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DFDL Legal & Tax
NO. 3, RAJANAKARN BUILDING, AA FLOOR, SOUTH SATHORN ROAD
YANNAWA SUB-DISTRICT, SATHORN DISTRICT
BANGKOK METROPOLIS 10120
Thailand

Work Department

Bangkok

Position

Managing Partner

Career

Audray Souche is DFDL Managing Partner. She has been working in the region since 2004, combining general commercial/foreign investment experience with specialized experience focusing on energy, mining and infrastructure projects. As the Deputy Head of the Regional Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice Group (since 2012), she leads DFDL teams on numerous energy project development, financing and technical assistance matters in the Lao P.D.R., Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Audray is the Head of the Clean Energy Division and has extensive experience on development and financing of renewable projects across the region. As Managing Director of DFDL Thailand, she manages DFDL team members in Bangkok, Phuket, and Samui.

In addition to her work on numerous renewable energy matters in Thailand, she also continuously supervises general market entry regulatory assessments, foreign investment structuring and restructuring, due diligence and risk assessment, merger and acquisition and private equity transaction works in retail, hospitality, manufacturing, insurance, mining, and aviation. Audray has worked in DFDL’s Phnom Penh, Vientiane, and Ho Chi Minh City offices. She has been based in DFDL’s Bangkok office since 2012.

Lawyer Rankings

Thailand > Banking and finance

DFDL Legal & Tax’s capabilities encompass inbound and outbound investments and projects, alongside demonstrable strengths in regulatory and compliance issues. The practice is particularly active in financial technology, consumer goods and logistics, among various other areas. David Doran, Audray Souche, Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan, Kraisorn Rueangkul and Walanchathas Sanguanwong jointly lead the team. Souche has expertise in managing energy and infrastructure projects for clients, and Supha-Utchaichan is active in the corporate arena. Rueangkul’s strengths lie in foreign direct investment and public-private partnerships, among other issues, and Sanguanwong is routinely engaged in relation to structuring acquisition and finance deals and advising on negotiations.

Thailand > Corporate and M&A

Capable of handling cross-border deals in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, DFDL Legal & Tax advises clients on inbound and outbound investments and projects, regulatory and compliance issues, combining their legal and tax expertise to do so. The team counts government organisations, start-ups and Thai and international corporations in its varied client roster. Leading the team is Audray Souche, with her particular experience in handling energy and infrastructure projects; her fellow practice heads include David Doran, Vinay Ahuja, Nipaporn Supha-UtchaichanKraisorn Rueangkul and Walanchathas Sanguanwong.

Thailand > Projects and energy

David Doran, Audray Souche, Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan, Kraisorn Rueangkul and Walanchathas Sanguanwong steer the DFDL Legal & Tax practice, which demonstrates particular capabilities in managing cross-border deals across Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam. The team leverages its considerable experience across a variety of industries, such as energy, infrastructure and manufacturing, to handle matters for a diverse roster of clients that includes start-ups, private clients and Thai and international corporations. Souche fields a strong practice in public-private projects, leading multiple project finance and project development assignments, and Supha-Utchaichan is well-equipped to handle foreign direct investment, corporate transactions, M&A and financings. Rueangkul is particularly experienced in cross-border mergers and investments in the Mekong region, while Sanguanwong is geared to handle structuring acquisition and finance deals.

Thailand > Restructuring and insolvency

Leading DFDL Legal & Tax‘s restructuring and insolvency practice is Audray Souche, Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan and Kraisorn Rueangkul. The team represents banks, financial institutions, hedge funds, debtors, creditors and other constituencies of distressed situations across the region, with demonstrable experience in the technology, aviation, hospitality and retail sectors. Key undertakings for the practice include insolvency planning, divestment of distressed businesses and enforcing securities.