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Awards
Bangkok Mass Transit System Deal of the Year, Thailand: Bangkok Mass Transit System USD353m bond Finance Asia Awards 2010
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Theun-Hinboun Theun-Hinboun: Asia Pacific Renewable Deal of the Year PFI Awards 2009
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Welcome to Allen & Overy (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Overview We aim to provide solutions, based on a wealth of local experience, to help better serve domestic and multinational corporations, government departments, banks and other financial institutions in Thailand and across the region. Our team of Thai and expatriate lawyers draw on knowledge held by more than 5,000 staff and 470 partners worldwide. We are based in 36 offices in 26 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas and the Middle East. The Bangkok office currently consists of five partners and over 25 lawyers. We provide legal advice to large domestic and multinational corporates, banks and other financial institutions on international and Thai law.
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Practice areas Why choose us? Law capabilities – English law – Thai law
Key practice areas – Acquisition finance – Arbitration – Asset finance – Commodities – Communications, media and technology – Debt capital markets – Derivatives – Employment – Energy and resources – Equity capital markets – Equity-linked capital markets – Funds – General corporate – General lending – International arbitration – Joint ventures – Litigation investigations/disputes – Mergers and acquisitions – Private equity – Project finance – Real estate and REITs – Real estate finance – Regulatory, data protection, anti-corruption (including FCPA and UK Bribery Act) – Restructuring – Structured finance
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– Our team is fully conversant with local legal matters and maintains good working relationships within Thailand’s business and public administration communities. – We hold an impressive track record in handling highly confidential projects for multinational corporations, the public sector, banks and other financial institutions. – Our corporate and M&A practice advises multinational and local companies on listing issues, as well as debt and equity offerings, while our banking practice has handled many projects in Thailand’s power and industrial sectors. – Our domestic and international capital markets group has worked on numerous international offerings, securitisations and structured product strategies and is complemented by our litigation practice. – Instant access to Allen & Overy’s regional and global resources enables the Bangkok team to deliver a timely and cost-effective service. – We work proactively to explore commercially viable opportunities and to assess the various implications of transactions. – We judge our success by the extent to which we satisfy our clients and motivate our people.
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Key deals A snapshot of some of our recent key deals PTT Exploration and The Theun-Hinboun Indorama SK Chemicals Production Public Company hydroelectric power project Company Limited The Theun-Hinboun hydroelectric We advised on all aspects of Limited (PTTEP) We advised PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) on the first USD bonds to be issued in Thailand. The USD500m bonds were issued on a 144A basis through PTTEP’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia guaranteed by PTTEP.
Major telecoms companies Our Bangkok litigation team has been advising major telecoms companies on various regulatory issues including 3G, roaming, interconnection and MNP services. We have recently been instructed by three major telecoms operators to file cases against the telecoms regulator at the Central Administrative Court. We continue to build on our skills and knowledge of telecommunications laws and to develop our working relationships with the major telecoms operators.
power project is an independent power project in Laos owned by THPC. We acted for the US Dollar and Baht mandated lead arrangers on the 2008, USD187.5m and THB13.94bn, refinancing and expansion of the project. In 2009, we acted for Proparco, DEG and FMO (as well as the existing lenders) with respect to their successful entry into the existing financing through the replacement of a THB3.94bn tranche with a USD112.5m tranche.
the purchase of companies in Indonesia and Poland from due diligence on the companies and assets to structuring and antitrust. It is one of the first deals to be considered under the new Indonesian merger filing regime. Our Bangkok, Indonesia, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Singapore and Beijing offices were involved.
PTT International We advised on its proposed USD546m cash acquisition of ASX listed company Straits Resources Limited by way of scheme of arrangement following the proposed demerger of its metal business into a new ASX listed company.
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“This ‘extremely dependable team’ is described as ‘solution-oriented and client-focused,’ and the lawyers are said to ‘go out of their way to be creative for their clients and are wholeheartedly committed to their work’.” Chambers Global 2008
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Office contacts
Simon Makinson
Arkrapol Pichedvanichok
Stephen Jaggs
Managing Partner Partner, Corporate and Real Estate
Partner, Corporate and Capital Markets
Partner, Banking and Projects
Tel +66 (0)2 263 7603
Tel +66 (0)2 263 7626
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Suparerk Auychai
Dumnern Subpaisarn
Partner, Banking, Corporate and Capital Markets
Partner, Litigation and Restructuring
Tel +66 (0)2 263 7604
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