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Bangkok International
Associates
Ronachai
Krisadaolarn (Ronald Jay Cristal) LLB, JD
Ronachai Krisadaolarn
(Ronald Jay Cristal). LLB, JD, was born in Brooklyn,
on June 20, 1942 and received his Bachelor of Law
(Cum Laude), and Juris Doctorate (Cum Laude) degrees
from Union University, Albany Law School. He is
admitted to the New York and Guam Bars. From 1969,
he was a US Air Force Judge Advocate at Ubol Royal
Thai Air Force Base, and from 1972-73 he was head
of the US Air Force Foreign Claims Commission stationed
at U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Air Station. From 1979
to 1988, he was the Managing Director of Leo Trustee
Company Limited and in this capacity, at a royal
audience, personally petitioned H.M. the Queen to
establish a foundation to pay for operations for
the semi blind. From 1985 onwards, he was a lecturer
at Bangkok University in the MBA Program on the
subjects of Business Law and Managerial Decisions,
and Money and Capital Markets.
In 1988, he was appointed
Managing Director of Freehills’ Thailand office,
subsequently renamed Bangkok International Associates,
a position he still holds today. He is a director
of many Thai companies and charitable associations.
He has written many of the previous editions of
the BIA Thailand Legal and Business Guide, as well
as writing articles and giving seminars in Thailand,
Singapore and Australia on numerous areas of Thai
law, including: Land, Buildings & Condominiums;
the Foreign Business Act; Business Promotion Incentives;
Corporate Taxation, Nationality, Negotiable Instruments,
and other subjects. He specializes in corporate
and commercial law, joint ventures, M & A, banking,
taxation, commercial and residential property and
nationality.
He is internationally
recognized as an expert on Thai coinage and medals.
He was the Editor of the English Language editions
of Coins of Rattanakosin and Medals of Rattanakosin,
Thai Treasury Department, 1982, a set of which was
personally presented to H.M. King Bhumibol. He edited
the English language version of The Centennial of
Thai Banknotes, published by the Bank of Thailand.
He has twice lectured at the Thai National Museum
on Siamese coinage. He attended the official opening
of the Royal Thai Mint in 2003 and exhibited a selection
from his coin collection at the opening ceremony.
To reach the Thailand Coins Collection, click on
the following link:
http://bangkokcoin.multiply.com/.
email:
ronachai@bia.co.th
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Peter C.
Church OAM, B.Com, LLB, LLM
Peter C. Church OAM,
B.Com, LLB, LLM was born in 1950 in Sydney, Australia
and received the following degrees: Bachelor of
Commerce (University of New South Wales), Bachelor
of Laws (University of Sydney) and Master of Laws
(University of London). He was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia by the Australian Government
in 1994 for his services in promoting business between
Australia and South East Asia.
He has over 30 years'
experience as a lawyer working and living throughout
South East Asia and India. For several years, he
was Regional Managing Partner of Freehills. His
areas of specialization include foreign investment
throughout South East Asia. He has written: Added
Value, a biographical study of 69 leading South
East Asian businessmen and women (published Murmeli,
1999); the Myanmar Business Guide, (published by
Bangkok International Associates and Asean Focus
Group, 1993), A Short History of South-East Asia
(5th edition 2009, published by Wiley and Sons)
and his most recent book,
Added Value - The Life Stories of Indian Business
Leaders, was published by Roli Books.
He is currently resident
in Australia where he is Chairman of AFG Venture
Group (www.afgventuregroup.com).
He is Chairman of Bangkok International Associates
and travels regularly to Thailand. He is also Special
Counsel to Blake Dawson (www.blakedawson.com).
email:
peter.church@afgventuregroup.com
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Stephen Frost
Stephen Frost was
born in 1952 in Hertfordshire, England. He was educated
at the College of Law, London, and qualified as
a solicitor in the UK. He has lived in Thailand
for many years. He previously worked with Lovells,
Mongkolnavin Law Office and First Bangkok Law &
Practice. He specializes in banking and security,
corporate and commercial law, M & A, joint ventures,
debt restructuring, commercial and residential property,
employment, and telecommunications, IT and e-commerce.
He has been involved in many international takeover
transactions in a diverse range of industries, and
cross border loan transactions and security.
He has written and
lectured in Thailand and overseas on many aspects
of Thai law, including: doing business in Thailand,
foreign business ownership, foreign property ownership,
international loan transactions, joint ventures,
cross border lending and security, tax on M & A
transactions, unfair contract terms, property, employment,
retailing, reorganization proceedings, and telecommunications,
IT and e-commerce. He is a board member of the British
Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, and the Property
and Infrastructure Sub-committee, and writes regularly
for the chamber website and magazine. He is Vice
Chairman of the Law Committee of the Joint Foreign
Chambers of Commerce of Thailand. He writes regularly
for Asia Watch magazine published by CCH.
