“Nguyen Hung Du has considerable experience advising on transfer pricing and corporate – related tax matters.” – The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
Nguyen Hung Du is a Partner of Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers, leading the Tax Practice Group with over 26 years of experience of tax and legal services.
Du’s experience is diversified advising on market entry, tax services, corporate affairs & governance, due diligence, cross-border structuring, tax optimization strategies, M&A services, DTA, WTO, Transfer pricings with client portfolio of various industries (beverage, beer & alcohol, pharmaceutical, tobacco, logistics, real estate, construction, commercial services, manufacturing, education and oil & gas).
Before joining the Firm, Du also gained extensive experience in PetroVietnam Drilling (PVD) as Senior Legal Counsel in charge of corporate affairs and investment, cooperation with foreign entities in Oil & Gas industry.
Du gained solid experience as an expert to work with the Government, Ministries, Tax & Customs authorities and Licensing authorities.
EXPERIENCE
Du has been engaged in assisting foreign companies in advisory of tax, customs, transfer pricing, represents for clients in appeal and litigation process against the tax decision, and in establishment of Corporate, BCC and Representative Office in Vietnam.
Du provided tax and corporate advisory to Abbott, Coca-Cola, Avons, Foster, Timberland, Citibank, Hazama Corporation, Taisei Corporation, Sharp Corporation, NNR, Mitsui, EF, Hatch, Biochemie, Drager Vietnam, Atlas Copco, Ogilvy, Maeda Corporation, Samsung, Krones, IKEA, Mitsubishi Corporation, Merck, Cambridge University Press, Petronas, Philips, Itochu, Sojitz Corporation, Petro Vietnam, etc.
Tax Advisory
- Advised a Japanese chemical company on structures for Customs Advised a French television company on Vietnam VAT issues regarding the information provided by service providers, which is used for television broadcasting programs outside Vietnam.
- Advised a Singaporean event company on tax matters of business cooperation contract with a Vietnam agency to conduct an international artist performance in Vietnam.
- Advised a global accounting company on tax efficient structure for business model in Vietnam.
- Advised a Vietnamese family on tax efficient structure related to moving assets from Vietnam to overseas.
- Advised a Vietnamese RE group of hospital and nursing house projects on tax matters to M&A plans with raising fund from overseas.
- Advised a US company on import & export business model to optimize tax & customs benefits.
- Advised a French insurance broker company on personal income tax regarding adopted children, tax obligations of employee and employer regarding tax filing in Vietnam.
- Advised a French food and beverage distribution group on Vietnam tax matters regarding group restructuring plan in Vietnam and outside Vietnam.
- Advised an International hotels & resources management company on of Vietnam foreign contractor tax regarding contracts.
- Advised a Singaporean logistics group on tax efficient structure for business restructuring and tax filing.
- Advised a global social digital platform on Vietnam tax on e-commerce.
- Advised a Chinese logistics group on Vietnam tax obligations on indirect share transfer under restructuring plan.
- Advised a Multinational group on Vietnam tax implications on indirect share transfer and double tax agreement benefits under restructuring plan.
- Advised a Vietnam shipping company (biggest corporation in Vietnam) on Vietnam tax implication, double tax agreement and Malaysia tax implication for transaction of sale and purchase of ship in Vietnam.
- Advised the largest private healthcare networks in Vietnam.
- Advised a Singaporean company in Customs disputes resolution.
- Advised a Vietnam Oil & gas company on Vietnam tax implications to various business activities.
- Advised a Chinese group on Vietnam tax implications to business restructuring.
- Advised an Indonesian Ice cream production company on Vietnam tax implications to lease freezers to distributors in Vietnam and tax planning.
- Advised a Chinese group on tax efficient structure for MA activities and tax filing.
- Advised a Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer on Customs planning of CO issues for domestic sale by an Export Processing Enterprise in Vietnam.
- Advised a Norway furniture manufacturer on Vietnam tax implication to business restructuring plan and tax efficient structure.
- Advised a Singaporean logistics company on capital gain tax and filing for MA activities.
- Assisted a Chinese group in tax due diligence of Vietnam entity for group listing in stock exchange in HK and NY.
- Advised a Singaporean logistics company on Vietnam tax implications to international transportation.
- Advised a European group on Vietnam tax implications and permanent establishment issue for Vietnamese individual contractors.
- Assisted a Vietnam real estate group in reviewing the SPA from Vietnam tax aspect for M&A activities with foreign investors.
- Advised a US beverage corporation on Vietnam tax implications to rebate agreement and tax planning.
Litigation & Mediation
- Assisted a Singaporean rubber company in appeal and conduct a lawsuit against by the local tax authorities for the tax decision of US$5 million tax collection and penalty regarding VAT rate and transfer pricings.
- Assisted a German home appliances manufacturer in a lawsuit against the local tax authorities for tax decision of US$10 million tax collection and penalty regarding tax incentive application.
- Assisted a US home appliances manufacturer in a lawsuit against the local tax authorities for the tax decision of US$3 million tax collection penalty regarding overseas management expenses and destruction cost of obsolete home appliance products.
- Assisted a Singaporean furniture company in appealing to the assessment by the local tax authorities for use of illegal invoices valued up to US$2 million tax collection and penalty.
- Assisted a Japanese corporation in appeal against the Customs‘ decision of import duty collection and penalty regarding HS code.
- Assisted a Singaporean event company in conduct a successful mediation of disputes on business cooperation contract with Vietnam entity to hold.
- Assisted a global logistics company in Conduct a successful mediation of disputes on tax matters and labor disputes between the new management and the former management.
MEMBERSHIPS / DIRECTORSHIPS
- Fellow Member, Certified Public Accountants of Australia