Speaker

Mr. Frederick Burke

Mr. Fred Burke is the Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie in Vietnam. Recognized as one of Vietnam’s most prominent lawyers, Mr. Burke has extensive experience in Energy, Mining and Infrastructure, M&A, Foreign Investment & Securities, Banking & Finance, Real Estate, Construction/Projects, Taxation and Dispute Resolution.

Mr. Burke also has particular experience in the renewable energy sector and has assisted leading global solar and wind energy companies through all aspects of project development, financing, construction and operation. He serves on the Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Administrative Reform, he co-chairs the Investment and Trade Working Group of the Vietnam Business Forum, and he has been recognized by the Ministry of Justice for his “Outstanding contributions in the field of international legal
cooperation.”

Mr. Burke is consistently ranked among the best by local and global legal publications. Including: Highly Regarded Lawyer M&A – IFLR1000 2018, Leading Individual for Corporate and M&A – Asia Pacific Legal 500 2018, Band 1 Lawyer Ranking/ M&A – Chambers Asia 2018. Mr. Burke is a graduate of Stanford University (B.A., with honors,
1981) and Columbia University's School of Law and School of International Affairs (M.I.P.A., 1986, J.D., 1987), and is admitted to the Bar in New York and Washington, D.C (1988). He has been a registered foreign lawyer in Vietnam since 1996.