About
Tony has unparalleled knowledge and experience of business in Vietnam. Tony is widely respected by clients and peers as a leading lawyer in Vietnam. Although Tony has stepped back from active duty, he remains as a senior advisor of the Vietnam offices of Freshfields and continues to assist the offices and clients as and where his experience may be put to good use.
Additional Information
- Advising Metro Group on the €655m sale of its wholesale business in Vietnam to TCC Holdings.
- Advising Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ on its $743m acquisition of a strategic stake in VietinBank upon the equitisation of this state-owned commercial bank.
- Advising a pharmaceutical company on the operation and restructuring of its joint ventures in Vietnam and on the acquisition of all of the assets of a Vietnamese company.
- Advising HSBC Insurance on: all aspects of the acquisition of a strategic interest in Bao Viet Insurance Corporation from the Vietnam Ministry of Finance, the first equitisation of a state-owned company with a foreign strategic investor; the $400m divestment of its investment to Sumitomo Life.
Tony Foster
Senior Advisor
Hanoi Office
Suite 1602 16th Floor Hanoi Central Office Building
44B Ly Thuong Kiet Street
Cua Nam Ward
Hanoi