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Prof Jayavadh Bunnag

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Work Department

Corporate, Foreign Investments, International Commercial Transactions, Dispute Resolution, Energy & Natural Resources

Position

Managing Director, Senior Partner

Career

Professor Jayavadh Bunnag has been practicing law for more than 5 decades long, and he is Managing Director and partner at ILCT. He began his career in law after graduating from a prestigious Thai university in 1969. Via his sheer dedication and commitment for law, he was granted a Fulbright Scholarship and obtained an LL.M from the renowned Harvard University in 1972. With the full knowledge of both local and international laws, Professor Jayavadh is conversant in the rapidly changing legal landscape of Thailand.

Professor Jayavadh is well-versed in all aspects of the commercial law practice, specializing in natural resources laws (minerals, oil & gas and energy). He was Vice President of the Thai Mineral Industry Council for many years and still serves as its Honorary Legal Advisor. He also acts as an arbitrator and counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations. He was the first Thai to become a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a Chartered Arbitrator, and chaired its Thailand Branch for many years.

Professor Jayavadh teaches at many Thai universities and is still involved in assisting them in their academic activities. In recognition of his academic contribution to Thammasat University, he received royal appointment as its Adjunct Professor of Commercial Law.

He sits on the Committee of the Council of State to Revise Laws on Business Organizations.

Languages

Thai (Native), English (Proficient), French (Basic)

Memberships

• Thai Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• Lawyers Council of Thailand
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Chartered Arbitrator

Education

• Chulalongkorn University (LL.B., 1969)
• Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1972) (Fulbright Scholarship)