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Mr. Duong Quoc Thanh, Esq | Managing Partner | ALV LAWYERS Address: Suit 309, DMC Tower, No.535 Kim Ma St, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam Arbitrator of Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (“VIAC”); Mediator of Vietnam Mediation Center (“VMC”) of VIAC; CEDR Accredited Mediator (UK); Member of Executive Board of Vietnam Business Lawyer Club (“VBLC”), term 2025 - 2030; Member of Banks’Legal Managers Club; Former Judge of Hanoi Court Mobile: 84 – 934 282 666; Email: thanh.duong@alvlawyers.com Address: Suite 309, 3rd Floor, DMC TowerNo.535 Kim Ma Street, Giang Vo Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam. Practice Description With over 36 years of experience within the Vietnamese legal system, Mr. Thanh, is the Founder and Managing Partner of ALV LAWYERS after admitted as a qualified lawyer in Vietnam since 2007 and was with BakerMcKenzie, a global leading law firm and TechcomBank where he served as VP - Legal Counsel for the Board of Directors of this leading Vietnamese commercial bank, after serving as a Judge in the Courts in Hanoi for over ten years. Mr. Thanh’s practice focuses on giving advice and representing clients on contentious matters, involving commercial, corporate and employment matters. He also support the Clients in the matters related to product liability, contract, bankruptcy procedure, international and domestic arbitration, tax and customs and procedure laws. He regularly represents clients involved in commercial, corporate, administrative, intellectual property, and labor cases before the courts and the government authorities. He has been a CEDR accredited Mediator (UK) since January 2018 and a registered ad-hoc Mediator in Vietnam since June 2018; and Mediator of Vietnam Mediation Centre (“VMC”) under Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (“VIAC”) when VMC was set up. Notably, he was ranked Top 10 Mediators of Asia-Pacific Region in 2019 by Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (“BIAMC”). He has also acted as Arbitrator in VIAC and has been in the VIAC’s List of Arbitrators since October 2022 after acting as a lawyer to represent several Clients as large corporations before VIAC. Mr. Thanh has been a visiting lecturer of Vietnam Judicial Academy, giving lectures for judges’ and lawyers’ training courses for over 22 years, providing trainings on skills and knowledge on ADR (Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration) and Litigation, amongst other judges and lawyering skills. Mr. Thanh has taken part in several course of trainings and professional seminars, as lecturer and speaker, in Vietnam and abroad. ALV LAWYERS focuses on Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) and Litigation while supporting the Clients with investment and general corporate matters. The vision of ALV LAWYERS is to become a leading law firm to provide the best ADR and Litigation Lawyers for the Clients in Vietnam and across Asia, in Courts, Arbitration and Mediation. Please find the following links for more information of ALV LAWYERS and Lawyer Duong Quoc Thanh: Vietnam Law Firm Awards 2023 | Asia | Law.asia; Vietnam Law Firm Awards 2024 | Asia Business Law Journal | Law.asia; and Quoc Thanh Duong | Asia Law 2025 | LinkedIn. Professional Affiliations Mr. Thanh is a member of the following: • Hanoi Bar; Vietnam Bar Federation; • VBLC – Vietnam Business Lawyers Club: Executive Board Member; • Mediator of Vietnam Mediation Centre of VIAC; • Accredited CDRE Mediator (UK); • Arbitrator of VIAC; • Vietnam International Law Association (VSIL), as co-founding member; and • Vietnam Banks’ Chief Legal Counsel Club Education Mr. Thanh has the Masters of International Commercial Law (Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, 2002); Masters of Law (Hanoi Laws University, 1997); Bachelor of Art in English (Hanoi University for Society and Human Sciences, 1995); and the Bachelor of Law Degree (Hanoi Laws University, 1988). Languages Vietnamese (native) and English (fluent)