Tawatchai Boonmayapan

Practice Areas

Tawatchai is a Partner at Chandler Mori Hamada in the litigation and dispute resolution practice group. Over the past 15 years, he has represented Thai and foreign clients in resolving complex and sophisticated disputes across a broad range of sectors. He also provides legal advice and strategic planning for dealing with counterparties and handling challenging situations in both pre-litigation and litigation stages. His expertise spans several legal sectors, including banking and finance, capital markets, construction, employment, real estate, international trade, and insolvency.

Tawatchai handles cases in arbitral proceedings conducted and seated in Thailand, including the enforcement and setting aside of domestic and foreign arbitral awards within the country. Additionally, Tawatchai advises both domestic and multinational creditors and debtors on high-profile insolvency and debt rehabilitation matters.

Professional Memberships

Member of permanent license to practice law, the Lawyers Council of Thailand

Ordinary Member of the Thai Bar Association

Member of Notarial Services Attorney

Work Highlights

A major manufacturing firm listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (“the Group”): advising the group on strategies to pursue potential legal actions against STARK in Thailand based on the claims under the share purchase agreement entered into by the Group as the sellers and STARK as the buyer (“SPA”). Currently, STARK appears to be experiencing financial difficulties, and there is a high likelihood that STARK may enter into either insolvency or rehabilitation proceedings. Therefore, the Group is prepared to pursue all potential legal actions to recover its debts under those proceedings, including the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. The STARK matter was notably the most discussed topic in Thailand’s stock market during the latter half of 2023. This is due to its association with the manipulation of financial statements and stock prices, and fraud, which has caused severe damage to a broad segment of investors in the Thai stock market.

Creditors: acting for numerous creditors of a prominent regional airline based in Southeast Asia in relation to its debt restructuring, including a major aviation services company.

French corporate and investment bank: representing a French corporate and investment bank in filing an application against a major international airline for repayment of outstanding financing debts under business rehabilitation proceedings in the bankruptcy court. The total debt required to be restructured under these proceedings is approximately USD 10.7 billion.

Languages Spoken

Thai

English

Education