Dussadee is a Partner in the Corporate Practice of Rajah & Tann (Thailand) Limited. Dussadee is a licensed Thai lawyer.
Before joining Rajah & Tann (Thailand) Limited, Dussadee had worked at a leading Thai law firm specialising in intellectual property, commercial transactions and dispute resolution.
Dussadee has more than ten years of experience in providing advice and representing high-net-worth individuals, local entities and multi-national corporations on a wide range of corporate, investment and commercial transactions.
Dussadee’s practice is mainly focused in the areas of commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, securities investments, loan and financial transactions, foreign direct investment, real estate / property transaction.
Dussadee graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Thammasat University in 1996, an LLM from Washington College of Law, American University in 2000, and an LLM from Boston University in 2001.
Dussadee is fluent in Thai and English.
EXPERIENCE
His experience includes:
- Represented listed companies in acquiring majority of shares in a franchise logistic management company and advising on a joint venture arrangement among existing shareholders.
- Assisting an Italy-based company in establishing its gas cylinder tank factory in Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard, including obtaining an approval of the Board of Investment, purchasing lands, and reviewing a contract for the design and construction of buildings and a contract for the design and construction of mechanical and electrical works for a factory in the Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard.
- Advising a US-based company on legal matters in Thailand as parts of its global joint venture arrangement with a Japanese company (one of the leaders in air-conditioner manufacturing), which owns subsidiaries in Thailand and other countries throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America.
- Assisting an aerospace and defense company in reviewing and advising on a government procurement contract with the Royal Thai Navy for upgrading combat management and defense systems of frigates, and in acquiring a shareholding interest in a Thai company engaged in high-tech telecommunication products and related services.
- Assisting Thai SMEs in venture capital transaction with investment funds in Thailand.
- Assisting a consortium of financial institutions on telecommunication laws and conducting a legal due diligence in connection with their bids to provide credit facilities to a major telecommunication operator for expansion of a 3G mobile network and infrastructure in Thailand.
- Advising a multinational mobile phone network company on data interception and data access via mobile phone and e-mail usage in Thailand.
- Advising an international credit card settlement company on cross-border electronic payment transactions.
- Assisting clients in their corporate restructuring pursuant to Thai SEC and SET’s regulations, and in the process of Initial Public Offerings, as well as issuance of ESOP and warrants.
- Assisting and advising a Thai Public Limited Company on the process of issuing convertible debentures to foreign investors.
- Advising and assisting various clients in conducting legal due diligence and for merger and acquisition transactions.
- Assisting a Thai Public Limited Company in the process of issuing and offering a Depository Receipts to foreign investors and listing such Depository Receipts in the foreign stock exchange.
- Advising a Thai protective coatings company listed in the Market for Alternative Investment on the process of a partial tender offering under the SEC and SET regulations.
- Advising a Singapore real estate development company on selling its substantial stakes in a Thai listed company to a Chinese real estate development group.
- Advising a Hong Kong-based security company on its acquisition of a Thai cash transportation business.
- Advising a Korean shipbuilding company on a government procurement contract with the Thai Navy.
- Assisting a Bahrain-based company in conducting legal audits of its 5-star hotels in Thailand.
- Advised a leading Thai property developer on its joint venture arrangement for development of project utilities in an urban mixed-use building project in downtown Bangkok.
- Advised a China-based company in its joint venture arrangement with a leading Thai industrial estate developer for developing a warehouse project.
MEMBERSHIPS / DIRECTORSHIPS
- Ordinary Member, Thai Bar
- Member, Lawyers Council of Thailand
PUBLICATIONS
- Contributor, “Regional Round-Up 2023 (Year in Review Edition): Thailand”, Lexology (Feb 2024)
- Contributor, “Regional Guide on Listings & Initial Public Offerings in Southeast Asia”, Lexology (Jan 2024)
- Contributor, “Regional Round-Up 2022 (Year in Review Edition): Thailand”, Lexology (Feb 2023)
- Contributor, “Regional Round-Up 2021 (Year in Review Edition): Thailand”, Lexology (Jan 2022)
- Contributor “A Guide to Public Mergers & Acquisitions in Southeast Asia.”, Lexology (Mar 2021)