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Tilleke & Gibbins Offices
SUPALAI GRAND TOWER, 26 F
1011 RAMA 3 ROAD, CHONGNONSI, YANNAWA
BANGKOK 10120
Thailand
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Mr Thawat Damsa-ard
Work Department
Dispute Resolution Department
Position
Partner and Chief Litigator
Practice Areas: Competition and Trade; Compliance and Investigations; Customs; Insolvency, Bankruptcy, and Restructuring; Litigation; Mediation and Arbitration; Product Liability; Tax; Transportation
Career
Thawat Damsa-ard is a partner and the chief litigator in Tilleke & Gibbins’ dispute resolution group. Widely regarded as foreign investors’ attorney of choice for legal conflicts where the outcome directly impacts future operations in Thailand, Thawat litigates fast-moving, high-stakes matters involving product liability, customs, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, white-collar crime, transportation and logistics, and cross-border disputes.
Together with his team of experienced trial lawyers, Thawat prosecutes and defends complex civil and criminal claims and matters of first impression through all stages of litigation, from seeking preliminary injunctions to negotiating settlements to appeals to the Supreme Court of Thailand. Thawat has been recognized as a leading lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia-Pacific, and other definitive legal publications. In 2022, Asian Legal Business named Thawat to its Asia’s Top 15 Litigators list—the only lawyer in Thailand to receive such a recognition.
His extensive experience in transnational litigation has made Thawat a sought-after advisor by multinational corporations as well as Thailand’s Legal Execution Department, which recruited the firm to represent the state authority in high-profile extraditions.
Thawat has completed the Thammasat Leadership Program, organized by the Thammasat University Alumni Office, and is a strong supporter of legal education, such as through his membership on the committee in charge of curriculum development for Thammasat University’s LLB program. He is also a member of ICC FraudNet, an international network of leading asset recovery specialists.
Languages
Thai, English
Education
LLB, Thammasat University
BBA, Thammasat University
Lawyer Rankings
Thailand > Restructuring and insolvency
Led by Cynthia M. Pornavalai, John Frangos and Thawat Damsa-ard
, Tilleke & Gibbins‘s restructuring and insolvency practice is well-versed in matters concerning business rehabilitation, distribution of assets amid company closure and managing business renewals. Pornavalai and Damsa-ard’s expertise broadly covers bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency, with the latter recently achieving success in protecting numerous creditors’ interests in the Thai Airways rehabilitation case.
Thailand > Dispute resolution
(Hall of Fame)Utilising its office network across Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, Tilleke & Gibbins’s broad disputes offering encompasses civil and commercial litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution. The firm is routinely entrusted by clients with a host of issues from public law and aviation disputes to construction and energy disputes. Joint practice head John Frangos’s strengths lie in contentious aircraft repossessions, fraud and employment matters, to name a few, while fellow practice head Chusert Supasitthumrong is active across all levels of Thai courts, as well as pre-eminent experience in out-of-court disputes. Thawat Damsa-ard focuses on disputes arising from the commercial arena. Noppramart Thammateeradaycho is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Thailand
- Hall of Fame Thailand > Dispute resolution
- Restructuring and insolvency Thailand
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Customs and international trade
- Tax
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