Thailand

Our track record is built on more than 20 years of headline-making deals. Our Thailand Focus Group, led from the firm's South East Asia hub in Singapore, delivers world-class service and the highest quality international law advice to our clients by combining deep local experience with access to global insights through the Clifford Chance network.

A track record built on efficient multi-office team work

Our experience has taught us how to work efficiently on complex projects and make sure that we use our resources – and our clients' time – as effectively as possible. We are used to working on fast-paced projects with teams that understand local-market practicalities. Clients say that our approach and capability, our talented lawyers, and our extended team-working delivers the right results:

Highlight transactions include:

The Kingdom of Thailand's THB76 billion (US$2.3 billion) inaugural government bond switching transaction
BTS mass transit growth infrastructure fund
The financing of Berli Jucker's US$6.2bn acquisition of Big C
Burgos Wind Project in the Philippines
The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydro Power Project in Laos

Awards and recent highlights

Awards

International Firm of the Year
IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 2024
M&A Team of the Year
IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 2024
Securitisation and Structured Finance Team of the Year
IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 2024
Specialist Award: Financial Services Regulatory – International
IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 2024
Asia-Pacific Law Firm of the Year
Chambers Asia Pacific and Greater China Region Awards 2023
Innovative Law Firm (headquartered outside of Asia Pacific)
FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia 2023
Innovative Lawyers in Transforming Industries
FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia 2023
Debt And Equity-Linked Capital Markets Team of the Year
IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 2023
Specialist Award: Financial Services Regulatory – International
IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 2023

Recent assignments include advising:

Royal Dutch Shell on the sale of its 22% stake in the Bongkot gas field and adjoining acreage offshore Thailand to PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) for US$750 million. (2018)
TPG Capital on an investment into a healthcare business in South East Asia, including Thai assets (2018)
MUFG Bank, Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited on the financing of one (1) Airbus A350-900 aircraft to be leased to Thai Airways Public Company Limited (2018)
PTTEP on a consent solicitation and two cash tender offers relating to its US$1 billion Subordinated Perpetual Capital Securities (2017)
Kris Energy on the sale of a portfolio of assets in Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia (2017)
Bank of China Limited and Bank of China (Thai) Public Company Limited on the financing of one (1) Airbus A350-900 aircraft to be leased to Thai Airways Public Company Limited (2017)
A major mainland Chinese corporation in relation to its investment into Thailand and SE Asia involving electronic payment systems and electronic money (2016)
A syndicate of banks and financial institutions on an up to US$650 million secured credit facility for AerCap Holdings N.V., one of the world's largest aircraft leasing companies based in Ireland. The credit facility was used to finance AerCap's acquisition of a portfolio of nine new narrowbody and widebody aircraft from Boeing and Airbus (2016)
On the offering of the first domestic USD bonds of Thai Union, a world-renowned seafood processor (2016)
Acting as lenders' counsel on the financing for BJC Group in connection with the tender offer of shares in Big C Supercenter Public Company Limited (2016)