Founded in 2009, Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners is one of the largest firms and best-known names in the Thai legal market, with a team of more than 100 legal professionals, including partners, lawyers and legal assistants.
The firm provides top-quality advice in banking and finance, capital markets, M&A, project development and restructuring and insolvency. It takes on clients from a host of sectors, including banking and financial services, consumer products, industrial and manufacturing, technology and telecommunications, real estate, oil and gas, and energy.
Highlights
The capital market team was highly visible in high-profile transactions, include advising Big C Retail Corporation (BRC) on its initial public offering (IPO) and the listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The size of BRC’s IPO is expected to be more than USD 1.4 billion.
Projects highlights include advising the Government of Thailand, Office of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EECO) in relation to undertaking the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project for the high-speed rail link for three airports. This is the biggest PPP project in Thailand and the first concession granted on a high-speed train project. It is also the first high-speed train using the PPP scheme in the ASEAN.
Key clients
Asset World, Dymon Asia Private Equity, Bank of China, CIMB Thai Bank, TMBThanachart Bank, Pathology Asia, Impact Electron Siam (IES), Port Authority of Thailand (PAT), Department of Highways (DOH), Universal Music