Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh > Tilleke & Gibbins > Bangkok, Thailand > Lawyer Profile

Tilleke & Gibbins
SUPALAI GRAND TOWER, 26 F
1011 RAMA 3 ROAD, CHONGNONSI, YANNAWA
BANGKOK 10120
Thailand
Athistha (Nop)  Chitranukroh photo

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial Department

Position

Partner and Director, Corporate and Commercial

Career

Nop Chitranukroh is a partner and director of Tilleke & Gibbins’ corporate and commercial group. She regularly advises clients across industries on a wide range of regulatory compliance matters relating to cybersecurity and data privacy, fintech, insurance, insurtech, and technology. She also represents multinational and local financial services, payments, and technology industry clients on a range of strategic matters, including market entry, M&As, and ongoing compliance across Southeast Asia.

Prior to joining Tilleke & Gibbins, Nop served as Thailand general counsel of an American multinational corporation, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, where she oversaw all operations within the legal department in Thailand. Nop was previously Asia-Pacific regional counsel for the same multinational finance and insurance corporation, based in Singapore. She has also served as a legal counsel at an industry-leading Irish-American financial services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of payment processing software and related application programming interfaces (APIs) for e-commerce websites and mobile applications.

Widely recognized as a top practitioner in insurance and TMT legal practice in Southeast Asia, Nop is ranked as a leading lawyer in both technology and insurance industries in Thailand by Chambers Asia-Pacific, and has been identified as a Next Generation Partner in TMT by The Legal 500. She was named one of the Asia’s top 40 lawyers under 40 by Thomson Reuters’ Asian Legal Business, and most recently was ranked as a “National Leader” for data in Who’s Who Legal Southeast Asia 2022.

Nop is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Asia (CIPP/A) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals and serves as an advisory board member of Insurtech Asia. She has acted as a legal advisor for the Thailand Insurance Association for more than a decade.

Languages

English; Thai

Education

LLM, University of Wisconsin

LLM, Georgetown University

LLB, Chulalongkorn University

Lawyer Rankings

Thailand > TMT

(Leading individuals)

Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh – Tilleke & Gibbins

Counting multinational giants and start-ups among its key roster of clients, Tilleke & Gibbins‘s diverse range of capabilities extends from AI and blockchain to IT and fintech issues, with additional expertise in handling issues concerning the Data Protection Act. Joint practice head Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh focuses on regulatory compliance matters relating to a host of issues, from data privacy to insurtech, as well as holding an established presence in managing matters arising from high-tech industries. Charuwan Charoonchitsathian leads the telecoms team and advises on mandates concerning AI, robotics and media, while Suebsiri Taweepon co-leads the firm’s technology industry department and is well-regarded for his experience in IP licensing, as well as IP rights regarding NFTs and the metaverse. Another key name to note in the practice is Nopparat Lalitkomon, who focuses on data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology matters.