Nishimura & Asahi opened as the first large Japanese law firm in Bangkok in 2013. In 2019, the office merged with SCL Law Group, a local law firm led by Chavalit Uttasart, a Thai law attorney who has over 40 years of experience in the field of international corporate legal affairs.  

The firm respond to not only inbound and outbound transactions between Thailand and Japan, but also multilateral transactions between Thailand and Vietnam and other Asian countries, not limited to Japan. 

Highlights  

Projects highlights include advising the project developer Asian Association on a 5,000-hectare facility in Cambodia for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the largest-scale SAF production facility planned in Southeast Asia to date.   

Key clients 

Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, Marubeni Corporation, Debevoise & Plimpton, Toyo Ink, Aurelius, ISTS (Thailand), Yamaha Motor Electronics (Thailand)