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Curriculum Vitae

June 2010

MS. MARIA MAKANAS

Partner

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Nationality:

Thai

Years with Firm:

13 years
   
 

Key Qualifications:

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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.

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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.

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Drafting and negotiation of English language contracts governed by Thai law for numerous business transactions.

Work History:

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Sept 1994 - Jan 1996

Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, USA

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Feb 1996 – June 1997

Tilleke & Gibbins R.O.P, Bangkok

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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:

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Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.A., 1984

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Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, M.S. in Mass Communication, 1986

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University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, J.D., 1994

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Intern in New York Office of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Summer 1999

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Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Summer 2000

 
 

Bar Membership:

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Massachusetts Bar Association, 1994

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State Bar Association of New York, 1995

 
 

Language: 

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English and Thai

 
 

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