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L-Martin Desautels

L-Martin Desautels

Senior Partner & Head of the ASEAN Desk

After being Managing Partner of DFDL for around 20 years, Martin has now moved to a new position as DFDL Senior Partner. Martin remains engaged...

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Audray Souche

Audray Souche

Regional Managing Partner

Audray Souche has been working in the region since 2004, combining a general commercial/foreign investment experience with a specialized experience on energy and infrastructure projects....

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David Doran

David Doran

Founding Partner

David Doran is a Founding Partner of DFDL. He has over 25 years’ experience as a legal adviser in the Mekong Region. After having run DFDL’s offices in the Lao PDR and Cambodia, David relocated to Bangkok in 2005...

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Vinay Ahuja

Vinay Ahuja

Partner, Head of Indonesia and Singapore

Vinay is a partner in the regional Banking & Finance Practice Group and is the Group Leader. He also serves as the head of the India Desk and as well as leading the firm’s Indonesia Practice....

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Thida Aye

Thida Aye

Partner, Myanmar

With over 30 years’ of experience, Thida Aye’s areas of expertise include; aviation, contracts, corporate, energy, finance, litigation, real estate and...

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Mahboob Aziz

Mahboob Aziz

Associate Partner, Bangladesh

Mahboob specializes in banking and international finance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate work, property related issues and...

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Standré Bezuidenhout

Standré Bezuidenhout

Partner, Lao PDR

Standré Bezuidenhout is a Partner working at DFDL’s office in Vientiane, the Lao PDR. Standre was admitted as an attorney and notary public...

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Jérôme Buzenet

Jérôme Buzenet

Partner, Vietnam Managing Director, Co-Head of Regional Corporate & Commercial Practice and Co-Head of Regional Mergers & Acquisitions Practice

Jérôme qualified as a French Lawyer (Avocat) and went on to further studies at Oxford University through the LL.M program in English law....

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Nishant Choudhary

Nishant Choudhary

Partner, Myanmar Managing Director & Head of Regional Dispute Resolution Practice

Nishant has a diverse client portfolio and works with leading companies across various sectors. He has more than 15 years of professional experience...

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Thierry Gougy

Thierry Gougy

Senior Partner and Head of Cambodian Legal Practice

Thierry is a French qualified lawyer with more than 25 years of experience on foreign investment, M&A, project finance, infrastructure projects....

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Kevin Hawkins

Kevin Hawkins

Partner, Vietnam

Kevin Hawkins is a Partner based at the Ho Chi Minh City office. Kevin advises clients on a variety of matters including business formation, oil, gas...

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Seka Hep

Seka Hep

Partner, Sarin & Associates & Cambodia Deputy Managing Director

Seka Hep has extensive regulatory expertise specializing in corporate law....

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Phong Anh Hoang

Phong Anh Hoang

Partner, Vietnam

Phong Anh Hoang is a fully qualified Vietnamese lawyer who, prior to joining DFDL in 2007 as the senior associate in charge of the Vietnamese practice,...

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Dai Thang Huynh

Dai Thang Huynh

Partner & Head of the Hanoi Office

Dai Thang Huynh is a fully qualified Vietnamese lawyer with over 18 years’ experience practicing law in Vietnam....

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Sophorne Kheang

Sophorne Kheang

Partner, Cambodia

Sophorne is a partner of DFDL’s Corporate and Commercial Practice. She has over 11 years’ of experience in general corporate advisory and M&A matters. In the course...

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Vansok Khem

Vansok Khem

Partner & Deputy Head of Cambodia Corporate and Commercial Practice

Vansok Khem is a Partner and Co-Deputy Head of Corporate & Commercial Practice Group. Her practice primarily focuses on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring....

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Guillaume Massin

Guillaume Massin

Partner

Guillaume Massin is Partner. He holds Master Degrees of Law and Political Science (University of Lille, France). His activities cover...

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Kristy Newby

Kristy Newby

Partner, Lao PDR Managing Director & Co-Head of Regional Compliance & Investigations Practice

Kristy has 18 years’ experience practicing as a solicitor in the Lao PDR, Vietnam and Australia. In Laos, Kristy advises private and public companies...

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Shahwar Jamal Nizam

Shahwar Jamal Nizam

Partner & Bangladesh Managing Director

Shahwar is a Partner and Managing Director of DFDL in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His practice focuses on advising on the development, financing and acquisition of power, energy and infrastructure projects....

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Clint O’Connell

Clint O’Connell

Partner, Cambodia Deputy Managing Director & Head of the Cambodia Tax Practice

Clint has worked professionally in Cambodia for over ten years, and in that time has been involved in some of the largest commercial transactions in Cambodia....

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Chris Robinson

Chris Robinson

Partner, Co-Head of Regional Corporate & Commercial Practice, Co-Head of Regional Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Head of Cambodia Corporate & Commercial Practice

Chris has 20 years’ experience in corporate and commercial advisory. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, governance...

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Kraisorn Rueangkul

Kraisorn Rueangkul

Partner, Thailand

Kraisorn specializes in merger and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, public-private partnerships, corporate and commercial matters, regulatory...

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Walanchathas Sanguanwong

Walanchathas Sanguanwong

Partner, Thailand

Walanchathas has over 10 years of experience working in Thailand and the Lao PDR. She specializes in cross-border financing, mergers and acquisitions and commercial...

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Jack Sheehan

Jack Sheehan

Partner & Head of the Regional Tax Practice

Jack is a Partner and the Head of the Regional Tax Practice. He specializes in providing advice on the tax structuring of investments, corporate and international tax planning,...

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Senesakoune Sihanouvong

Senesakoune Sihanouvong

Partner, Lao PDR Deputy Country Managing Director

Senesakoune is a highly experienced Lao Bar Association member and Partner with recognized expertise in Lao legal and tax issues....

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Dave Seibert

Dave Seibert

Partner and Head of Regional Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice Group

Dave Seibert is a Partner and Head of the Regional Energy, Mining, and Infrastructure Practice Group. He has experience...

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Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan

Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan

Partner & Thailand Deputy Managing Director

Nipaporn is Partner for DFDL Thailand. Her areas of expertise include corporate matters with an emphasis on foreign direct investment, corporate transactions,...

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Tarannum Tasnim

Tarannum Tasnim

Associate Partner, Bangladesh

Tarannum is qualified to practice as an advocate in Bangladesh and is enrolled with the Bangladesh Bar Council and has worked for more than ten years....

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Robin Teow

Robin Teow

Partner & Head of China Desk

Robin is a Partner and the Head of DFDL China Desk. Prior to joining DFDL, he racked up over ten years’ of experience working in China as both a Partner and Senior Foreign...

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Hanh Tran

Hanh Tran

Partner and Co-Managing Director of DFDL Vietnam

Hanh is a leading Vietnamese-qualified lawyer, with more than 18 years’ experience of advising leading multinational clients and financial institutions on complex corporate law matters in Vietnam and Cambodia....

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Paul Volodarsky

Paul Volodarsky

Partner and Head of Regional Real Estate Practice

Paul is the regional head of the real estate practice group and the regional head of the hospitality sector. His practice focuses on...

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