Draft Agreement on Management of Foreign Lawyers Practicing in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
【草案·未生效】外国律师在老挝人民民主共和国执业管理协议（草案）
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Article ມາດຕາ 1
Article 8 Contents of the License to Practice Law
The license to practice law of foreign lawyers in the Lao PDR consists of the following contents:
- Name and surname of the foreign lawyer in Lao language and foreign language;
- License registration number;
- Affiliation (enterprise) and office address of the enterprise;
- Type and field of legal services;
- Duration of the license.
Article ມາດຕາ 2
Article 9 Duration of License, Storage and Publication of Information
The license for foreign lawyers to practice law shall be valid according to the service contract between the law enterprise and the foreign lawyer/1 year, regardless of whether the foreign lawyer is a partner or shareholder in such law enterprise. The license to practice law may be renewed in accordance with this agreement.
The licensed law enterprise must display the foreign lawyer's law practice license at its office, together with the enterprise registration certificate and the law business operating license.
In case the foreign lawyer's law practice license is lost, the law enterprise may apply for a new license.
Individuals, legal entities and organizations may verify the authenticity or request a copy of the foreign lawyer's law practice license free of charge, subject to specific procedures and regulations.
Article ມາດຕາ 3
Article 10 Proposal to Suspend the Legal Practice of Foreign Lawyers
An individual, organization or legal entity may propose in writing to the Ministry of Justice to suspend the legal practice of a licensed foreign lawyer, accompanied by any of the following reasons:
1. The foreign lawyer may have conduct or practices that violate the lawyer's professional ethics, such as disloyalty to the client by providing advice to both the client and the opposing party; failure to comply with the service contract.
2. The foreign lawyer may have conduct or comments that are divisive, discriminatory on grounds of gender, or disrespectful of the fine customs and traditions of the ethnic groups, or make political comments unrelated to the provision of legal opinions or advice within their specialty.
3. Has other behavior deemed to be a violation of the law.
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