We have advised clients on a large number of transactions.
These include:
Banking and Restructuring
• a German bank
on US$52 million revolving credit facilities to a Thai
factoring company;
• a leading US bank on a
THB910 million term loan to an independent power plant company;
• a Japanese bank on a JPY1,500 million participation in a JPY8,100 million syndicated loan to an independent power plant in Thailand;
• a US investment fund on the acquisition of a global note of a Thai petrochemical company from a US investment bank, the claims for debt repayments in the liquidation of a finance company and the reorganization of a Thai transportation company;
• a Canadian bank on gold bullion transactions
and platinum leases with Thai traders;
• a Canadian bank on a US$15 million revolving credit facilities to a computer part manufacturing company and on the assignment of accounts receivable as collateral for the loan;
• a Canadian bank on corporate guarantees for US$750 million revolving credit to a group of Canadian companies;
• a Thai manufacturing company on its business reorganization at the Central Bankruptcy Court;
Telecommunications
• a Thai telecommunications
operator on disputes related to a joint telecom operation with another telecom operator;
• a Malaysian
engineering company on a dispute with an owner of a
small power plant project;
• a Malaysian
telecommunications company on investment in a
telecommunications company in thailand and on the sale of its
shares in a mobile phone operator;
• a Japanese
telecommunications company on legal issues for
telecommunications businesses using GPS technology
;
Merger & Acquisition
• a Thai company on the acquisition of a bakery company from its Singapore parent company;
• a British food
company on the acquisition of a food consultant company and
obtaining a foreign business license;
• a top British food and beverage company on the acquisition of two food production companies, the restructuring of its Thai subsidiaries and the repatriation of funds;
• a Thai petroleum exploration and production company on the acquisition of an
petroleum exploration and production company from its foreign shareholder;
• a Japanese logistics company on the acquisition of a Thai logistics and transportation company;
• an Indian fertilizer company on a legal due diligence for acquisition of a potash mining company operating a mining project in the Northeast of Thailand;
• a British logistics company on the acquisition of two Thai
logistics companies;
• a German automobile part manufacturer on the acquisition a Thai-US joint venture and the liquidation of a Thai company;
• a Malaysian information technology company on a legal due diligence for acquisition of a Thai telecommunications and consulting service company;
Corporate and Foreign Direct
Investment
• a leading US glass manufacturer on the implementation of a shared service center for its Thai subsidiaries;
• a Hong Kong yacht
sale and charter company on obtaining a foreign business
license;
• a Large US fast
food restaurant company on opening a branch in Thailand;
• a
multi-national audio system company on obtaining a foreign
business license and a factory lease ;
• an Italian carpet
yarn manufacturing company on establishing a manufacturing
plant and obtaining BOI promotion;
• a US
company on obtaining BOI promotion for its steel mill
service business;
• a Korean company
on BOI promotion and establishing a gas cylinder
manufacturing plant;
• a British
pharmaceutical company on tax and employment law issues;
• a US petroleum company on
labour disputes;
• a Hong Kong construction companies on sale of
investment in an infrastructure project in Thailand;
• a US automobile support services company on establishing a joint venture with Thai investors;
• an US automobile finance company on recovery of debts from a distribution company;
• a German bank
on recovery of loans in liquidation of two finance
companies;
Intellectual Property
• a leading Thai conglomerate on the registration and protection of trademarks and copyrights in over 160 countries;
• an US Big Three automobile company on patent applications for automobile inventions and product designs;
• an US film studio on a patent application for film restoration invention;
• a US life
science company on patent applications for genetic
modifications and procedures;
Real Property and Construction
• a
Thai property development company on a high-end property development project in Phuket;
• a Thai construction company on construction contracts with the National Housing Authority of Thailand;
• an US bank on the termination of
a thirty-year property lease;
• a group of seven foreign investors on investment in a large scale property project in Hua Hin;
• a BVI company on acquiring a villa in the Trisara Project in Phuket;
• two BVI companies on purchasing two condominium apartments in the Chava Project in Phuket;
• a British investor on purchasing condominium apartment in the Kata Gardens Project in Phuket;
• a Malaysian
hotel group on acquisition of properties and a long-term
lease of land.