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The A-List: Thailand Top 100 Lawyers 2021

Jirapong Sriwat, Nishimura & Asahi

Jirapong Sriwat

Nishimura & Asahi

Contact
Tel: +66 2 168 8224
Email: jirapong.sriwat@jurists.jp

Practice areas

Capital markets; joint ventures; M&A; power & energy; private equity, venture capital & funds

Introduction

Jirapong Sriwat has been recognised as (i) one of Thailand’s top 100 lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal since 2018; and (ii) one of Asia’s top 40 outstanding lawyers under the age of 40 by Thomson Reuters (Asian Legal Business) in 2019. He is also the founding partner and is currently the co-managing partner of the Bangkok office of Nishimura & Asahi, which is a leading international law firm with a headquarter in Tokyo, Japan.

He advises on a wide range of M&A transactions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, general corporate, international corporate finance, and restructurings. His expertise is advising, structuring and leading complex transactions both within and outside of Thailand. He regularly represents, among others, Thai and international investors, international investment banks, international private equity investors, hedge funds and international corporations and financial institutions.

His main areas of practice include public and private M&A (takeover rules), legal due diligence, joint ventures, fundraising, listings, block trades, stock exchange and securities exchange related laws, restructuring of shareholdings and general corporate advice. His additional practice areas also cover banking and finance, capital markets, renewable energy, exchange control law, labour law, and debt restructurings. Before setting up the Bangkok office of Nishimura & Asahi in 2013, he worked with Linklaters for almost a decade.

Jirapong Sriwat obtained LLB with Honors from Thammasat University in 2004 and obtained LLM in corporate and securities laws with high merits from the London School of Economics in 2009.

He is also registered as an arbitrator of the Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) with areas of expertise in corporate M&A, joint venture, banking and finance, capital markets, debt restructurings and energy.

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