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Global Advisory Committee -  Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)

Frederick R. Burke

Principal

Practice Areas
International Trade & WTO, Taxation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Foreign Investment & Securities, Banking & Finance, International Employment, Real Estate, Construction/Projects, Intellectual Property & IT, Telecommunications, Dispute Resolution.

Practice Description: Frederick Burke has eighteen years’ experience in the planning, negotiation and operation of foreign investment projects and trading operations as well as in the related issues of tax planning, securities law, finance, construction, regulatory compliance, labor, intellectual property and technology transfer.

Representative Clients, Cases or Matters Mr. Burke’s practice involves a broad range of trade and investment-related matters, including direct investment, tax planning, land development, import and distribution, labour, technology transfer, taxation, construction, finance and securities matters.

Professional Positions: • Chairman, Baker & McKenzie Global WTO & International Trade Practice Group.
• Co-Chairman, Executive Committee, Vietnam Business Forum (2001 – date) and Chairman, Manufacturing & Distribution Working Group (2005 – date).
• Board of Governors Member, Vice Chairman and Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 1995-2003.
• Senior Advisor, former Chairman and Chairman of Legal Committee, American Chamber of Commerce, HCMC, 2003 – to date.
• Vice Chairman of Executive Committee, Hong Kong Business Association in Vietnam 2000-to date.

Bar Admittance and Education: Admitted to practice in New York (1987) and Washington, D.C. (1988). Registered foreign lawyer in Vietnam (since 1996)

Columbia University School of Law: Juris Doctor, 1987