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Key
Qualifications:
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Experience providing business law services in
Thailand since 1969, and drafting and negotiation of English language
commercial contracts governed by Thai law. |
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Experience in conduct of due diligence for
industrial projects, and advising both Thai and foreign banks and
sponsors in negotiation of project financing and security documents. |
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Experience leading teams of foreign and Thai
lawyers in complex litigation and business transactions. |
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Experience with eight gas-fired power
projects in Thailand: IPT, Tri-Energy, Eastern, Ratchaburi Power, Bowin
(refinancing), EGCO, KEGCO and REGCO, four Lao PDR hydroelectric power
project financings: THPC, HHPC, NT-2 and NN-2; and four coal-fired power
projects in Thailand: Gulf Power (Bo Nok) (first phase), Union Power (Hin
Krut) (first phase), COCO 3, and BLCP Power. |
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Member of Chulalongkorn Law Faculty’s project
teams advising Thai Ministry of Energy re 2003/4 energy law reform
program and 2004/6 petroleum legislation reform project, and advising
Thai Ministry of Industry on mining law reform (2005). |
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Representation of PTT and its subsidiaries on
specific projects, including Trans Thailand-Malaysia Pipeline Project. |
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Representation of owners and lenders in
numerous project financings in Thailand including most forms of security
documentation. |
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Mineral
Law and Policy Adviser
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Nepal on petroleum legislation and policy, 1982-2007
(World Bank) |
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Philippines on mining legislation, 1988-1990 (UNDP) |
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Vietnam on petroleum legislation 1988-1990 (UNDP) |
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Author of professional papers on petroleum and mining
legislation, unsettled maritime boundaries, and international contracts |
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Speaker on IPP project financing, Asia Pacific Business
Conference, Harvard Business School, February 1997. |
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Lecturer, Law Faculty, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
(International Contracts), 1987 - present. |
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Occasional lecturer, Arbitration Institute, Ministry of
Justice |
Education:
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University of California, B.S. Mining Engineering with
honors, 1959 |
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Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1964 |
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Recent continuing legal education:
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IBA Energy Law seminars, various |
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PSCs and Fiscal Regimes for E&P, Kuala Lumpur, April 2005 |
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11th Annual Asia Upstream 2006 including gas-LNG developments, 8-9
March 2006 |
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LNG Terminal Summit 2006, Singapore, 28-29 March 2006 |
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Thai Power 2006, Bangkok, June 2006 |
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2006
AIPN International Conference, Perth, October 2006 (speaker) |
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Partnering Alliances in Oil & Gas in Thailand, Bangkok, November
2006 |
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2007 IPP Solicitation: Briefing for Prospective Sponsors,
Kasikornbank pcl, Bangkok, 26 February 2007 (speaker) |
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JBIC - Conference on Project Financing, Thailand, Bangkok, 1 March
2007 (speaker) |
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Thailand Infrastructure Conference, Bangkok, 28 March 2007 (speaker) |
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Thai Gas, Bangkok, November 2007 |
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2008 AIPN Model Contracts Workshop, 29 June - 2 July, Vail, Colorado |
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2008 ASEAN Energy Business Forum, 6-8 August, Bangkok |
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Security of Investment under PSCs and other Government Petroleum
Contracts, 14-15 August 2008, Bangkok |
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Presentation re “New Product Liability
Act – Impact on Business”, American Chamber of Commerce Conference,
4 February 2009, Bangkok |
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Thailand’s Renewable Energy Conference,
5 – 6 February 2009, Bangkok |
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SEERIL/AMPA Resources Law Conference
Southeast Asia, 18-20 February 2009, Kuala Lumpur |
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2009 AIPN International Conference,
18-21 October, Bangkok |
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Member:
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Bars of District of Columbia, State of California and
U.S. Supreme Court |
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American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, past-chairman
of Tax and Legislation Committee |
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International Bar Association (Section on Energy,
Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL)) |
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Society of Mining Engineers of AIME and Society of
Petroleum Engineers of AIME |
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Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation |
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Engineering Institute of Thailand (Thai Engineers
License - Mining) |
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Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) |
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Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
committee member, Thai Chapter of CIA |
Language:
English |
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