R&T Asia (Thailand)

ESTABLISHED IN 2011

Total number of professionals: 62 (13 partners)
Principal office: Singapore
Other offices: Bangkok, HCMC and Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Phnom Penh, Shanghai, Singapore, Vientiane, Yangon

Key practice areas

Corporate practice (banking & finance, capital markets, compliance & reporting, and M&A/legal due diligence); disputes practice (arbitration, and civil, criminal, employment, tax and administrative proceedings); employment practice (benefits, employment disputes, contracts, work rules & policies, committees & unions, and all aspects of employment litigation); regulatory practice (anti-corruption, customs & trade, competition & anti-trust, and investigations & crisis management); technology, media & telecoms (data protection and privacy, e-commerce and e-payment licensing, software licensing and other IT contractual issues); infrastructure & projects, energy & resources practice (project documentation and financing, concessions and land & environmental issues).

Our services

Based in Bangkok, the R&T Asia (Thailand) (R&T) team has an impressive base of international, regional and local clients, with many years of experience in advising on a range of Thai law matters, including representing clients in civil, criminal or administrative proceedings, international and domestic arbitration, government investigations and compliance proceedings, structuring foreign direct investment and mergers and acquisitions involving private or listed companies, and general corporate commercial matters for foreign investors in Thailand.

The team has a particular expertise in representing clients in highly regulated industries, such as telecoms, tobacco, food & beverage, insurance and manufacturing, and can provide full-support in large-scale litigation, transactions and investigations. The team is also well-known for its experience in technology, media and telecoms areas, gaining instructions from some of the world’s most prominent tech companies and domestic telecoms providers in nascent areas such as over-the-top services and data privacy.

Headed by former judge Surasak Vajasit, the team comprises members who have been highly recognised in various fields by a number of prestigious publications such as AsiaLaw, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, IFLR1000 and Who’s Who Legal.

R&T is a member firm of Rajah & Tann Asia, Southeast Asia’s largest legal network. This offers R&T’s clients seamless access to more than 750 fee earners who are qualified to practice law across ten countries in Southeast Asia and beyond.