The Asia Insiders Magazine has named Global Business Services (GBS) LTD their “M&A Advisor of the Year” Vietnam 2021. It is the first time ever a merger and acquisition advisory firm in Vietnam has been recognized by The Asia Insiders for mergers and acquisitions work.

“We’re excited to be recognized by Asia Insiders. This recognition is a testament to our work with really great clients on their middle-market transactions.” said Sophie Dao, Partner at GBS. “We are continuing to add talented transactions attorneys to our team to continue to serve our clients in Vietnam and across the region.”

“With over 15 deals so far in 2021, with an aggregate deal value hundreds of million of us-dollars, it has been a very active year for transactions, despite the pandemic that we are all navigating through” said Philip Nguyen, Co-lead of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice  at GBS . “We are grateful to have a robust transaction team which includes subject matter experts who provide key support on specific aspects of deals, including, employment, benefits, environmental, real estate, banking, litigation, intellectual property, data security, and health law. This cross-discipline approach is what allows us to provide over-the-top service to our clients.”

“These award winners are the standouts of the year, representing the finest deals and professionals within the M&A industry,” said Dean Dougn, Founder of the Asia Insiders. “This period was ripe with challenges, but also abundant with M&A activity, and these professionals were able to rise above the noise executing transactions representing several billions of dollars of enterprise value.”

GBS is one of the best legal and business consulting firms in Vietnam with a network in South East Asia, Middle East, Japan, HongKong, Malta and Poland with the key focus on Company formation, Corporate & Commercial, Employment & Labor, Dispute Resolution, Investment consulting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Transformation and Tax Accounting Services.

The Asia Insiders a fast-growing magazine with deep insights and intelligence on M&A activities, business, travel, tech and other industry verticals. Asia Insiders has established the premier global network of M&A, Turnaround and Finance professionals. Today, it has the privilege of presenting, recognizing the achievements of, and facilitating connections between the industry’s top performers throughout the Asia with a comprehensive range of services.

Global Business Services (GBS) LLC – one of the best business law firms in Vietnam with a network South East Asia, Middle East, Japan, HongKong, Malta and Poland – has been chosen as the winner in the category – Boutique Law Firm of the Year in Vietnam – 2021 by Global Law Experts.

“Over recent months, Global Law Experts has conducted its extensive nomination and research process for our 12th Annual GLE Awards. The shortlisted candidates were judged on client testimonials, key cases, legal rankings, overall reputation, publication contributions, speaking engagements and the performance and standing of teams and individual lawyers” said James Bailey,  the Awards Manager of Global Law Experts.

The Global Law Experts website is widely respected and appreciated as a free and accessible resource for in-house counsel, directors of public and private companies, lawyers, financial advisers, financiers, banks, print/online media, legal rankings websites, wealthy individuals and the public in general looking for legal assistance, no matter which jurisdiction they need the advice in.

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GBS is a global consulting powerhouse, it began the operations since 2002 in Vietnam and has grown due to excellent relationships with its clients. The firm started out small, with just a few people and a small office, but today GBS has offices in multiple countries with hundreds of people working inside them.

GBS continues to grow ever day thanks to the confidence its clients have in the firm. GBS covers many industries such as financial, energy, business services, consumer products and technology.

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“Each area comprises industry-focused teams dedicated to delivering incisive advice. An ambition to be the premier consulting firm underpins our business strategy” Sophie Dao, Partner of GBS told the Inside Out.

“We aim to achieve this goal through sustained investment in managing knowledge and information, and by creating a working culture in all our offices that enables our people to offer consistently high standards of client service”, she added.