Ms. Tiziana Sucharitkul. Ms Sucharitkul became the Director of the Dispute Resolution Department in 2005. She is a US licensed attorney. Before joining Tilleke & Gibbins, Ms. Sucharitkul practiced with the New York firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Ms. Sucharitkul received her bachelor’s degree (cum laude) from Mount Holyoke College, her master’s degree from the University of Virginia, and a JD degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Some of Ms. Sucharitkul’s most notable clients include Microsoft, Maybank International (L) Ltd., Philip Morris Products S.A., and Neptune Orient Lines. Ms. Sucharitkul was named as one of Thailand’s leading dispute resolution lawyers in the 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 editions of Asia Pacific Legal 500. She was also nominated as a candidate for inclusion in the 2006-2007 edition of International Who's Who of Professionals.
Mr. Thawat Damsa-ard. Mr. Damsa-ard was named a Leading Individual in dispute resolution in the 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 editions of Asia Pacific Legal 500, a Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution in the 2009 edition of Chambers Asia, and remains among the top litigation attorneys in Thailand. He was also nominated as a candidate for inclusion in the 2005-2006 edition of International Who's Who of Professionals. In 2005, he received an award from The Court of Appeal for his contribution to the law journal, Extradition: Theory and Procedure, and in 2006 was appointed to the Board of Consultants of the Economic and Cyber-Crime Division, The Royal Thai Police Department. Mr. Damsa-ard has six years of experience as a finance/accounting manager at CP Group and over ten years of experience as a highly successful trial and arbitration attorney in commercial, trade, banking, construction, taxation, and white collar criminal cases. Some of Mr. Damsa-ard’s most notable clients include United Parcel Service, General Electric, Hyundai Corporation, Jotun Thailand Limited, Nawarat Patanakarn Public Co. Ltd, Symrise Pte. Ltd. (formerly Dragoco Asia Pacific), Lear Seating (Thailand), and Mantrose-Hauser Co., Inc.
Practice group summary:
Headed up by Thawat Damsa-ard and Tiziana Sucharitkul, Tilleke & Gibbins’ dispute resolution department handles a full range of disputes, including international contract and trade disputes, construction disputes (arbitration and litigation), banking, finance and bankruptcy matters, and white collar crime. We have a burgeoning labor practice, family law practice, and product liability practice, as well as a strong tax and maritime practice. Some recent matters include the following.
General Civil Litigation. T&G handles a full spectrum of general civil litigation (breach of contract, joint venture and licensing disputes, shareholder disputes, distributorship disputes, tort actions, defamation, etc.).
Banking, Finance, Bankruptcy and Reorganization. T&G represents numerous international lenders and corporate investors in secured and unsecured financing disputes.
Labor Litigation. T&G’s labor litigation practice continues to burgeon under our lead employment litigators, Ms. Sasirusm Chunhakasikarn and Mr. Chusert Supasitthumrong.
Private Client Services. T&G represents a growing number of individual clients in relation to issues concerning immigration, nationality and family law (marriage, divorce, child custody), and estate law (wills, probate, estate administration).
White Collar Crime.
Arbitration. T&G has long had a solid arbitration practice and continues to see expansion in new arbitration claims and in enforcing foreign arbitral awards. Members of our arbitration team have served on the ICC (Thailand) Arbitration Commission and the Thailand Board of Trade Commercial Arbitration Committee. Several of our attorneys are founding members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Thailand Branch, and a number have received specialized training in UNCITRAL and ICC arbitration. |