He wrote the Thailand section in two encyclopaedias:
Employment Law Asia and Financial Reporting
Asia Pacific and the Thailand chapter in books
on telecommunications, equity markets, defamation,
competition and mergers and enforcing foreign judgments.
He has been editor of the Thailand Business and
Legal Guide published on the BIA website since
2003. He lectures at meetings of Asia Business
Forum and Dataconsult Thailand, and also
to final year law undergraduates at Chulalongkorn
University.
He joined Bangkok
International Associates in 2003.
email:
sfrost@bia.co.th
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Kasama Jirananda, LLB
Kasama Jirananda, LLB. was born in
1957 in Bangkok. She received her Bachelor of Law
degree from Ramkhamhaeng University in 1985 and
a Graduate Diploma in Business Law from Thammasat
University in 1989. She commenced her career with
Tilleke & Gibbins, where she remained for many years.
She is a founding member of Bangkok International
Associates and specializes in corporate and commercial
law, joint ventures, taxation, labor law and immigration
law.
email:
kasama@bia.co.th
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Sompol Piromyothee,
LLB
Sompol Piromyothee, LLB was
born in 1949 in Bangkok. He holds a law degree from
Sukothai Thammathirat University. He joined the
firm of Krueger & Associates in 1973, which later
merged with Quasha Law Office. After work experience
overseas, he joined the firm of Tilleke & Gibbins,.
He is a founding member of Bangkok International
Associates and specializes in corporate and commercial
law.
email:
sompol@bia.co.th
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Withaya Kijjavijitr, LLB
Withaya Kijjavijitr, LLB was born in
Bangkok in 1964. He received his Bachelor of Law
degree from Ramkhamhaeng University and an Advanced
Certificate in Computing & Information Processing
from Alexander College in Perth, Australia. He was
employed by Kanematsu Corporation, before joining
Bangkok International Associates. He specializes
in corporate law and commercial law and litigation.
email:
withaya@bia.co.th
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Damrong Manosak, LLB
Damrong Manosak, LLB was born in Chiang
Mai in 1968. He obtained a diploma from Silom Commercial
School and a Bachelor of Law degree from Bangkok
University. He worked with Advance Adjusting Associates
from 1986-1991. He then joined Bangkok International
Associates. He specializes in corporate and commercial
law.
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Sathien (Dennis) Hemsin
Sathien (Dennis) Hemsin was born in
1978 in Bangkok. He received his Bachelor of Commerce
degree from the University of New South Wales in
1999 and his Bachelor of Law degree from the University
of Sydney in 2002. He is admitted as a solicitor
in the state of New South Wales, Australia and is
a member of the New South Wales Law Society. He
previously worked for Baker and McKenzie in Bangkok
in mergers and acquisitions, and real estate. He
also recently completed his 2nd Bachelor of Law
degree from Chulalongkorn University in 2010. He
has been involved in various acquisitions of hotels,
resorts, condominiums, office buildings, and property
funds in Thailand, and many hotel and residential
development projects. He has written various articles
on property law in Thailand and is a member of the
Franco-Thai Chamber of Commerce. He is fluent in
French, Thai and English. He specializes in corporate
and commercial law, joint ventures, investment law,
real estate, land development, hotel/resort and
condominium law, and property funds.
He joined Bangkok
International Associates in 2007.
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Charntis Nilphoe, LLB
Charntis Nilphoe was born in 1971 in
Bangkok. He received his Bachelor of Law degree
from Ramkhamhaeng University in 1995 and was admitted
as a lawyer in 1997. He previously worked as an
in-house lawyer at Singer (Thailand) Public Company
Limited for many years. He specializes in labour
law, and general civil and criminal litigation.
He joined Bangkok
International Associates in 2008.
email:
charntis@bia.co.th
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Teerakarn Noichiaum, LLB
Teerakarn Noichiaum was born in 1978
in Bangkok. He received his Bachelor of Law degree
from Ramkhamhaeng University. He previously worked
for the Tax Research Center and Baker Tilly Tax
in Bangkok. He has written various articles on taxation.
He specializes in general contract drafting, banking
and finance including derivatives, and taxation.
