In-House Congress Ho Chi Minh City 2018

There was a record turnout for the fifth Ho Chi Minh City In-House Community Congress at the Lotte Hotel in District 1, held in April.

The Congress opened with two engaging panel discussions: ‘The In-House Development Model — How to benchmark the in-house team’s evolution?’ and ‘Women in Law: Women in In-House: a discussion regarding mentorship and meaningful careers’, featuring the thoughts of Nang Nguyen, head of legal for ANZ Bank in Vietnam; Thuy-Minh Lai, chief admin officer and country legal counsel for Citi in Vietnam; Tran Anh Hong, chief legal counsel for Vietnam at Procter & Gamble; Tran Vo Quoc Son, general counsel and head of internal audit with the legal and compliance team at Samsung Vina Electronics; Nguyen Ha Quyen Hoang, partner at LNT & Partners; Bree Miechel, partner at Reed Smith; Ha Thi Tinh, senior Vietnamese attorney at Yoon & Yang Law; and moderated by Tim Gilkison, managing director of the In-House Community.

The event proceeded with a full day of informative workshops covering coordination between in-house and external counsel, strengthening the in-house role, global corruption investigations, Vietnam’s new penal code, protecting the company from former employees, international capital markets, alternative