Allen & Gledhill of Singapore, Zaid Ibrahim & Co of Malaysia and LCT Lawyers of Vietnam have come together to establish the first joint venture law firm of its kind to be licensed in Vietnam.

 

The firm, to be known as AGZI LCT Limited, will operate from offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The initial partners of the new firm are Le Net and Chau Huy Quang, who were the founding partners of LCT Lawyers. AGZI LCT will target work from foreign investors in a range of fields including banking & finance, corporate and commercial law.

 

Earlier this year saw the formation of the Allen & Gledhill Zaid Ibrahim alliance, a strategic alliance which covers Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.