Meet Our Team
Kong Sochet
Founder, Partner & Attorney-at-Law
Expertise: Corporate, Labor Compliance, Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property, Tax Issues, Real Estate and Commercial Contract
Ms. Kong Sochet is a lawyer qualified to the Cambodia Bar with over 10 years of corporate practice experience. Her practice is focused on Corporate Transaction, Finance and Banking, Labor Compliance, and Family Matters. Beside litigation work in both criminal and civil matters, she is also a licensed agent of Trademark Agent and tax agent.
Sochet practiced with a local Cambodia law firm before joining the Cambodia arm of a regional law firm headquartered in Singapore. During the employment with this regional law firm, Sochet mainly worked on corporate and finance transactions, and participated in the ongoing operational matters of the banking clients of the firm.
Sochet attended the law school of Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), where she earned her Bachelor and Master’ Degree in Private Law.
Sochet is a native Khmer speaker and is proficient in English, and Chinese as working language.
Mang Samnieng Muni
Partner & Attorney-at-Law
Expertise: Corporate & Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, Securities & Compliance Work, Finance & Banking, Due Diligence and Legal Opinion
Mrs. Muni earned her LLM majoring in International Laws from Seoul, South Korea since 2009 after her graduation from the Royal University of Law and Economics with her law bachelor in 2006. Muni has been practicing laws in various fields including Real Estate, Joint Venture, Securities and Compliance Work and specifically focusing on Corporate and Business Transactions, Land Sale and Purchase, Leasing, Securities Registration, Banking and Finance, Due Diligence, Economic Land Concessions (ELCs), and M&A.
Muni has been admitted as a lawyer qualified by the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia since 2019. Besides, she also obtained Commercial Registration Agent Certificate from the Ministry of Commerce specialized in incorporation and corporate compliance matters for the companies registered under the laws of Cambodia. Muni mainly works on drafting agreements, due diligence reports, providing legal opinions, preparing Shareholders’ meeting minutes and analyzing laws and policy.
Prior to joining Heng & Partners Law Group, Muni worked as Senior Legal Advisor for USAID-funded projects dealing with analysis of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) related laws, regulations and policies.
Muni is fluent with Khmer and English, also is conversational in Chinese.
Theng Vibol
Partner & Attorney-at-Law
Expertise: Corporate & Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, Securities & Compliance Work, Legal Advice & Analysis, Litigation and Conflict Resolution
Mr. Theng Vibol is a partner and a lawyer of the firm. He earned his LLM majoring in International Laws from Seoul, South Korea in 2009. Vibol regularly assists various banks and financial institutions in debt recovery, AML, and compliance issues. His familiarity with the judicial practice in turn contributes to his participation in transactional matters.
Vibol routinely assists financial institutions and telecommunications equipment providers through difficult court and enforcement proceedings, and participates in some of the firm’s arbitration engagements.
Prior to joining the firm in late 2018, Vibol practiced as a legal advisor in the USAID-Cambodia Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) project, senior researcher in the Parliamentary Institution of Cambodia, a policy analyst at the International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBC), and Deputy Chief of Party at Development Innovations Program funded by USAID.
Vibol is fluent with Khmer and English. Vibol is a professional English-Khmer interpreter for various official occasions of the governmental and international organization meeting/workshops held in Cambodia.
Oeur Songlinda
Attorney-at-Law
Expertise: Real Estate, QIP Registration, Tax, Corporate and Securities Registration
Ms. Oeur Songlinda (Linda) is recently admitted as a Lawyer qualified by the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Linda has been working in legal field focusing on Real Estate, Tax, Business Incorporation and QIP registration since she finished her LLB from Phnom Penh International University. She also assists Lawyers from the intake process from clients to preparing agreements, land transfer registration and business incorporation. She is currently attending National Tax School to become Tax Agent to tax filing for the clients and LLB course majoring in Chinese Literature at Institute of Foreign Languages of Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Linda is native in Khmer, and proficient in English and Chinese.
Ngy Sreymom
Associate
Expertise: Employment and Labor Compliance, Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Mining and Energy Industries
Ms. Ngy Sreymom is a 2011 LLB graduate of Royal University of Law and Economics and 2014 LLM graduate of Cambodian Mekong University. Between the two degrees, Sreymom has worked in a labor compliance sector and policy with Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations (CAMFEBA). Currently, her focusing is on Employment and Labor Compliance, Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, Port, Telecommunications, Mining and Energy Industries.
Sreymom mainly works to review laws and regulations for employment compliances of clients and provide assistance and advice on corporate issue regarding to Port, Mining and Energy Industries clients.
Sreymom is native in Khmer and proficient in English.
