Mediation
26. Provided various mediation training as a CEDR mediation trainer, including mentoring professors of several law universities who later trained their students and achieved various accolades;
27. Successfully developed and delivered training programs modeled on the CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) curriculum, and earning CEDR certification and the ToT (Training of Trainers) certificate;
28. Mediated many corporates and their employees in labor disputes, advising on social insurance contributions, evidentiary challenges, and employment contract terminations;
29. Mediated a high-stakes commercial dispute between two companies in the retail and manufacturing sectors, where one party’s decision to terminate a long-term supply agreement for consumer goods risked significant financial losses for the other party, including loss of sales, business opportunities, and market reputation;
30. Acted as a sole mediator in a logistics dispute between a freight forwarder and an international airline, facilitating negotiations over transit charges and storage costs related to a complex multi-leg air cargo shipment, leading to a mutually agreeable resolution;
31. Acted as the sole mediator for various complex transactions, including Sale and Purchase Agreements (S&P), Construction Contracts under FIDIC template, Hotel Management Contracts, Shareholder’s Agreements, Shipbuilding Contracts, Aircraft Charter Agreements; Charterparties, Loan Agreements and various financial deals;

Litigation
32. An experienced lawyer with experience across various jurisdictions, including the courts of Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Miami, San Diego, New York, California, Boston, Seattle, and the UK High Court. He has handled cases involving sanctions, shipbuilding disputes, aviation accidents, ship collisions, ship sales, and charterparty agreements. His experience extends to courts in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Greece, South Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Australia;
33. Acted for individuals before the local court to request payment of the principal amount of the corporate bonds in accordance with the bond purchase agreements;
34. Acted for the borrower and its guarantors in a dispute arising from a credit agreement with three international banks before the local court;
35. Acted for insurers in subrogation claims against third parties causing cargo damage incurred during their carriage of goods by trucks;
36. Acted for shipowners and their underwriters in various Vietnamese court proceedings on collision claims;
37. Acted for a port owner/operator in a litigation case against a multinational logistics service provider in relation to an inducement of breach of contract for a potential exposure;
38. Represented a client in appealing a high-value maritime dispute involving a dispute arising from a bareboat charter agreement;
39. Represented a Singaporean factory in a high-stakes dispute involving a facility agreement with two of Vietnam’s largest state-owned banks, with dispute values exceeding USD 50 million;

Aviation
40. Advised a major aircraft manufacturer on its obligations regarding option aircraft as outlined in the master purchase agreement;
41. Advised an airline on competition law issues relevant to their operations in overseas territories;
42. Acted as a lead counsel in an aviation incident case to help the heirs of a captain to claim the helicopter underwriter, with claim amount of USD 1 million;
43. Advised two major aircraft manufacturers on liability issues arising from significant product and operational integrity matters, and on general commercial litigation issues;

Shipping
44. Advised various shipping lines as well as freight forwarders to handle hundreds of cargo containers abandoned or stored at all of Vietnamese ports as well as other ports of Japan, USA, and Korea for a long time;
45. Acted for Vietnamese cargo owners pursing claims for cargo non-delivery of the carriers due to disputes in the chain of charters;
46. Advised shipping lines to handle cargo damaged and abandoned at ports due to the explosion at a Vietnamese port;
47. Advised two international shipping companies of legal action against cargo interests to recover damage incurred from idling of the cargo;
48. Advised cargo owners to claim against warehouse owners for cargo damages incurred during storage period by their carelessness;
49. Assisted cargo owners as innocent parties to release the cargo remained for investigation of local polices;
50. Acted for an individual and her insurer regarding claim of compensation for a collision occurred between a truck and a vehicle of the local travel agency;
51. Acted for individuals and their insurers regarding claim of compensation due to hot air balloon explosion caused by the festival organizations;
52. Acted as lead counsel for various parties, i.e. the barge owners, the jetty owners, shipowners, the charterers, the salvors, tug companies, pilots, the cargo owners and their underwriters in marine incidents to deal with local MPAs, claimants and other involved parties;
53. Acted for shipowners and their insurers in resolution of complicated claims regarding loss of life of crews, oil pollution claims, and other 3rd parties’ claims;
54. Acted for shipowners in disputes arising from charterparties including early redelivery of vessel, early termination of a charterparty, termination and liquidation of shipbuilding contracts, demurrage claims, bunker claims, oil pollution claims and so on;
55. Acted for the shipowners in concurrent LMAA arbitrations against charterers and sub-charterers regarding the shipowners’ refusal to carry out illegitimate last orders;
56. Drafted and advised on various charterparties and all forms of documents for carriage of goods by sea;
57. Assisted various IG P&I clubs and their members to handle cargo claims, crew claims, bunker claims, charterparty claims, oil pollution claims, and other 3rd parties’ claims;
58. Acting for various carriers, shippers and consignees on disputes arising from a late/failure to deliver goods, delivery of good without surrender of bill of ladings or with fraudulent bill of ladings, cargo damages/losses, exemption of carrier’s liability under local maritime laws and international conventions, and limitation of liability to the carrier under Hague-Visby Rules and Hamburg Rules;
59. Acted for both shipowners, shipyards and their banks on all matters and disputes arising from shipbuilding contracts;
60. Advised Vietnamese shipyards on matters of refund guarantee to be provided to the shipowners;
61. Acted on behalf of over 30 shipowners in terminating shipbuilding contracts and reclaiming their ships (including those under construction) during the 2008 financial crisis in New York and the insolvency proceedings of two shipyards in 2021;
62. Advised and represented Vietnamese owner on the negotiation and conclusion of a ship sale and purchase agreement;
63. Advised and represented multiple shipowners and shipyards in negotiating and concluding shipbuilding contracts;
64. Attended numerous launch ceremonies for newly built ships;
65. Acted for Vietnamese shipowners in releasing their vessels from arrest warrants in other jurisdictions for investigation of crew smuggling in India or crew’ sudden death in Trinidad and Tobago;
66. Assisted shipowners in handling cargo claims of cargo interests resulted in the delay of cargo unloading in Vietnam;
67. Assisted many shipowners various IG P&I clubs in ship releases in Vietnam as well as other jurisdiction such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, China, Panama, USA, India, Bangladesh and Trinidad and Tobago;
68. Acted for Vietnamese shipowners to arrest ships of the charterers to collect due debts in Singapore to collect nearly USD 4 millions;
69. Advised clients on M&A procedures for setting up a manning agency/ ship management office;
70. Advised local banks in ship financing and mortgage transactions;
71. Consulted with some international leading shipping lines regarding corporate and labor matters under the retainer agreements;
72. Advised a Hong Kong corporate group in acquiring 99% of the shares in a Vietnamese logistics company, managing the structuring and regulatory compliance of the transaction;
73. Advised foreign trading clients on the Vietnamese import and customs regulations in trademark and other matters.