He joined Bangkok
International Associates in 2008.
email:
teerakarn@bia.co.th
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Pattana Sripakdi, LLB
Pattana
Sripakdi, LLB was born in 1978 in Bangkok . He received
his Bachelor of Law degree from Ramkhamhaeng University
in 2001. He then joined Bangkok International Associates.
He specializes in corporate and commercial law and
civil litigation.
email:
sripakdee@bia.co.th
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Woralak
Chawangul
Woralak Chawangul was
born in 1955 in Trang. She received a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Administration from Ramkhamhaeng
University. She joined Bangkok International Associates
in 1982. She was appointed office manager in 1990.
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Nilnapa
Singha
Nilnapa Singha was born in
1967 in Lampang. She graduated with a degree in
Mass Communications majoring in Journalism from
Chiang Mai University in 1988 and obtained a Master
of Business Administration degree from Ramkhamhaeng
University in 1999. From 1995-2002, she was Assistant
to the Industrial Complex General Manager, Italian-Thai
Development Public Company Limited. In 2003 she
was appointed Project Document Controller for the
Construction of the Passenger Terminal Complex at
Suvarnabhumi Airport. She joined Bangkok International
Associates in 2006 as a paralegal.
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Bangkok Legal Associates
Puttri Kuvanonda, LLB
Puttri Kuvanonda, LLB was born in 1946
in Bangkok. He graduated from Thammasat University
with a Bachelor of Law degree in 1969. From 1969
- 1984 he was an attorney with the Bangkok firm
of Tilleke & Gibbins. In 1984, he founded with others
the law firm of Siam Legal Associates, now known
as Bangkok Legal Associates. Mr. Puttri is attorney
of confidence to the German and Italian embassies
in Bangkok. He specializes in commercial law and
civil and criminal litigation.
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Voratham Jirananda, LLB
Voratham Jirananda, LLB was born in
1949 in Bangkok. He received his Bachelor of Law
degree from Thammasat University in 1971 and was
admitted to the Thai Bar in 1972. From 1971-1986,
he was an attorney with the Bangkok firm of Tilleke
& Gibbins. In 1986, he joined Bangkok Legal Associates.
He specializes in commercial law and litigation.
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Sawang Kunanuruksapong, LLB
Sawang Kunanuruksapong, LLB was born
in Bangkok in 1952. He received a degree in Business
Law from Thammasat University and a Bachelor of
Law degree from Ramkhamhaeng University. He was
a litigation lawyer at Tilleke & Gibbins from 1984-1997.
He then joined Bangkok Legal Associates. He specializes
in civil and criminal litigation.
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Saroj Pattanarach, LLB
Saroj Pattanarach, LLB was born in
1963 in Bangkok. He obtained his Bachelor of Law
degree from Ramkhamhaeng University in 1984. He
then joined Bangkok Legal Associates. He specializes
in civil and criminal litigation.
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Prasert Sangwaree, LLB
Prasert Sangwaree, LLB was born in
1964 in Bangkok. He received his Bachelor of Law
degree from Ramkhamhaeng University in 1985 and
was admitted to the Thai Bar in 1986. He then joined
Bangkok Legal Associates. He specializes in civil
and criminal litigation.
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Anek Pongmukda, LLB
Anek Pongmukda, LLB was born in 1973
in Bangkok. He obtained his Bachelor of Law degree
from Ramkhamhaeng University in 1994. He then joined
Bangkok Legal Associates He specializes in civil
and criminal litigation.
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Sanhawit Saimalaj
Sanhawit Saimalaj was born in Bangkok
in 1975. He obtained a law degree from Thammasat
University in 1997. He joined Bangkok Legal Associates
in 2007. He specializes in civil and criminal litigation.
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White & Hart
William
F. White
William F. White
was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a Bachelor
of Science degree from Logan College and his Juris
Doctorate degree from St. Louis University School
of Law. He is admitted to the Missouri and Colorado
Bars and is admitted to practice in the Federal
Courts. From 1994-1998, he was principal of White
Law Offices, practicing in United States immigration
law and civil and commercial litigation. From 1998
until 2005, he was a Senior Partner of White & White
LLC in St. Louis, Missouri, specializing in United
States immigration law and civil and commercial
litigation. From 2002 until the present, he was
also Managing Director of White & White (Thailand)
Ltd., in Bangkok, providing legal consultancy in
both United States immigration law and international
commercial matters.
The focus of his
practice is on United States immigration law and
commercial matters in the Pacific Rim countries,
with special emphasis on South East Asia. He is
based in Bangkok Thailand but travels frequently
to other Asian countries and the United States in
connection with his legal practice.
email: wfwlaw@aol.com
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