Ms Waewpen Piemwichai > Tilleke & Gibbins > Hanoi, Vietnam > Lawyer Profile

Tilleke & Gibbins
789 Office Building, 9th Floor, 147 Hoang Quoc Viet Street
Cau Giay District
HANOI
Vietnam

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial Department

Position

Counsel
Practice Areas: Corporate/M&A, Technology

Career

Waewpen Piemwichai is a counsel in the Tilleke & Gibbins corporate and commercial group, based in the Hanoi office. She leads the firm’s active technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) practice in Vietnam and, together with her team, advises companies from all industry sectors on TMT-related matters such as data privacy, cybersecurity, telecom and IT network services, online streaming and broadcasting, cloud computing, e-commerce, and advertising. Outside the TMT space, Waewpen also has extensive experience and expertise in practice areas including commercial transactions, franchising, company formation, and construction.

Waewpen was named “TMT Rising Star of the Year” at the 2023 Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards, and has also been named one of Asia’s “Top 15 Rising Lawyers” (2021) and “Top 15 TMT Lawyers” (2022 and 2023) by Asian Legal Business. She is ranked as a leading TMT lawyer in Vietnam by Chambers Asia-Pacific and The Legal 500, and was named the “highest rated lawyer to work with” for TMT in Vietnam in the 2021 Asialaw Client Service Excellence ratings.

Waewpen is a member of the Thai Bar Association, and was based in Bangkok before relocating to the firm’s Hanoi office. She is the firm’s Vietnam office contact person for Thai-speaking clients.

Languages

Thai, English

Education

LLB, Thammasat University

Lawyer Rankings

Vietnam > TMT

(Rising Stars)

Waewpen PiemwichaiTilleke & Gibbins

Tilleke & Gibbins has a diverse offering in the TMT space, boasting an enviable and extensive list of clients who rely on the firm’s top knowledge of data privacy and protection, e-commerce, cloud computing, IP, and financial and consumer law. Added to this, the firm also possesses a leading domain name practice, helping clients in contentious proceedings, domain name transfers, and retrieving requests. Senior associate Waewpen Piemwichai leads the group and has already established herself as a prominent figure in the market, acting across the full gamut of TMT work, with particularly strong expertise in the fintech space. Anh Hoai Nguyen and Thao Thu Bui represent the impressive cohort of supporting junior practitioners in the group and have been key advisors to a number of differing and premium mandates. Trung Bao Tran left the team to join KPMG Law in Vietnam in August 2023.

Vietnam > Data protection

(Rising Stars)

Waewpen PiemwichaiTilleke & Gibbins

Tilleke & Gibbins is well-respected in the areas of technology, media, and telecommunications, advising on a range of data protection matters. Led by senior associate Waewpen Piemwichai, the firm has experience advising on mandates relating to cross-border data transfers, as well as the regulatory requirements across a wide range of industries, including e-commerce, cloud computing, and cosmetics.

Vietnam > Banking and finance

With its experience advising on mobile banking, blockchains, digital currencies, and e-payment services, Tilleke & Gibbins presents itself as a go-to firm for companies within the fintech industry. Headed by Nguyen Ngoc Bich Tram, the team also represents banks and other financial institutions on regulatory and licensing matters in relation to debt finance transactions. Associate Waewpen Piemwichai has experience working with banks and financial services providers and chiefly advises on matters surrounding new payment technologies.