Mr. Diem holds the Bachelor of Law in Business law at Ho Chi Minh City Economics and Law University. After graduating from law school in 2012, he started his career in VIETSUN law firm. Diem joined ATIM in May 2018 and has been practicing mainly in litigation field. Currently, Diem is a Partner of ATIM.

He is an experienced lawyer with in-depth knowledge of disputes related to construction, infrastructure projects, goods, commerce, civil and criminal litigation. Diem's experience encompasses negotiation, pre-trial mediation, and dispute resolution in Vietnamese courts and arbitration centers. With over 12 years of experience in dispute resolution and litigation, Diem is adept at handling large workloads and working efficiently in court. He has successfully represented clients in numerous lawsuits and legal disputes through negotiation, mediation, grievance handling, and court representation.

Additionally, Diem has provided legal counsel to major domestic and international clients such as Tupperware, Toshiba, Unicity, Petrovietnam Engineering Consultancy Joint Stock Company, An Dong Market Management Board, Archer Daniels Midland VN Company Limited, Virbac Vietnam Company Limited, Silver Shores Investment Development Company Limited, Dai Dong Tien Plastics Company Limited,…

1. Successfully supported a Taiwanese company to recover a bad debt with an amount of VND 3 billion in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam (2016).

2. Successfully supported a real estate company to take back commercial property and recover debt in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2016).

3. Successfully supported a real estate company to defend against claims of a lot of residents in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Vietnam (2017).

4. Successfully supported a Korean company to recover 80.000 USD casino investment in Vietnam (2017).

5. Advised and represented a client in settlement of the dispute with a private bank worth more than 120 billion VND relating to loan agreements (2018).

6. Advised and represented a Korean client in successful negotiation with its local distributor worth 1.7 billion VND relating to distribution agreement (2018).

7. Successfully represented a FOE company in settlement of the disputes with its local client worth 70 billion VND relating to crane lease agreement (2018).

8. Successfully supported a state-owned local petroleum company in the successful negotiation and settlement of disputes with its partners worth more than 6 billion VND relating to Service Agreement on providing meals for employees (2019).

9. Advised an individual client on a successful negotiation of a dispute worth more than 3 billion VND related to a house purchase agreement (2019).

10. Advised and represented a Hong Kong company in a dispute with a Singaporean counterpart worth 9.6 billion VND, relating to distribution agreement (2019).

11. Advised and represented a leading Korean construction company to defend against the appeal decision of High Level People's Procuracy in Ho Chi Minh City on revoking a decision of the Court of Ho Chi Minh City on recognizing and enforcing an effective judgement of a Korean court (2020).

12. Advised and represented a local marketing company in a dispute with its counterpart worth 2 billion VND, relating to partnership agreement (2020).

13. Advised and represented a foreign company in a dispute with its local client worth 70 billion VND, relating to crane lease agreement (2020).

14. Advised a local company in settlement of the dispute with a Singapore company worth 8.25 million USD, relating to share purchase agreement (2021).

15. Advised and represented a leading Korean construction company to defend against the appeal decision of High-Level People's Procuracy in Ho Chi Minh City on revoking a decision of the Court of Ho Chi Minh City on recognizing and enforcing an effective judgement of a Korean court (2021).

16. Advised and represented a leading Korean construction company to enforce an effective judgement of a Korean court in Vietnam, with an enforcement value exceeding 18 million USD (2021).

17. Advised and represented a multi-level marketing company in successfully resolving a dispute with its distributors worth 5 million USD, relating to multi-level marketing agreement (2021).

18. Advised and represented a state-owned oil and gas company in successfully resolving disputes with partners related to a service provision contract for supplying meals to employees, with a dispute value exceeding 6 billion VND (2021).

19. Advised and represented Swiss and US companies in resolving disputes with Vietnamese suppliers regarding glove purchase agreements, with a dispute value exceeding 7.2 million USD (2021).

20. Advised and represented a Korean company in resolving disputes with Vietnamese suppliers regarding glove purchase agreements, with a dispute value exceeding 10 billion VND (2021).

21. Advised and represented a foreign company in a labor dispute with an employee over an unlawful termination, with a claim value exceeding 5 billion VND (2021).

22. Advised and represented a state-owned company in a dispute challenging the validity of a resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders (2022).

23. Served as a legal consultant and supported the lead counsel in collecting, managing documents, reviewing EPC contracts, amendments, and other related documents for the “Duyên Hải 3” Power Plant Expansion Project (2023).

24. Represented a company in a lawsuit against the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department challenging a tax assessment and administrative penalty decision (2023).

25. Advised and represented a foreign food and beverage corporation in recovering debts at the Vietnam International Arbitration Center and resolving labor disputes in court (2024).

26. Advised and represented a client in a succession dispute with a value exceeding 920 billion VND (2024).

27. Served as a legal consultant and supported the lead counsel in collecting, managing documents, reviewing EPC contracts, amendments, and other related documents for the Da Nhim Hydropower Plant Expansion Project (2024).

28. Successfully represented a foreign employee in a lawsuit against an insurance broker for unlawful termination labor contract, with a claim value exceeding 12 billion VND (2024).

29. Advised and represented distributors in negotiating the termination of distribution agreements with America's leading corporation distributing water purifiers (2024).