Academic Qualifications:
- 1997, Juris
Doctor, University of California, Hastings College of the
Law, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
- 1992, Master
of Arts in Italian Language and Literature, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
- 1990, Bachelor
of Arts in Romance Languages and Literatures, cum laude,
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Training and Seminars:
- August 20-26, 2007, Lex Mundi Institute, Foundation Management
Program, Monterey, California, U.S.A.
- April 10-11, 2006, Lex Mundi Professional Development
Summit Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1996, "International Contracts,"
by Mr. Albert Chandler, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,
Thailand
- 1995, "International Economic
Law," by Professor Surakiat Sathirathai, Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1995, "Regional Organizations,"
by Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, Chulalongkorn University,
Bangkok, Thailand
Professional Qualifications:
- Admitted to practice law, California,
U.S.A., 1997
- US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit,
U.S.A, 1998
- Northern District of California Court,
1998
Employment:
- August 2006-present, Co-Managing
Partner and Director, Dispute Resolution Department, Tilleke
& Gibbins International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
- April 2005-July 2006, Partner and
Director, Dispute Resolution Department, Tilleke & Gibbins
International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
- June 1999-April 2005, Attorney-at-Law,
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, McCloy LLP, Los Angeles, California,
U.S.A./Singapore
- October 1997-March 1999, Attorney-at-Law,
Tilleke & Gibbins R.O.P., Bangkok, Thailand
- 1995-1996, Summer Associate, Tilleke
& Gibbins R.O.P., Bangkok, Thailand
- August 1993-August 1994, Legal Intern,
Tilleke & Gibbins R.O.P., Bangkok, Thailand
Description
of Major Areas of Work Handled:
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Project Finance
- Restructuring
- Acquisitions
Membership in
Professional Societies and Other Organizations:
- State Bar
of California, U.S.A.
- Elected to Board of Directors, Thai-Italian
Chamber of Commerce (2006-2007)
- Representative to Singapore-Thai
Chamber of Commerce
- Representative
to State Capital Global Law Firm Group
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
(Thailand Branch)
Honors/Recognitions:
- Selected for inclusion in the 2006-2007 edition of International
Who's Who of Professionals
- Listed in The Asia Pacific Legal
500 as a leading individual in the area of Dispute Resolution
in Thailand, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 editions
Publications/Presentations:
- (With Ittirote Klinboon and C. Addy Punsan), "A
new tool for real estate buyers", Corporate
Counsellor Column, Bangkok Post, September 12, 2008.
- (With Chusert Supasitthumrong), "Considerations
for terminating employees", Corporate Counsellor,
Bangkok Post, January 4, 2008. Also published in Thailand:
Legal Developments, May 2008.
- (With C. Addy Punsan and Ittirote Klinboon), "Court
writs explained", Corporate Counsellor Column,
Bangkok Post, August 24, 2007.
- (With Chusert Supasitthumrong), "Temporary
cessation of operations", Corporate Counsellor
Column, Bangkok Post, July 13, 2007. Also published in Thailand:
Legal Developments (T&G client newsletter), November
2007.
- (With C. Addy Punsan and Thawat Damsa-ard), "AMLA
and the war on terror", Corporate Counsellor
Column, Bangkok Post, June 1, 2007. Also published in Thailand:
Legal Developments (T&G client newsletter), November
2007.
- (With Noppramart Thammateeradaycho and Sasirusm B. Chunhakasikarn),
"Non-Competition
Contract Enforcement", Thailand: Legal Developments,
May 2007.
- (With Kornkieat Chunhakasikarn), "Thai Arbitration
Law and Comparison with UNCITRAL Model Act", Thailand
chapter of Arbitration in Thailand, a publication of the
American Bar Association, April 2007.
- (With Chusert Supasitthumrong), "Fixed-period
employment contracts", Corporate
Counsellor Column, Bangkok Post, September 1, 2006. Also
published in Asia Labor Law Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, October
15, 2006.
- (With Chusert Supasitthumrong), "Seizing
ships for debt payment", Corporate
Counsellor Column, Bangkok Post, June 16, 2006.
- (With Chusert Supasitthumrong), "Nothing
is certain but death and taxes", Corporate
Counsellor Column, Bangkok Post Business News, March 24,
2006.
- (With Noppramart Prasitmonthon and Sasirusm B. Chunhakasikarn),"Non-competition
contract enforcement", Corporate Counsellor
Column, Bangkok Post Business News, March 10, 2006.
- (With Thawat Damsa-ard), presentation on the "Thai
Criminal Procedure" to the Ambassador and Staff of
the Norwegian Embassy in Thailand, September 19, 2005.
- "Problems and Promises: The
Reform of Thai Bankruptcy Law in the Wake of the Asian Financial
Crisis," Harvard Asia
Quarterly, Winter 2000.
- "Intellectual Property Protection
in Asia: Practical Strategies," Asia Law &
Practice, Chapter 10 (Thailand), 1996.
- "Laos New Trademark Application
Guidelines Issued," Asia Law, May 1994.
- "Intellectual Property Laws
in Thailand and the GATT/TRIPs," March 1994.
- "Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting:
New Strategies for Thailand," Lex Mundi World Report,
Volume VI, No. 1, January 1994 (distributed at Interpol's
1st Meeting on Product Anti-Counterfeiting February 1994).
Interviews:
Practice Areas:
Litigation, Arbitration,
Commercial Law
E-mail:
Telephone:
+66 2653 5777
Facsimile:
+66 2653
5678
(September
2008) 
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