2023 Chambers Leading Lawyer & Law Firm in Asia-Pacific

We’re celebrating our 10 year anniversary this week! To commemorate a decade of great work, we decided to show you around our office – the LE & TRAN building is in the heart of Ho Chi Minh city. We would like to thank all our clients, partners and teams for journeying with us and here’s to further building on our 10 years of successful presence and growth in Asia and beyond.

Our journey began with a single step. Stephen’s single step to be exact; a step out of an international law firm in Vietnam to fulfill his dream of building a litigation firm that married local culture with American perspectives. 11 years later, Le & Tran is now an acclaimed partner of over 50 multinational corporations, endorsed by clients and awards alike. Truly a force to be reckoned with.

‘Wipe off debt, cut salary’ at startups became a culture? Legal mechanisms for employees to assure the labor relationship with startup companies have been openly discussed by our Managing Partner, Mr. Stephen Le in this interview.  This interview also explored Mr. Stephen’s vast litigation experience on the labor conflict between the company and its employees due to cultural conflict and vital ethical issues, e.g., conflict of interest and confidentiality breach.  The primary lesson learned is that...

We love Hannah. She is amazing and we’ve hidden her from you for 8 years now. That is about to change. Hannah is a Senior Associate at Le & Tran. She joined Le & Tran in March 2014. She has extensive legal advisory experience to a wide range of local and multinational companies in various industries. She has successfully resolved literally many high-profile matters relating to investment and corporate compliance practices for global corporations from the...

Our annual company retreat last weekend at Ho Tram. Our only agenda? Rest. The team really knows how to work hard and play hard and they truly deserve it!

Awards are not everything, but they are timely recognition of the hard (and good) work our team of lawyers put out month after month. This time, we are honored to be in the shortlist for the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific’s 8th Benchmark Litigation Awards. Birthed after extensive research and analysis, the shortlists and awards celebrate the leading litigators and most impactful disputes across Asia-Pacific. So with this piece of good news, we give each other a pat on...

3 phrases to describe our latest Webinar – robust discussions, great feedback and valuable insights. Thank you for joining us at our live session tackling the ins and outs of labor contracts last Thursday. Here’s a quick snippet showing our Lead Trial Lawyer, Stephen Le, in action. May you walk away a tad savvier than before.    

What a pleasant surprise. Last week, Legal 500 (@Legalease) reached out to inform us that following extensive research into Vietnam’s litigation space, we were selected as the “Firm to Watch’ in 2022”. Legal 500 is a global leader in the provision of legal market research and we are honoured to receive this timely recognition. To all reading this, thank you for your kind support and we will put the pedal to the metal and make this...

Our lead trial lawyer, Mr. Stephen Le has recently been recognized for being on the A-list of top 100 lawyers practicing in Vietnam presented by Asia Business Law Journal. Vietnam has become one of the most important of Asia’s business hubs, where modern and traditional infrastructure meet, serving as a critical entry point for the region’s markets and international trade. We are proud to be contributing to the growth and success throughout the year. Huge congratulations to Mr. Stephen! We will continue bringing...