YOON&YANG

Korean and foreign companies are increasingly gaining access into Vietnam as a leading market in Southeast Asia. The legitimate Hanoi, a millennial capital of Vietnam, is home to central government agencies and central bank of Vietnam, and as the center of export industries, commands various industrial zones in its vicinity.

Since Yoon & Yang opened its Hanoi office in August 2017, Yoon & Yang's Hanoi office concentrated its efforts in building solid relationship with clients and providing on-demand and on-site advisory services for its clients, advising on local advisory matters as well as high-profile M&A’s.

Yoon & Yang - VILAF Korea-Vietnam Practice Unit

Starting from November 2025, Yoon & Yang and VILAF have entered into a professional collaboration, whereby VILAF will host senior legal professionals from Yoon & Yang to establish a dedicated practice unit in VILAF’s Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City offices in the name of Vietnam-Korea Practice Unit or Korea-Vietnam Practice Unit, creating a dedicated platform to provide high-quality legal services to Korean businesses navigating through complex legal matters in Vietnam.  This initiative aims to enhance cross-border understanding of legal practices and foster stronger cultural and professional ties between the two top-tier firms.

Instigated to deliver better services to the client, the Korea-Vietnam Practice Unit provides clients in Korea and Vietnam with access to a broad range of top-tier legal services tailored to clients’ unique ambitions and challenges, with respect to cross-border investments, M&A and financing transactions as well as complex dispute cases in Vietnam.

The Korea-Vietnam Practice Unit is managed by Mr. Zunu Lee, the head of cross-border practice of Yoon & Yang, whose versatility in handling cross-border M&A and investment is well known in Korea as well as Vietnam. In Hanoi, Mr. Sungdo Choi, a veteran practitioner and Hanoi resident who worked 9 years at Yoon & Yang’s Hanoi office resides at VILAF’s Hanoi office to facilitate legal services with VILAF’s lawyers and experts.

As the witness of the dramatic economic development in Korea for more than 50 years as the legal advisor with well-balanced capabilities in both disputes and cross-border transactions, Yoon & Yang seeks to achieve professional collaboration in Vietnam relentlessly oriented to enhance the client value in legal services.

VILAF

VILAF is a preeminent and one of the largest law firms in Vietnam with 16 partners and more than 100 English-speaking lawyers. For about two decades, all leading international legal directories and ranking organizations have consistently recognized VILAF as a top-tier firm in Vietnam across all major practice areas, including Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Energy and Infrastructure, and Real estate.