Baker McKenzie LLP

Energy & Infrastructure, Banking & Finance

Partner

Chavapol Akkaravoranun has more than 15 years of experience and is well regarded in the market for work on large‑scale and highly complex power and infrastructure project matters. His notable portfolio includes Thailand’s first underground mass transit project (MRT Blue Line), first monorail systems (MRT Pink and Yellow Lines), Srirat–Outer Ring Road Expressway, Map Ta Phut and Laem Chabang Phase 3 Port developments, and the M6 and M81 Motorway Projects. He has significant expertise in sustainable finance, advising on sustainability‑linked loans, green loans, carbon credit trading frameworks, related commercial documentation, and carbon credit tokenization projects supporting Thailand’s participation in the carbon credit market.

His practice encompasses project finance and development, PPP, EPC, regulatory matters regarding development of power and petrochemical facilities, sustainable finance, and general banking and finance. His clients include Thai banks and major energy sector participants. Recent awards and rankings:

"Band 4", Projects & Energy, Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2024-2026 "Notable Practitioner", Banking & Finance, Project Development, IFLR1000, 2026 (35th edition) ("Rising Star Partner", 2022-2025) “Leading Partner”, Transport, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2026 ("Next Generation Partner, "2024-2025) "Rising Star", ALB Thailand Rising Stars, Asian Legal Business, 2023 Course certification: "Preliminary to PPA Cross-Border Hydro Power Project", EGAT Academy

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