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Cam Tu Vo Nguyen

Associate

Cam Tu Vo Nguyen is a triple-qualified lawyer, admitted in Paris and New York, and a solicitor of England & Wales. She is a member of the International Arbitration Group.
Prior to joining the firm, Cam Tu worked at The Arbitration Chambers (TAC) in Singapore where she acted as tribunal secretary on a wide range of arbitration cases governed by major institutional arbitration rules, including SIAC, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, AIAC, DIFC LCIA, SCMA and in ad hoc arbitration cases governed by the UNCITRAL arbitration rules. Cam Tu also previously practiced international arbitration as counsel with the Singapore office of a leading Vietnamese law firm and worked at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Representing an international joint venture in an ICC arbitration in Paris brought by a European contractor. The dispute concerns the construction of a gas processing facility in Africa. The law of the country of the project applies.
  • Representing an international joint venture in a multi-party ICC arbitration in Paris. The dispute concerns the construction of facilities annexed to a gas processing facility in Africa. The law of the country of the project applies.
  • A confidential Asian client in relation to sales and purchases of LNG, including potential disputes (as buyer) under an LNG SPA. English law applies.

Published Work

  • Assisted in drafting the Vietnam Chapter of the GAR Know-How Commercial Arbitration 2017-2019.
  • Assisted in drating the Vietnam year-in review of The International Arbitration Review, Eighth edition (2018) and Nineth edition (2019
  • Assisted in drafting the Vietnam chapter for The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration, fifteenth edition (2018) and sixteenth edition (2019).
  • Assisted in drafting the Vietnam Chapter of the Chambers Litigation 2019 Second Ed. Guide.
  • Assisted in drafting the Vietnam Chapter of the Guide to Arbitration in Asia, Second Ed., published by Morgan Lewis (2018).

Speaking Engagements

VIAC Arbitration Series (VAS) 2023, 10 November 2023 (online), Topic 6 "Making of Awards and Termination of Proceedings", speaker.

Conference "The Pivot of Trade to Asia-Pacific and its impact on internal and external economic policies of the Region in the fields of Trade, Investment and Environment", 19-20 October 2023 (Ho Chi Minh City), speaker.

Ciarb (EAB) YMG 4th Annual Conference, 24 February 2023 (Hong Kong), panel discussion on non-participating respondents in international arbitration, moderator.

RAI Welcome the New Members Global Event, 15 February 2023 (online), moderator.

Ciarb "So, Now You Are an Arbitrator: The Arbitrator's Toolkit - Meet the Authors," 15 December 2022 (online), moderator.

Ciarb YMG Global Steering Committee event at the Faculty of International Law, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, 25 November 2022 (Ho Chi Minh City), host.

RAI "Interview the Chambers" Series (online), recorded video, interviewer.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

Appointed Vice-Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) Young Members Group Global Steering Committee in January 2023. 

3rd IAC Vis Pre-Moot Virtual General Rounds (2023), Arbitrator. 2020 and 2021 Vietnam National Rounds of the FDI Moot, Arbitrator.

2020-2021 Young ICCA Mentoring Programme with Chan Leng Sun SC – Duxton Hill Chambers (Singapore Group Practice) (as Mentor) and Maanas Jain (Three Crowns) (as Buddy), Mentee.

Young ICCA Skills Training Workshop on "Working with Witnesses and Experts in International Arbitration," 22 November 2019 (Hanoi, Vietnam), Steering Committee Member.

Young ICCA Skills Training Workshop on "Document Management and Production in International Arbitration,"15 December 2017 (Singapore), Steering Committee Member.

New York State Bar Association – Dispute Resolution & Corporate Counsel Sections Annual Meeting (2015), Reporter.

LL.M International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition, Washington D.C. (American University Washington College of Law) (2015), Mootee.

Qualifications

Admissions

Avocat, Paris

Attorney-at-Law, New York

Solicitor, England and Wales

Academic

Fordham University School of Law Master of Laws (LLM) In International Dispute Resolution

Cornell Law School Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law in Paris,Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration

INSEEC Business School Master of Business Administration in Asian Markets,MSC & MBA Programs (Paris & Shanghai)

University of Paris I - Pantheon-Sorbonne Master's Degree in Business Law

Free University of Brussels Law Degree

Languages

French

English

Vietnamese

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.