Chumbhot Plangtrakul

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Chumbhot (“Arm”) Plangtrakul, a US-trained and qualified equity partner, has developed an industry-focused practice covering traditional, renewable and alternative energy, battery production and storage, infrastructure, real estate, and oil & gas projects of different sizes. He represents sponsors, borrowers, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, lenders, buyers/sellers and other stakeholders in all business cycles, from early development to commercial operations and beyond, and on broad variety of transactions, including M&As, project financings, joint ventures and venture capital.

As one of the rare Bangkok-based practitioners who maintain both a true cross-border and a Thai-centered law practice, Chumbhot has extensive experience on projects in North America, Europe, Australia and throughout Asia in addition to Thailand. Recently, his team represented EGCO Group on the acquisition of a strategic 28% ownership interest in a 972 MW gas-fired cogeneration facility in Linden, New Jersey (its first successful investment in the US); Banpu Group on the divestment of a 47.5% equity stake in Sunseap Group (Singapore’s largest renewable solar energy solutions provider) for US$ 364 million to Portugal’s EDP Renováveis S.A.; and Asian Development Bank and KASIKORNBANK on the limited recourse financing of 92 rooftop, ground-mount and floating solar C&I projects in Thailand with total capacity of 60.3 MWp.