Stephen Bennett

Practice Areas

Resident in Thailand since 1994, Stephen focuses his practice on corporate, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, acquisition financing and project development, including in the telecommunications, finance and energy sectors. He has served as counsel for both private and public entities, and has completed some of the largest M&A transactions in Thailand. In the past 12 months, he has represented International Finance Corporation (IFC) in providing a three-year loan of up to USD100 million to Ngern Tid Lor; advised IFC as sole subscriber to USD150 million of green bonds and blue bonds (Thailand’s first blue bond issue) by TMBThanachart Bank; advised TikTok on the roll-out of its new Thai content providers’ monetization features; advised China Mobile International, as a major shareholder of True Corporation, Thailand’s second-largest mobile operator, on True Corporation’s proposed merger with DTAC, Thailand’s third largest mobile operator; represented JPMorgan Securities (Thailand) on its ongoing Thai derivative warrant program; assisted JPMorgan as a creditor in the Thai Airways rehabilitation under the Thai Bankruptcy Act; and advising Italian-Thai in respect of the elevated high-speed rail link to U-Tapao Airport.