Practice Areas
Corporate Law
General Counsel
Accounting
Crisis Management
Human Resource
Mergers & Acquisition
Krisma Consulting
Honest - No Nonsense - Practical Advice
About the Firm
Krisma was established in January 2018 to be a full service firm to provide legal services for both litigation and advisement. Our main strategy was to provide legal advice with a full analysis of the attitude of the court and government agencies instead of just simply on the letter of the law.
During the past year we have taken many cases at all level of litigation, including some high profile criminal cases involving Vietnam’s largest banks. In our corporate practice, we advise many tech startup during their investment processes by local and foreign investors in conjunction with our partners in Singapore. We are also engaged by many financial institutions to set up or revise their current legal structure.
Recently, our corporate practice was expanded into a full subsidiary, providing tax accounting and HR services. It is our aim to provide a one-stop shop for any corporation who wish to expand into Vietnam. Most notably our HR services has received great receptions from our clients for our attitude-first approach which place higher emphasis on the attitude of the potential hires over their skills and experience. We truly believe that in Vietnam the willingness to learn and bravery to speak one’s mind is more important than the level of education.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Nick Tran
I am Nick Tran, J.D. an attorney based in Ho Chi Minh city Vietnam. I specialize in advising startups and VC on investment and expansion in Vietnam. I was born and raised in HCM city before my family emigrated to the U.S. After gaining my B.A in Management and Philosophy at the University of Texas in Austin, I got my Juris Doctorate in the University of Akron in Ohio. After taking the bar in New York, I worked at Duanne Morris, an American firm and LuatViet, one of the oldest Vietnamese law firm. Afterward I was recruited to be the Country Manager for Tapp Commerce, an ecommerce company from Finland.
In January of last year, a few other colleagues and I started our own firm. I am in charge of the corporate practice of the firm.
Our most notable projects include:
Saigoneer – legal restructure and investment by VIISA and startup 500
Triip – investment by private TKKHs, Employee Stock Option Plan set up and Initial Coins Offering
Buymed – Investment by Cocoon
Fortis – founder dispute and importation
Workshop – factory set up and full retainer service
Stadpharm Sdn Bhd – international loan agreement
Doctor Dong – legal reorganization for an online consumer lender
