Specializing in oil and gas and mining,
corporate merger and acquisition, and project financing, acting for both
owners and lenders.
Strong background in corporate law and
energy laws.
Extensive experience in drafting Thai and
English agreements.
Major clients include Trans
Thailand-Malaysia, JDA Gas Pipeline Operator, Petroliam Nasional Berhad
(PETRONAS)-retail business in Thailand, Seagate Technology, General
Motors, Hutchinson Group, Hitachi Storage, Solvay SA, Kingsgate
Consolidated (Akara Mining/Gold Mine), Pan Australian NL (Copper), Phu
Bia Mining, KrisEnergy, Pearl Oil Group, Harrods Energy, Chamilia
Experience Record:
Jan 1984 - Aug 1984
Phatra Thanakit Co., Ltd.
Aug 1987 - Mar 1988
Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd.
Apr 1988 - Present
Chandler and Thong-ek Law Offices Limited
Corporate, M&A :
Hitachi Global, IBM, Seagate Technology,
Maiton Resort Development, Mitsubshi Fuso Bus and Trucks Corporation,
Fabrinet, General Motors, Kellogs, Cardinal Healthcare, UPS, Solvay
Group, Trans Thai-Malaysia Pipeline, PTT Chemicals PLC, Sumitomo
Mineral and Petroleum :
Kingsgate Consolidated NL (Akara Gold mine), Pearl Oil
Group, Phelps Dodge Mining (gold/copper), Newmont (gold), Solvay (rock
salt), Alberta Energy Corporation (oil), Malaysia Mining Corporation
(oil), Asia Potash Corporation, Pan Australian (copper), PETRONAS,
Carnarvon Petroleum, Adani Welspun.
Gas Sale Agreements :
PTTEP (Bongkot,
Nam Pong)
PPA's:
SPP projects
PTT Gas Supply Agreements :
NPC, Peroxythai, Vinythai, SPP projects
IPO's
NPC, Vinythai, Advance Agro, PTTEP
Project financing (owner)
NPC, Peroxythai, Vinythai, PTTEP, Thai
Lube, Advance Agro, Sahacogen, Rojana Power, Trans Thailand-Malaysia
(Thailand) and Trans Thailand-Malaysia (Malaysia)
Project financing (lenders)
SPRC, KEGCO, Theun-Hinboun, Don Muang
Tollway, Thai Special Steel Industry
Continuing Legal Education:
Program of Instruction for Lawyers (Harvard Law
School), June 1990
Summer School in Legal Aspects of International
Finance (Oxford University, Wadham College), April 1992
CPMLP (University of Dundee) course on financing
international oil & gas operations (including LNG), September 1995, St.
Andrews
International Bar Association: Energy &
Resources Law ’96, Prague and 2000 Hong Kong
RMMLF:Oil & Gas Contracts, Dallas, 1997
Advanced Contract Risk Management for the LNG Supply
Chain”, Houston, Texas, January 2006
Education:
Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn
University, LL.B. with honors, 1983
Institution
of Thai Bar Association, 1984
Eastern Michigan University, Michigan,
USA (M.A., in International Trade), 1987
Member:
Extraordinary Member of Thai Bar Association
International Bar Association (IBA), Energy Law
Section
