Mr Jessada Sawatdipong > Chandler MHM Limited > Bangkok, Thailand > Lawyer Profile

Chandler MHM Limited
17th and 36th Floor, Sathorn Square Office Tower
98 North Sathorn Road
Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Thailand

Work Department

Position

Co-Managing Partner

Career

Jessada is a Co-managing partner at Chandler MHM Ltd. (CMHM). He specializes in banking and finance, particularly project finance, with a focus on major, cross-border energy and natural resources, infrastructure and real estate projects. He has extensive experience with all major commercial banks in Thailand, with leading international commercial banks, and with multinational financial institutions.

He acts for both lenders and borrowers, and has an extensive roster of Thai banks, including: Bangkok Bank, Krung Thai Bank, KASIKORNBANK, The Siam Commercial Bank, Bank of Ayudhya, Thanachart Bank, Government Savings Bank, TISCO Bank and Export-Import Bank of Thailand.  Relationships with international banks and financial institutions include: Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BNP Paribas, China Development Bank, CIMB, Mizuho Bank Ltd., Oversea- Chinese Banking Corporation, Standard Chartered Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

Languages

English, Thai

Memberships

  • Ordinary Member of the Thai Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Asia Pacific Bar Association

Education

  • Harvard University, Program of Instruction for Lawyers  (1992)
  • University of Miami (LL.M., 1988)
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Master of American Legal Studies (1987)
  • Chulalongkorn University (LL.B., 1983)

Lawyer Rankings

Thailand > Banking and finance

(Hall of Fame)

Jessada SawatdipongChandler MHM Limited

Chandler MHM Limited regularly advises financial institutions on regulatory matters, such as fintech, and has recently been involved in corporate financing, acquisition financing and commodities financing. Joint practice head Jessada Sawatdipong specialises in project finance and fellow practice head Joseph Tisuthiwongse has notable expertise in the renewable energy sector. Pranee Klinratana is well-versed in representing syndicated lenders for project financing and refinancing of major energy, property, and industrial estate projects. Supattra Sathapornnanon has particular expertise in regard to the financing of energy and natural resources transactions.

Thailand > Projects and energy

(Hall of Fame)

Jessada SawatdipongChandler MHM Limited

Counting both sponsors and lenders among its key roster of clients, Chandler MHM Limited‘s strengths include renewable power projects across Southeast Asia, alongside infrastructure projects. The team has recently assisted clients with the due diligence and financing of a mixed-use property project, as well as acting as lead counsel to syndicated lenders regarding the financing of a large-scale solar project. Co-managing partner Jessada Sawatdipong jointly leads the practice with his vast experience in project finance matters, while co-lead Joseph Tisuthiwongse is particularly well-versed in renewable energy matters, also possessing considerable banking and project experience in both the US and the UK. Key contact David Beckstead‘s expertise includes greenfield infrastructure projects and cross-border joint ventures. Supattra Sathapornnanon fields a strong practice in the project finance arena, while Pranee Klinratana routinely represents syndicated lenders in project financing and the refinancing of major energy, property, and industrial estate projects. Associate Tip-apa Limvichai is another key contact in the group.