What we say about the firm's legal practice in Thailand
Banking and finance
Within Banking and finance, Linklaters LLP is a first tier firm,
The team at Linklaters is the ‘gold standard for banking work’, with lawyers praised for ‘commercial nous and efficient deal handling’ as well as for ‘the kind of capable and professional service that you would expect from a leading global firm’. Wilailuk Okanurak is respected for her ‘in-depth knowledge of the market’ and for her ‘strong experience’, and heads a team that includes corporate finance partner Pichitpon Eammongkolchai and newly-promoted partner Wanwisar Nakarat. In a headline deal, the firm advised Sahaviriya Steel on a $1.4bn acquisition financing to purchase Tata Steel’s Teesside Cast Products. Project finance, syndicated loans and real estate finance are also active areas.
Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
Within Corporate and M&A (including capital markets), Linklaters LLP is a second tier firm,
Linklaters secured roles on major deals in the natural resources, insurance and retail sectors over the past twelve months. However, the highlight was undoubtedly advising French retailer Groupe Casino, and Thai subsidiary Big C, on its successful $1.2bn bid for Carrefour’s Thai assets, consisting of 42 stores across the country - a hotly contested and high-profile auction. Managing partner Wilailuk Okanurak and corporate finance specialist Pichitpon Eammongkolchai are the main contacts.
Projects and energy
Within Projects and energy, Linklaters LLP is a first tier firm,
At Linklaters, energy is a strong niche specialism of the firm’s finance practice under the leadership of the ‘commercial, authoritative and communicative’ Wilailuk Okanurak. Over the past year, the firm advised on a broad range of project financings, corporate matters and refinancings. Most notably, it acted for a Thai power company on its potential $300m acquisition of 49% interest in a coal-fired plant in Vietnam.
Real estate and construction
Within Real estate and construction, Linklaters LLP is a second tier firm,
At Linklaters, Pichitpon Eammongkolchai is praised as ‘one of the best partners in the market’. Clients commend the firm for its ‘very strong team at both partner level and junior level’ and for its ‘excellent response times and advice’. Corporate matters and structured real estate transactions are the main focus and it advised Pramerica on the €120m disposal of all its shares and subordinated loans in Ananda Development Two.
Restructuring and insolvency
Within Restructuring and insolvency, Linklaters LLP is a second tier firm,
Linklaters’ finance expertise secures the firm a steady flow of structured debt instructions. On the contentious side, the firm is representing International Finance Corporation as creditor on a claim against Finance One’s estate. Pichitpon Eammongkolchai is highly active.
TMT
Within TMT, Linklaters LLP is a first tier firm,
Linklaters is advising mobile operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) on regulatory issues relating to its concession agreement with TOT in a case worth over $1bn. In another example of its regulatory prowess, the firm was instructed by Thailand’s Ministry of Finance to advise it on the termination of the state concession regime. Transactional work is also a strong area and the team advises banks and telecoms companies on corporate finance matters. Wilailuk Okanurak is a ‘leader in the field’.
What we say worldwide
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
Belgium
Offices in Brussels and Antwerp
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Environment : Environment
- Fraud and white-collar crime : Fraud and white-collar crime
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
China
Offices in Shanghai and Beijing
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Employment : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
Germany
Offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, and Dusseldorf
- Antitrust : Antitrust
- Banking and finance: Bank lending : Banking and finance: Bank lending
- Banking and finance: Project finance : Banking and finance: Project finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Large deals : Corporate and M&A: Large deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insolvency and restructuring: Restructuring : Insolvency and restructuring: Restructuring
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Private equity : Private equity
- Public sector : Public sector
- Real estate and construction: Real estate : Real estate and construction: Real estate
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- Tax : Tax
Algeria
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Capital markets (US law) : Capital markets (US law)
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law : Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation : Dispute resolution Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation : Dispute resolution Stock market litigation
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime : Dispute resolution White-collar crime
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Insolvency : Insolvency
- Intellectual property: Full-service firms : Intellectual property: Full-service firms
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity
- Project finance and energy: Project finance : Project finance and energy: Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Ghana
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- Employment : Employment
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Private equity : Private equity
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
Indonesia
India
Italy
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt : Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity : Capital markets: Equity
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome
- Energy : Energy
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : International firms and joint ventures
Kenya
Kuwait
London
Offices in London EC2Y and London EC2Y
- Corporate and commercial : Overview
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: US law capability
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: corporate crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation
- Finance : Overview
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Commodities: derivatives
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Overview
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Private client : Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Overview
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Water
- Real estate : Overview
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- Transport : Rail
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- IP and IT : IP and IT
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Morocco
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Asset finance and structured finance : Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Commercial litigation : Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Private equity : Private equity
- Tax : Tax
Philippines
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Competition/antitrust : Competition/antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Portugal
Offices in Lisbon
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and environment : Energy and environment
- Insolvency and restructuring : Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Project finance : Project finance
- Public law : Public law
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Qatar
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Moscow : Corporate and M&A: Moscow
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Public private partnership : Public private partnership
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- IT and telecoms : IT and telecoms
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property and media : Intellectual property and media
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
South Korea
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A (including capital markets) : Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
Tunisia
United States
Offices in New York
- Finance : Structured finance
- Investment fund formation and management : Alternative/hedge funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Tax : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Tax : International