Baker McKenzie LLP

Banking and Finance, Energy & Infrastructure

Retired Partner (retired July 2025; engaged by the Firm in a counsel capacity)

Sawanee Sethsathira has over four decades of expertise and has earned a remarkable reputation for guiding our most complex, ground-breaking deals and industry-shaping matters across multiple practice areas, e.g., PTT's ReAcc, law expert to the Public Debt Management Office, advised on the framework of an infrastructure fund, and the Business Security Act in Thailand.

Her practice focus is project development and finance and acquisitions in the power, O&G, petrochemical and infrastructure sectors in Thailand. Although retired, she remains highly respected in the market. Recent awards and rankings:

"Senior Statespeople", Projects and Energy, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global, 2026 ("Eminent Practitioners", 2023-2025) "Market Leader", Banking, Project Development, Project Finance (2022-2026), Energy and Infrastructure (2022, 2026), IFLR1000 "Market Leader”, Energy, Transport, and Oil and Gas industries, IFLR1000, 2022-2026 "Hall of Fame", Banking and Finance, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2020-2026 (Projects and Energy, 2020-2025) "Leading Partner", Transport, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2025-2026 ("Leading Individual", 2023-2024) “Thailand's Top 100 Lawyers - Legal Icon” in Banking & Finance, Energy, Mining & Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals, and Project Finance (2024), Asia Business Law Journal ("Thailand's Top 100 Lawyers", 2019-2023) "Recommended Practitioner", Energy - Oil & Gas, Who’s Who Legal (WWL) Energy 2023 Report

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