Dr. Van Tuan Nguyen is a partner in charge of the firm’s Corporate practice group. With more than 23 years of legal experience, he has advised on a wide variety of matters including international private law, foreign investment, corporate compliance, intellectual property and dispute resolution.

Prior to joining LNT & Partners, Dr. Nguyen was Deputy Director of Vietnam Airlines' Legal Department, where he advised the Board of Director and CEO on issues of compliance with foreign laws, intellectual property, aircraft leasing and dispute resolution. He also previously worked as Head of International Private Law Division for the Ministry of Justice and was responsible for researching, drafting laws and acting as the Government’s legal counsel in negotiating various treaties, including FTAs and Investment Agreements such as BOT contracts and Government Guarantee and Undertakings (GGU).

Dr. Nguyen is a visiting lecturer for undergraduate programmes on International Arbitration at Hanoi Law University and for Masters of Economics programmes on Media and International Business Law at National Economics University. He also gives lectures at Vietnam Judicial Academy on investor-state dispute resolution for Vietnamese lawyers and officials of various ministries, State agencies and provincial departments. Dr. Nguyen has authored numerous legal articles and books on foreign investment in Vietnam.