Drafting and negotiation of principal
documentation in complex commercial transactions, including acting as
Lenders’ counsel for project financings and advising the Financial
Sector Restructuring Authority (“FRA”) on sale of financial assets.
Representation of lenders to SPP and IPP
projects in Thailand including SIPCO, BLCP Power, Ratchaburi Power; and
power projects in Laos, including Houay Ho, Nam Theun 2, Nam Ngum 2, and
Hongsa.
Drafting and negotiation of English
language contracts governed by Thai law for numerous business
transactions.
Work History:
Sept 1994 -
Jan 1996
Office of General Counsel,
U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, USA
Feb 1996 –
June 1997
Tilleke & Gibbins R.O.P, Bangkok
June 1997 –
Present
Chandler and Thong-ek Law Offices Limited
Legal Experience:
Project
Financing (lenders):
RATCHGEN, BLCP, Thai Tap Water
Supply,Houay Ho Power, A.T. Biopower, Nam Theun 2, Ratchaburi Power,
Nam Ngum 2, SIPCO, Hongsa
(owners):
Theun Hinboun refinancing
Corporate Financing
(owners):
ASIG (Thailand)
General Motors (Thailand)
Major asset sales:
FRA Core Asset Sales
Completed Acquisitions:
Orchid Fund Five/Phuket Island Resort
PTTEP (ThaiOil Power)
Herrick/VS Thai Herrick
TransCanada/Thappline
Ford Motor Company/Premier Sukhumvit Center (Assets)
ASIG/ASIG (Thailand)
CPPC pcl/CNC International
Thai Tap Water
EGCO pcl/BLCP
Education:
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.A., 1984
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, M.S. in
Mass Communication, 1986
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, J.D.,
1994
Intern in New York Office of Orrick Herrington &
Sutcliffe, Summer 1999
Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for
Lawyers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Summer 2000