Katherine Tran

Kate is a Partner of Family Lawyers and one of its founding members together with Stephen. She has provided indispensable knowledge and support over the years that have led to the Firm’s spectacular growth and success.

With her deep knowledge of Vietnamese tax law and corporate finance, Kate has spearheaded the tax litigation team at Family Lawyers for over 10 years with outstanding results. She is also recognized as a business law consultant, providing advisory services to both domestic and multinational companies. Kate has successfully provided critical advice and strategy to large corporations concerning; labor restructuring, corporate governance, risk assessment, and the implementation of internal tax regulations.

Kate’s critical thinking and problem-solving skills play an essential role in the sustainable success and highly effective operations of the Firm. She is  a key component in the human resource management of the Firm and uses her detailed knowledge of the Firm’s operations to build and develop its culture and the ethical behavior of its employees. Thus, in countless ways, both tangible and intangible, Kate is the bedrock of the Firm.

Recently, Kate has successfully developed an innovative model for legal training that recognizes the importance of the legal thought processes and ethics. The development of this system is unparalleled in the legal and educational world, resulting in continual improvement in the quality of the Firm’s services and tangible results for clients.

• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• White-Collar Crimes
• Judgements Enforcement
• Business Law
• Private Client Service

• Advised on tax implications of transfer pricing for various funding options from US parent company to its subsidiary in Vietnam, in consideration of Double Tax Agreements, achieving practical solutions to realise the highest tax benefits.
• Advised on transfer pricing issues applicable to offshore capital transfers for a complicated corporate structure between US, Singapore and China entities for transferring Vietnam company.
• Advised on setting up tax structure for US manufacturing subsidiary in Vietnam by consulting with its global tax team for the maximum corporate tax benefit.
• Advised and liaised on tax verification and remedies for tax auditing for transfer pricing issue.
• Advised on tax auditing for corporate income tax surrounding a dispute involving business deductible expenses.
• Advised on taxable income sources derived locally and globally using double tax agreement application for foreign individuals.
• Advised on custom law updates, remedies and prevention for violations.
• Advised on foreign entities establishment in Vietnam. Provided; conduct, manage and control services.
• Advised on internal and external shares transfer and director’s duties. Provided; conduct, manage and control services.
• Advised on compliance audit for internal control. Provided; conduct, manage and control services.
• Advised on legal risks. Provided advisory services and conduct, manage and control services.
• Advised on employment policies and Internal labor regulations. Provided, conduct, manage and control services.

Publications

• “Q&A Labor law”: content control & review
• “Effective non-compete agreement for employment contracts”: content control & review
• “Consideration of reducing 50% of goods being subject to quality inspection prior to custom clearance”: content control & review

• Licensed Tax Practitioner Vietnam
• ACCA Affiliate Singapore