The team at Tilleke & Gibbins is well equipped to assist well-known names across various sectors on the gamut of labour and employment matters, in both advisory and contentious contexts. Chusert Supasitthumrong has expertise handling the range of disputes and negotiations for prominent names, while Pimvimol (June) Vipamaneerut's area of specialism is advising on the remit of non-contentious cases, including assisting with the strategic and operational aspects of staffing plans. The pair co-helm the team. Nuanchun Somboonvinij is experienced in assisting clients with the array of employment matters. Dusita Khanijou's work includes advising on employment agreements, terminations, work rules and regulations, and employee benefits matters.
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Corporate & Commercial Department
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Partner
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment, Private Client Services, Transportation and Logistics, International Trade

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Pimvimol (June) Vipamaneerut leads the teams handling non-contentious employment and transportation and logistics matters within Tilleke & Gibbins’ commercial group. Her major areas of practice include employment law, transportation law, and insurance regulation. June has been recognized for her legal excellence by various publications and is ranked as a leading labor and employment lawyer in Thailand by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and Asialaw Leading Lawyers.

She represents several major multinational clients ranging from automobile manufacturers, electronics manufacturers, insurance companies, international airlines, petroleum companies, pharmaceutical companies, shipping companies, and telecommunications companies.

June advises clients on various aspects of labor and employment laws, with a focus on labor protection, employment agreements, termination of employment, labor unions, transfers of employment, due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, work rules and regulations, social security, and workmen’s compensation.

She is also involved in all legal aspects of transportation and insurance. Her work includes advising clients with respect to maritime disputes, carriage of goods by sea, charterparty, cargo recovery, arrest, and release of ships. She also advises on ship financing, sale and purchase of ships, ship registration, and ship mortgage. She is a legal correspondent for many P&I clubs. Many clients rely on June for advice on a full range of marine insurance and general insurance matters. June and her team of attorneys provide pragmatic, detail-oriented, and focused, advice.

For several years, June has been involved in drafting and revising numerous publications on Thai labor and employment law, including those for the World Bank, Lex Mundi, Multilaw, the American Bar Association, and the Centre for International Legal Studies, as well as business-focused articles that have run in such publications as Director Magazine and the Bangkok Post. She also writes legal content for Oxford Business Group and Oxford University Press publications.

A leader in business and law, June is a frequent contributor to various seminars and committees in Thailand and around the region. She is a regular speaker at hrmasia’s annual Asia Employment Law Congress and Tilleke & Gibbins’ Annual Employment Law Forum, and she has also contributed to events organized by the United Nations, the World Bank, the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand, the Franco-Thai Chamber of Commerce, the Korean Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce, and the Bangkok Shipowners and Agents Association.  June is currently serving a three-year term as Jurisdictional Council Member for Thailand, and Vice-Chair of the Employment & Immigration Law Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, having formerly sat as Vice-Chair of the Insurance Committee and Chair of the Membership Committee.

Languages
Thai, English
Education

LLM, University of Southampton
LLB, Chulalongkorn University

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  • ‘The team in general was very supportive in terms of confidentiality as well as organising calls and exchanges on short notice.'

  • 'All in all everybody who was involved was always able to support so I think they exchange in a sufficient manner internally to be able to support clients in a timely manner.’

Key clients

  • Alibaba
  • Booking.com