Thailand

DFDL Thailand offers integrated legal, tax and consulting services to clients across various sectors and industries. Since 2005, we have been serving small and medium businesses, large corporations and major Thai banks and financial institutions with our local expertise and international standards.

We have a strong track record in delivering successful outcomes for projects related to energy, infrastructure, transportation, real estate, finance, telecommunications, IT, trading and manufacturing. We also keep pace with the latest developments and opportunities in emerging areas such as renewable energy, public-private partnerships, TMT, fintech, healthcare and data protection. Heightened levels of infrastructure-related work and factory relocations have driven a lot more M&A activities, all requiring the sort of international standard services in this area that we provide.

Our team of legal and tax professionals can advise clients in Mandarin, French and Hindi, in addition to English and Thai. We are recognized by the world’s leading legal directories for our excellence and quality. We also collaborate with international law firms that need local support and referrals in South and Southeast Asia. Our Bangkok office hosts some of DFDL’s regional advisers who have extensive experience in complex multi-jurisdictional matters.

Key Credentials

  • Asia Pacific’s leading renewable energy solutions provider on the 600MW monsoon wind project, the largest proposed wind farm in South East Asia.
  • A major low-cost airline in Southeast Asia on the USD 300 million aircraft leasing transaction involving 14 aircrafts.
  • A railway solutions provider on its dispute with the Chinese bidder in charge of the project and the Thai Government Authorities.
  • Ardian, as local counsel, in relation to the Thai merger regulations and related filings with the authority on the acquisition of majority of shares in GreenYellow in a EUR 1.4 billion deal.
  • An international hotel group with respect to negotiation of a hotel management agreement with an international hotel brand management company for the rebranding of the client’s hotel.
  • A Chinese state-owned hydropower engineering and construction company in relation to the development by the client and Gulf of a 770MW mainstream hydropower project with the purpose of selling its output to Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.

Awards

2023 asialaw

  • Banking and Finance ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Banking and Financial Services ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Construction ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Consumer Goods and Services ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Corporate and M&A ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Energy ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Infrastructure ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Tax ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Technology and Telecommunications ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Capital Market ThailandOther Notable
  • Aviation and Shipping ThailandRecommended
  • Industrials and Manufacturing ThailandRecommended
  • Labour and Employment ThailandRecommended
  • Real Estate ThailandRecommended
  • Restructuring and Insolvency ThailandRecommended

2023 chambers and partners asia pacific

  • Projects & Energy ThailandBand 3
  • Real Estate ThailandBand 3
  • Tax ThailandBand 3
  • Corporate/M&A ThailandBand 4
  • Technology, Media, Telecoms ThailandBand 4

2023 iflr 1000

  • RestructuringOther Notable
  • Project Development Thailand  Tier 2
  • Banking and FinanceTier 3
  • Capital Markets: Debt/M&ATier 3

2023 legal 500 asia pacific

  • Tax ThailandTier 1
  • Projects and Energy ThailandTier 2
  • TMT ThailandTier 2
  • Banking and Finance ThailandTier 3
  • Real Estate and Construction ThailandTier 3
  • Restructuring And Insolvency ThailandTier 3
  • Corporate and M&A ThailandTier 4

2023 world tax world transfer pricing

  • General Corporate Tax Thailand & VietnamTier 2

Address

No. 3, Rajanakarn Building, AA Floor, South Sathorn Road,
Yannawa Sub-District, Sathorn District, Bangkok Metropolis, 10120, Thailand
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Contact

+66 2059 4090
thailand@dfdl.com

Opening Hours

9 AM – 6 PM
Monday – Friday

Key Contact

Founding Partner
Thailand
+662 059 4090
Audray Souche
Regional Managing Partner

Position

  • Regional Managing Partner

Expertise

  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure

Countries of Expertise

  • Cambodia
  • Lao PDR
  • Thailand
Kraisorn Rueangkul
Partner

Position

  • Partner

Expertise

  • Compliance and Investigations
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Investment Funds

Countries of Expertise

  • Cambodia
  • Myanmar
  • Thailand
Walanchathas Sanguanwong
Partner

Position

  • Partner

Expertise

  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure

Countries of Expertise

  • Lao PDR
  • Thailand
Jack Sheehan
Partner and Head of Regional Tax

Position

  • Partner and Head of Regional Tax

Expertise

  • Tax & Transfer Pricing

Countries of Expertise

  • Lao PDR
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan
Partner

Position

  • Partner

Expertise

  • Aviation and Logistics
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Tax & Transfer Pricing

