at the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) where he has chaired or co-arbitrated many leading cases, and also a panel arbitrator at Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). He is also a member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a CEDR accredited mediator.
Victor is recognized as one of the leading arbitration practitioners in Thailand. He graduated from Kingston Polytechnic with a BSc in Quantity Surveying and from Northumbria University with an LLM in International Commercial Law (Distinction). He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Arbitration from the Reading College of Estate Management and a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
He has worked in the construction industry in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America and Asia. He regularly sits as an arbitrator in both international and domestic arbitrations.
He has particular experience in construction disputes but has also dealt with international trade disputes, shipping disputes, aviation disputes, joint venture disputes and a variety of general commercial disputes. He has accepted 65 appointments to act as an arbitrator and 36 appointments as party representative in arbitration cases. He has been directly appointed as an arbitrator by the ICC, SIAC, AIAC, TAI, VIAC, CIArb and the Thai Courts. He has conducted arbitrations as Presiding Arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and Co-Arbitrator. He has conducted arbitrations under ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, TAI, VIAC and UNCITRAL arbitration rules. He has conducted arbitrations under English, Indian, Malaysian, Nepalese, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese Law.
Head of Economics of Investment and Construction Contracts – Department of Construction Economics – Ministry of Construction
Nguyen Bac Thuy is an expert for a number of large investment projects in Vietnam. One of it is the Dung Quat oil refinery expansion at Long Son. He negotiated EPC contracts for Dung Quat oil refinery. He has participated in compiling many Laws, Decrees and Circulars on construction investment, bidding, public investment, construction contracts, construction investment cost management, etc.
Mr. Thuy is an appraiser at many major cases he also appeared as a lecturer in many training courses for ministries, branches, localities, the State Audit, and enterprises on management of construction investment costs and construction contracts. He is an expert at several international arbitration cases (SIAC, ICC) and also a Mediator in a number of construction disputes.
Mr. Thuy holds a degree in Civil Engineering and a Master in Construction Management from the University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam.
Head of Project Implementation Management Dept 3, Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB)
Dona Herlinda Karisfa is a Senior Manager of Contract Administrator with experience working at a state-owned construction company in Indonesia for over 17 years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and Law from Indonesia and a Master of Construction Law from the University of Melbourne.
Dona obtained a Fidic Certified Trainer Certificate, Fidic Certified Contract Manager and Risk Management Professional.
Dona has served in various positions with various construction projects. She has experience preparing tender documents and executing construction projects at sites. As a Senior Manager of Contract Administration, she leads the team in reviewing and drafting contract documents, preparing claims and defence, negotiating contracts with clients, and guiding the project teams in resolving disputes during project execution.
Sanghoon Han is the head of Lee&Ko’s International Arbitration team and has represented both Korean and foreign clients in arbitration proceedings conducted under a number of leading international arbitration rules. Mr. Han also made a name for himself in the Korean international arbitration community as an investor-state dispute specialist. He has represented investors in two cases and also served as a counsel for Korea in three investor-state cases.
Mr. Han serves on the panel of arbitrators at KCAB, AIAC, Thai Arbitration Institute and Mumbai International Arbitration Centre and has acted as an arbitrator in international arbitration cases under the rules of KCAB. Mr Han is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Arbitrators.
Kim Rosenberg is a Partner in Freshfields’ Global Projects Disputes Group. She has over 20 years of experience in international construction arbitration, which she has supplemented by completing a Masters in Construction Law. Kim is ranked in Chambers Global UAE for Construction: Dispute Resolution and was included in the inaugural Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist Middle East 2023. From an industry perspective, Kim was chair of the committee that drafted the 2nd edition of the UK Society of Construction Law’s Delay and Disruption Protocol. She is a committee member of the Society of Construction Law (Gulf) and a Board member of the International Construction Law Association. Kim is co-editor and co-author of the Sweet & Maxwell publication Dealing with Delay and Disruption on Construction Projects. Kim also sits as an arbitrator in construction disputes. She is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales and Australia, and a foreign registered legal consultant in Dubai and Singapore.
Joseph Lee is an SCL Korea Committee Member and a Partner / Senior Foreign Attorney at Yoon & Yang. Joseph is an international construction and disputes expert who handles both non-contentious and contentious matters by providing legal advice to contractors, developers and government agencies from wide demographic regions – covering not only Korea but also those from China, Japan, Europe and Middle East. Joseph has been advising clients on various issues arising during pre-development, tender, contracting, construction and post-construction/operation phases of various infrastructure, oil & gas and energy projects. In particular, Joseph advised the Public Works Authority of Qatar (Ashghal) and drafted its entire suite of contracts and ancillary documents for procurement of 18 types of projects and services (a.k.a., 2018 Ashghal contracts), which are widely used in Qatar as its standard form contracts.
Joseph Lee is also an international construction arbitration expert, experienced in advising on and conducting dispute resolution procedures in various fora including ICC, QICCA, KCAB, ad hoc arbitrations and courts in New York, Korea and Qatar. Joseph is also a registered arbitrator at KCAB International.
David Robertson is a partner in White & Case’s International Arbitration and Construction & Engineering team. He has more than 25 years’ experience advising clients on major construction, engineering, energy and infrastructure projects around the world. David has advised on major projects across the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia, with particular experience representing clients on oil & gas and petrochemical projects, offshore engineering projects, off-shore wind farms, thermal and gas-fired power plants, desalination plants, road, rail and metro projects. His wealth of experience in disputes arising from the design, procurement and construction of major energy and infrastructure projects enables David to support clients with quick, accurate and commercially astute advice, assisting them to avoid and effectively manage disputes. David has been recognised as an arbitration specialist by Directories in London, Singapore and South Korea. David also sits as arbitrator in construction disputes.
SCLVN would like to introduce theme for CCCDR2024: “Risk Mitigation in Construction Contract Preparation and Administration”
Venue: Pan Pacific Hanoi, 01 Thanh Nien, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Time: 8am Thursday 10th October 2024
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