Bio

Bui Thanh Tien has been with Freshfields Vietnam offices since 2002 and is the first ever Vietnamese lawyer elected to the Freshfields partnership. He is widely recognised as a top-tier corporate and finance lawyer in Vietnam. Tien spends substantial time on helping private equity investors, investment banks, and multinational companies on their investments and divestments in Vietnam. As the lead lawyer for Freshfields Vietnam, Tien has advised on some of the most high-profile transactions and the most complex and innovative structures in Vietnam. Tien also has extensive experience in the banking and finance sector, representing clients from all parts of the world in a range of work, including corporate financing, project and asset financings, and restructurings. Tien has established a reputation among his clients as an effective and commercially minded lawyer who represents the client’s best interests. Fluent in both Vietnamese and English, Tien is also known as an effective communicator with an ability to present complex legal issues to his clients and the counterparties. He is the author or co-author of many publications, including “Vietnam Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers”, a book published by Wolters Kluwer, now in its seventh edition, the Vietnam chapter of the book entitled “Restructuring and Insolvency 2023”, a book published by Lexology/Getting the Deal Through, the Vietnam chapter of the book titled “International Project Finance and PPPs – A Legal Guide to Key Growth Markets” published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, and the Vietnam chapter of the publication titled “Arbitration in Asia”, published by Juris Publishing.