Experience providing business law services in Thailand
since 1969, and drafting and negotiation of English language commercial
contracts governed by Thai law.
Experience in conduct of due diligence for power
projects, and advising both Thai and foreign banks and sponsors in
negotiation of project financing and security documents.
Experience leading teams of foreign and Thai lawyers
in complex litigation and business transactions.
Representation of owners or lenders in numerous IPP
and SPP power projects.
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.
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.
Representation of PTT and its subsidiaries on specific
projects, including Trans Thailand-Malaysia Pipeline Project.
Representation of owners and lenders in numerous
project financings in Thailand including most forms of security
documentation.
Selected Experience:
1969
- Present
Legal
adviser in Bangkok, Thailand, presently senior partner in Chandler and Thong-ek Law Offices Ltd., specializing in business law,
energy law, international transactions, project financing and
investment projects.
Commercial
banks
Numerous banks on loan transactions, e.g., BAY, BBL,
IFCT, KTB, SCB, TFB, Citibank, ABN-AMRO, Citibank (in-house legal
audits).
Project
financing (owner)
NPC, Peroxythai, Vinythai, BPE, PTTEP, Thai
Lube, Thai Aromatics, two EGAT SPP projects, and TTM.
Project
financing (lenders)
REGCO, KEGCO, RGCO, COCO3, five EGAT IPP
projects, six EGAT SPP projects, four Lao hydropower projects,
Second Stage Expressway, Don Muang Tollway, Thai Caprolactum, SPRC
and BTSC.
Mineral
Law and Policy Adviser
Nepal on petroleum legislation and policy, 1982-2007
(World Bank)
Philippines on mining legislation, 1988-1990 (UNDP)
Vietnam on petroleum legislation 1988-1990 (UNDP)
Author of professional papers on petroleum and mining
legislation, unsettled maritime boundaries, and international contracts
Speaker on IPP project financing, Asia Pacific Business
Conference, Harvard Business School, February 1997.
Lecturer, Law Faculty, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
(International Contracts), 1987 - present.
Occasional lecturer, Arbitration Institute, Ministry of
Justice
Education:
University of California, B.S. Mining Engineering with
honors, 1959
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1964
Recent continuing legal education:
IBA Energy Law seminars, various
CERA Conference, Bangkok, April 2002
SEAAOC Conference, Darwin, June 2002 (speaker)
48th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, July 2002
Thai Gas Market, Bangkok, November 2002 (speaker)
PSCs and Fiscal Regimes for E&P, Kuala Lumpur, April 2005
11th Annual Asia Upstream 2006 including gas-LNG developments, 8-9
March 2006
LNG Terminal Summit 2006, Singapore, 28-29 March 2006
AIPN 2006 International Conference, Perth, October 2006 (speaker)
Partnering Alliances in Oil & Gas in Thailand, Bangkok, November
2006
2007 IPP Solicitation: Briefing for Prospective Sponsors,
Kasikornbank pcl, Bangkok, 26 February 2007 (speaker)
JBIC - Conference on Project Financing, Thailand, Bangkok, 1 March
2007 (speaker)
Thailand Infrastructure Conference, Bangkok, 28 March 2007 (speaker)
Thai Gas, Bangkok, November 2007
Member:
Bars of District of Columbia, State of California and
U.S. Supreme Court
American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, past-chairman
of Tax and Legislation Committee
International Bar Association (Section on Energy,
Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL))
Society of Mining Engineers of AIME and Society of
Petroleum Engineers of AIME
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Engineering Institute of Thailand (Thai Engineers
License - Mining)
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
