John Formichella > Formichella & Sritawat > Bangkok, Thailand > Lawyer Profile
Formichella & Sritawat Offices
399, Interchange 21 Building
23rd Fl. Sukhumvit Road
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
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John Formichella
Position
Partner
Career
John Formichella heads the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Data Privacy Practice Formichella & Sritawat. He is rated as Leading Individual by Legal 500 and ranked as a Band 1 individual by Chambers and Partners.
Considered a leading expert in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector in Thailand, John has over 25 years’ sophisticated experience covering technology transactions, software development and licensing, telecommunications law, e-commerce, data privacy, cyber-security, and media (OTT service providers, social media, film, and television).
Languages
English, Mandarin Chinese, and conversational Thai.
Memberships
John is admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C. and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He has served as Chairman of the Information & Communications Technology Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand and is the exclusive member for TMT and Corporate Law in Thailand of IR-GLOBAL, the world’s largest international professional services network.
Education
John graduated from the State University of New York (University of Buffalo) earning Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (Economics) degrees, and a Juris Doctorate. He also studied at the Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Law in Bangkok.
Lawyer Rankings
Thailand > TMT
(Leading individuals)Advising a range of clients including foreign entities and financial institutions, Formichella & Sritawat
is well-equipped to assist clients with a host of TMT issues, including cloud services, data privacy matters, e-commerce licensing and broadcasting, in addition to telecoms procurements. ‘An excellent lawyer and highly experienced‘, the team is led by John Formichella, who acts for IT and telecoms companies in relation to their legal operations in Thailand, while Naytiwut Jamallsawat is accomplished in the data privacy and telecoms arenas, routinely assisting clients with regulatory compliance in cybersecurity and data protection.