Pakpoom Vetvitayanuwat
Partner
  pakpoom@dechaco.com

EDUCATION 




  • LL.B. (major in Civil Law and Business Law) from Thammasat University

  • LL.M. (Business Law) from Thammasat University

  • Lawyer's license, Lawyer's Council of Thailand under the Royal Patronage

  • Barrister-at-Law, the Thai Bar under the Royal Patronage

  • Certificate of Myanmar Language Proficiency (Basic I), Centre for Human Resource Development, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

  • Certificate of Financial Analysis and Valuation for Lawyers, Harvard Law School in collaboration with Harvard Business School, Harvard University

  • Certificate of Summer School in Energy Economics 2022, the Energy Centre, Business School, the University of Auckland

  • Certificate of Arbitration Proceedings, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University in collaboration with Thai Arbitration Institute, Office of the Judiciary

  • Certificate of Introduction to International Arbitration, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators



WORK EXPERIENCE 




  • Partner at Decha & Co (Myanmar) Ltd., Yangon (2022 - Present)

  • Associate at Decha & Co, Bangkok (2017 - 2022)

  • Associate at LS Horizon Limited, Bangkok (2010 - 2016)

  • Legal Officer at Cooperatives Promotion Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (2009)

  • Summer Clerk at European Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006)



MAJOR TRANSACTIONS 




  • Advised Italian-Thai Power Co., Ltd., subsidiary of the Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited, for development of the Mai Khot Power Project, Mai Khot, Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

  • Advised major petroleum business in connection with legal compliance in its operation

  • Advised Myanmar C.P. Livestock Co., Ltd. on land due diligence in Myanmar and the offshore loan agreements for the investment expansion project in total amount of USD 40,000,000

  • Advised NCX Myanmar for obtaining offshore credit facilities of USD 30,000,000

  • Advised SCI Metal Tech (Myanmar) Co., Ltd. for obtaining offshore loan of USD 14,100,000

  • Advised CMA CGM, Thoresen Shipping, Unithai on various Myanmar legal aspects

  • Conducted due diligence and advised several of international companies for listing process in Stock Exchange of Thailand and Hong Kong Stock Exchange on a part of Myanmar business

  • Advised Myanmar CPAC Service Co., Ltd., SCG Group in Myanmar, other major Thai companies in various transactions in Myanmar including share transfer, labour laws, legal compliance, etc

  • Advised Hydrotek Public Company Limited to enter into the contract with the Mandalay City Development Committee for Mandalay Industrial Zone Central Wastewater Treatment Plant and Collection System

  • Advised Hongsa Power Company Limited for the Hongsa Mine-Mount Power Project in valued at Baht 94 Billion which involves the development of a 1,878 MW Lignite-Fired Power Plant in Hongsa District, Xayaboury Province, Lao PDR. Assisted in negotiating and revising documents including the service agreements, various infrastructure construction contracts, and provided assistance for compliance to EGAT Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) (Euromoney Project Finance APAC - Power Deal of the Year 2010; Project Finance International - Local Bank Deal of the Year 2010)

  • Advised Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Royal Thai Embassy to Myanmar in various transactions with regard to Myanmar laws