Lay Channanita
Junior Associate
Expertise: Corporate Compliance, Due Diligence, Real Estate
Ms. Lay Channanita joined Heng & Partner Law Group as an intern through a Graduate Placement Program implemented by the Center for the Study of Humanitarian Law (CSHL) under the support of WSDHANDACENTER For Human Rights & International Justice, Stanford University and British Embassy Phnom Penh. Gradually, she was promoted as Paralegal and then Junior Associate focusing on conducting legal research, translating, drafting contracts/agreements, and assisting on corporate changes of the clients with the Ministry of Commerce, the General Department of Taxation, and other relevant institutions.
Ms. Lay Channanita earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Royal University of Law and Economic supported by Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) and another Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Foreign Languages from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) of Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Channanita is native in Khmer and proficient in English.
Borin Socheata
Attorney-at-Law (Trainee)
Expertise: Litigation and Conflict Resolution, Due Diligence
Ms. Borin Socheata was trained as an Attorney-at-Law for a year with Lawyer Training Center of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia and joined Heng & Partners Law Group as a Trainee Attorney-at-Law. Socheata is dealing with both court cases, commercial practices and investment projects.
Socheata was exposed her working experiences with the Phnom Penh Capital Court of First Instance, assisting the court clerk and judge with reviewing documents and drafting court judgement or decision and also with the foreign embassies to Cambodia during her final academic year.
Socheata graduated with dual Bachelor’s Degrees majoring in Translation and Interpretation from Institute of Foreign Languages of Royal University of Phnom Penh, and majoring in Law from the Royal University of Law and Economics.
Socheata is a native Khmer speaker and very fluent in English.
Phang Sreyneang
Paralegal
Expertise: Corporate Compliance, Due Diligence, Legal Research
Ms. Phang Sreyneang, as a Paralegal, mainly work on conducting legal research, assisting with corporate changes of the clients with the competent authorities, reviewing new adopted laws and regulations and drafting updates and client alerts of such newly adopted laws and regulations for the retainer clients.
During her academic years, Ms. Phang Sreyneang worked as an intern at Center for the Study of Humanitarian Law (CSHL) at Royal University of Law and Economics, where she focused on legal and human right research, translation, and writing newsletters for the Center. Ms. Sreyneang also experienced as an intern working for Communication programme of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO), exposing herself to the review of executive summaries and policy briefs, writing short articles, doing reports and minutes, and conducting legal research.
Ms. Sreyneang obtained dual bachelor’s degrees majoring in Law from English Language Based Bachelor of Law Programme (ELBBL) of Royal University of Law and Economics sponsored by Cambodia Legal Education for Women project of Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI), and majoring in Professional Communication from Institute of Foreign Languages of Royal University of Phnom Penh under the government scholarship.
Sreyneang is native in Khmer and fluent in English.
Sophany Chandara
Paralegal
Expertise: Corporate Compliance, Due Diligence and Legal Research
Ms. Sophany Chandara joined Heng & Partners Law Group as a Paralegal conducting legal research, translating laws, regulations, and other legal documents, reviewing and drafting agreement and due diligence report, and assisting with corporate secretarial work.
Previously, Chandara worked as an intern assistant to the Program Officer at Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Phnom Penh office where she conducted research and review on human rights issues, translated documents, facilitated resource persons and participants for each workshop, and provided technical and administrative support in relation to human rights conferences.
Chandara attended International Program of Legal Studies at National University of Management and Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Chandara is native in Khmer and proficient in English.
Mong Liphing
Paralegal
Expertise: Real Estate, Legal Research
Ms. Mong Liphing joined Heng & Partners Law Group as a Paralegal mainly focusing on legal research, dealing with perpetual lease and hypothec registration, land ownership transfer and assisting the team with Chinese documents.
Liphing graduated from Royal University of Law and Economics in 2022 and is pursuing her bachelor degree in Chinese language at Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Liphing is native in Khmer and proficient in both English and Chinese.
Meas Chanpor
Legal Intern
Expertise: Corporate Compliance, Due Diligence and Legal Research
Mr. Meas Chanpor is finishing his senior year with International Program of Legal Studies at National University of Management. Mr. Chanpor joins Heng & Partners Law group as a legal intern mainly working on legal research, briefing laws, regulations, and other legal documents; prepares legal documents; and assisting with corporate secretarial works. He also supports the team in daily administrative tasks.
Prior to the joining with Heng & Partners Law Group, Chanpor worked as a legal intern at a well-known telecommunication company where he assisted in drafting letters to relevant ministries, partners, suppliers, and customers, etc., and in corresponding with management team in relation to regulatory, governance, and legal compliance matters.
Chanpor speaks Khmer and fluent in English.
Keu Thida
Ms. Keu Thida, as Admin & Finance Officer, assists our team members with administrative-related works and billing. Thida is also in charge of employee registration in MLVT system, NSSF compliance and acquiring quota and work permits for the clients.
Thida earned her bachelor’s degree from Learning for Success Institute majoring in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Management. She has more than 5 years working experiences in both administrative and financial workflows.
Thida is native Khmer speaker and can converse in English.