About FLAT LAW FIRM

Our positioning

Rather than doing everything for every client, FLAT focuses deeply on one segment: business law for cross-border capital flows into Vietnam. Clients come to us when a transaction has a foreign element — new market entrants, M&A deals, cross-border contracts, disputes needing enforcement across jurisdictions — and need a legal point of contact who understands both Vietnamese law and their business logic.

The differentiating strength is the China Desk: a team working directly in Chinese, coordinating regularly with Chinese law firms, and understanding how Chinese investors make decisions. See Chinese investors.

Values and working philosophy

Four values guide every matter at FLAT:

• FAST — fast responses, on time, never leaving clients waiting in a running transaction.
• LAWFUL — every solution is placed within the framework of applicable law, stating the legal basis and limits clearly.
• ACCOUNTABLE — one lawyer is primarily responsible for each matter, answering directly instead of through many layers.
• TRANSPARENT — the work scope, fees and timeline are defined clearly before starting.

Our professional philosophy is captured in four words: FOCUS (focusing on the material issues), LEAD (proactively driving the matter), ALIGN (aligning with the client’s business objectives) and TRUST (building trust through consistent results).

About FLAT LAW FIRM: who we serve

Our core clients include foreign investors, especially Chinese-speaking investors; businesses entering or expanding in Vietnam; business owners needing systematic legal management; and private clients with substantial assets, land disputes, inheritance or cross-border factors.

Working method

We start from the client’s real documents and objectives, then break the matter into an implementable roadmap: which step comes first, which dossiers need supplementing, which decisions should be deferred and which risks need deeper lawyer review.

This approach limits generic advice. Clients receive not only legal answers but also see the impact on the transaction, timeline, evidence and handling costs.

The standard 6-step process — scoping, identifying material issues, building the roadmap, implementing, milestone reporting and closing/handover — is described in detail at Working with a lawyer.

Multilingual coordination capability

In Vietnam–China or Vietnam–English matters, risk lies not only in the legal text but in how parties understand the same clause differently. FLAT LAW FIRM prioritizes consistent terminology, explanations in business context and helping parent companies and Vietnam teams decide on the same information basis.

For foreign law firms needing a local contact in Vietnam, we act as Vietnam counsel: coordinating dossiers, timelines and multi-jurisdiction legal output. Details at Working with foreign law firms.

Core service groups

• Foreign investment, IRC, ERC and operating licences.
• Corporate law, ongoing advisory, commercial contracts and M&A.
• Projects, real estate and construction, energy and labour.
• Commercial disputes, debts, arbitration and enforcement — including recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments.
• Divorce with substantial assets, land and house disputes, inheritance and cross-border assets.

In-depth industry capability

Beyond practice-area service groups, FLAT builds capability around the business industries FDI clients care about most:

• Law for manufacturing & industrial enterprises — the factory project lifecycle from industrial park site selection to operation and expansion.
• Law in healthcare and health services — licences, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and health data.

When to contact us

Contact us when a client is about to sign a major transaction, preparing an investment, needing legal review before placing a deposit, facing a dispute, or finding internal dossiers insufficiently solid for decision-making. Send information via the contact page or call the hotline (+84) 988 424 851 for FLAT’s initial review.

Legal reference sources

The legal content FLAT LAW FIRM presents on the website all cites normative legal documents currently in force. Readers can look up the full text at the Government’s system of normative legal documents for self-checking before making decisions.

Frequently asked questions

Useful links

• Services
• Investment guide
• Chinese investors
• Working process
• Working with foreign law firms
• Contact

Content and advice principles

FLAT LAW FIRM prioritizes verifiable content, avoids promising outcomes, and avoids language suggesting a general article can replace case-specific assessment. For sensitive topics such as investment, disputes, family assets or changing administrative procedures, the team will state clearly which parts need further review before application.

This approach is especially important for cross-border clients, as the same business decision may simultaneously raise questions about licences, contracts, tax, labour, foreign exchange and enforceability in Vietnam.

Client experience commitment

Clients need to see the next step after each exchange: which documents to supplement, which parties need to join, which decisions to defer and which risks can be handled immediately. Our goal is to help clients make more sober decisions, not just receive another lengthy legal memo.

Linking content to implementation

The website is organized so readers are not stuck at general introductions. From each service group, clients can proceed to the corresponding service page, guidance article, checklist or contact page. This streamlines initial self-research and helps lawyers receive better-defined requests.