About
Having lived and practised in Hanoi since he opened the firm’s offices in 1994, Tony has unparalleled knowledge and experience of business life in Vietnam.
Tony helps clients navigate the issues they face when doing business in the country, how to interpret the often vague Vietnamese legislation, and how to work effectively with the regulators.
He is responsible for Freshfields’ team of Vietnamese and foreign lawyers – a combination of legal and practical knowledge that has helped foreign clients in landmark deals in Vietnam for more than 26 years.
Tony is the managing partner of our offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
He speaks English and French.
Additional Information
- Advising Metro Group on the €655m sale of its wholesale business in Vietnam to TCC Holdings.
- Advising Warburg Pincus on the restructuring of, and the investment into, the retail properties of Vingroup, the largest real estate operator in Vietnam.
- 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
T +84 24 3824 7422
hanoi Office
Suite 1602 16th Floor Hanoi Central Office Building 44B Ly Thuong Kiet Street Hoan Kiem District
hanoi