Country of Expertise

  • Thailand
Paul D. Volodarsky
Partner, Head of Regional Real Estate and Hospitality

Position

  • Partner, Head of Regional Real Estate and Hospitality

Expertise

  • Corporate and M&A
  • Real Estate and Hospitality

Countries of Expertise

  • Myanmar
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
Jonathan Blaine
Tax Director | Co-Head of Regional Compliance & Investigations | Head of Learning and Development

Position

  • Tax Director | Co-Head of Regional Compliance & Investigations | Head of Learning and Development

Expertise

  • Compliance and Investigations
  • Restructuring
  • Tax & Transfer Pricing

Countries of Expertise

  • Singapore
  • Thailand
Etienne Rieuneau
Head of Corporate Advisory | Head of Business Development

Position

  • Head of Corporate Advisory | Head of Business Development

Expertise

  • Corporate and M&A

Country of Expertise

  • Thailand
Panida Agkavikai
Senior Adviser

Position

  • Senior Adviser

Expertise

  • Corporate and M&A
  • Real Estate and Hospitality
  • Restructuring

Country of Expertise

  • Thailand
Woan Na Ng
Regional Senior Adviser

Position

  • Regional Senior Adviser

Expertise

  • Anti-Trust and Competition
  • Banking and Finance
  • Compliance and Investigations

Countries of Expertise

  • Cambodia
  • Lao PDR
  • Thailand
Clement Palos
Senior Legal Adviser

Position

  • Senior Legal Adviser

Expertise

  • Investment Funds

Country of Expertise

  • Thailand
Siwaphorn Phornthepkasemsant
Senior Adviser

Position

  • Senior Adviser

Expertise

  • Aviation and Logistics
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Technology, Media and Telecoms

Country of Expertise

  • Thailand
Eduard Sato
Senior Consultant

Position

  • Senior Consultant

Expertise

  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Investment Funds
  • Technology, Media and Telecoms

Country of Expertise

  • Thailand
Jidapa Tiamsuttikarn
Senior Tax Manager

Position

  • Senior Tax Manager

Expertise

  • Tax & Transfer Pricing

Country of Expertise

  • Thailand
Noppadon Treephetchara
Senior Adviser

Position

  • Senior Adviser

Expertise

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment
  • Restructuring

Country of Expertise

  • Thailand

Insights

Intelligence from the DFDL legal team

Corporate and M&A
Nov 29 2023

Competition Trade Guideline for Digital Sectors

On October 9, 2023, the Trade Competition Commission of Thailand (“TCCT“) announced its plan for 2024 to focus primarily on …
Tax & Transfer Pricing
Nov 22 2023

Thai Revenue Department Issues Additional Guidance on Foreign Sourced Income Rules

The Revenue Department recently issued Departmental Instruction no. Paw 162/2566 on 20 Nov 2023 to guide the interpretation of the …
News
Sep 27 2023

DFDL Thailand Recruits Candidates for 2024 Internship Program

The DFDL Thailand team has participated in three internship roadshows this month, seeking to recruit university students as potential candidates …
Tax & Transfer Pricing
Sep 20 2023

Thai Revenue Department Issues Game Changing Personal Income Tax Instruction

On September 15, 2023, the Thai Revenue Department issued a bomb-shell Departmental Instruction (No.161/2566) that fundamentally changes a long-standing and well recognized …
News
Sep 14 2023

DFDL Jonathan Blaine Chairs 2nd Annual Conference of Global Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Asia (GRIP – Asia) in Tokyo

On behalf of DFDL, Jonathan Blaine (Tax Director, Co-Head of Regional Compliance & Investigations) served as Chair for GRIP’s second …
Tax & Transfer Pricing
Aug 15 2023

DFDL Tax Seminar – Tax Updates on Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand (CLMVT)

We are delighted to invite you to an in-person DFDL Tax Seminar: Tax Updates on Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam …
Content Hub
Aug 2 2023

DFDL Regional Data Centers Guide

Southeast Asia has become a global hotspot for data centers, ranging from smaller colocation centers to global hyperscale operators. It …
Tax & Transfer Pricing
May 19 2023

DFDL Contributes to Thailand’s Double Tax Agreements Article in April 2023 Issue of The American Chamber of Commerce Thailand Magazine.

DFDL’s Jack Sheehan (Partner and Head of the Regional Tax Practice) and Jidapa Tiamsuttikarn (Senior Tax Adviser) have made a …