Thai Binh Tran

Practice Areas

Real Estate/ Infrastructure, M&A, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Governance, Foreign Investment

Career

Mr. Binh Tran is the partner in charge of the firm’s Real Estate & Infrastructure Practice Group, and brings with him more than 20 years of legal experience. Mr. Binh Tran has advised clients on a wide variety of matters covering all aspects of the real estate industry, including project implementation, land use rights and property ownership-related matters, property acquisition transactions and taxation matters, and real estate project development procedures.

His experiences also cover matters regarding operation and investment activities of a business in Vietnam. His negotiation skills and business knowledge effectively add more values to his advices to clients rather than a mere legal advice.

Mr. Binh Tran has marked his involvement in the development of numerous successful real estate projects in Vietnam, namely Saigon South Center, Ecopark, SC Vivo City and etc. Binh was commended by the Mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, the Head of Saigon South Authority (MASD) in 2007, 2008, 2009 for his excellent contributions to the development of the Saigon South New Urban Center.

Professional Memberships

Vietnam Bar Federation, Arbitrator at FCCA, HCMC Real Estate Association

Publications

2021, (with Duong Thi Minh Han), “Outlining fresh regulations on personal income tax”, Vietnam Investment Review

2021, (with Dao Manh Toan) "New guidance on legal approval process", Vietnam Investment Review

2020, (with Duong Thi Minh Han), Vietnam chapter, Lexology Getting The Deal Through - Real Estate 2021

2020, An Introduction to Real Estate, Chambers & Partners Vietnam: Real Estate Overview 2021

2020, (with Duong Thi Minh Han), “Shaking up corporate bond issuance”, Vietnam Investment Review

2020, (with Duong Thi Minh Han), “Vietnam's position in the wave of relocation of global supply chains”, Vietnam Investment Review

2020, “Common ways to acquire real estate projects in Vietnam”, In House Community

2019, (with Mac Trang Anh), “The challenges of establishing residential housing projects on mixed-use land areas in Vietnam”, Asian-mena Counsel, ALB Magazine

2017, “Insolvent Real Estate Project: what happened with customers”, posted by Vietnamnet

2016, “M&A deals in real estate – Some notes for buyers”, Real Estate M&A Outlook 2016, Vietnam Investment Review

2016, “Environment Protection: law loophole or shortcoming enforcement capacity?”, published by Agriculture Magazine

2016, “How to select the right real estate investor?”, comments on Tuoitre online

2015, “Important notes for foreigners in buying residential houses in Vietnam”, Vietnamnet

2015, (with Huy Do), Vietnam chapter, Getting the deal through, Real Estate 2015

2014, (with Nguyen Quang Dao), One-size-fits-all contracts may not resolve disputes, Vietnam Investment Review

Personal

LL.M. (Bristol Law School, UWE, UK)