Weerawit focuses his practice on corporate, commercial law and business litigation.

Weerawit is experienced in a variety of legal areas including general corporate and commercial deals, M&A, due diligence investigations, regulatory compliance, telecommunications and dispute resolution.

He is an experienced attorney representing clients in high-profile dispute resolution proceedings especially in class actions, administrative, bankruptcy and reorganization cases.

Relevant Experience

• A global automotive producer – in charge of the defense of the civil lawsuit and the petition for a class action against the client and its affiliates, totaling 4 persons, as the Defendants. The ground of the claim is relating to the defective products or unsafe product and misleading advertisements in relation to the Product Liability Act, the Consumer Protection Act and the class action law. The Plaintiffs and their class members, totaling 534 persons, claimed that they are the Defendants’ customers who suffered damage from low quality, sub-standard, defective products or unsafe products or are not in accordance with the Defendants’ advertisement.
• Akara Resources Public Company Limited (Akara) – in charge of (i) an administrative case against government authorities in relation to a dispute on metallurgical license renewal of Akara’s gold mine operation; and (ii) – the defense of the civil lawsuit and the petition for a class action, in which the ground of the claim is relating to the allegations of supposed wrongful acts contravening the Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Act B.E. 2535. The Plaintiff and her class members, totaling 398 persons, claimed that they suffered from the environmental effect and contamination of chemicals and heavy metals from the gold mining operation.
• KfW Bankengruppe (KfW) – in charge of the defense of the Baht 190 billion (approximately US$ 5.8 billion) claim against KfW, as a member of the creditor committees of Thai Petrochemical Industry Public Company Limited (TPI). The ground of the claim is tort committed during the reorganization process of TPI, a leading petrochemical company, and its shareholders/guarantors.

• Digital Phone Co., Ltd. (DPC) - in charge of administrative claims against the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission in relation to the regulator’s order imposing DPC to deliver its incomes during the protection of the consumers period.
• Advising a major roof tile manufacturer in Thailand in several cases in the Administrative Court against the government in connection with asbestos policy and product labelling requirements.
• Acting as associate to Thailand’s State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO), the main regulatory body for PPP initiatives, in drafting standard form contracts for SEPO’s use under the Private Investments in State Undertakings Act B.E. 2556 (2013) and related laws and regulations. These standard form contracts are the templates by which PPP initiatives are carried out in Thailand, subject to some modification at SEPO’s discretion and negotiation with particular private-sector partners, and are presented to first-time private-sector partners interested in pursuing a PPP in Thailand.
• Advising Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited in relation to NBTC regulation on foreign dominance and other services.
• Represented Airport of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) in preparing and advising on the agreement in relation to the master concessionaire for duty free at Donmuang Airport and the agreement in relation to the master concessionaire for food and beverage at Donmuang Airport.
• Advising a managing director of a leading, Thai state-owned bank as his personal legal advisor in reviewing banking contracts, preparing a financial restructuring plan for the bank, implementing public policies assigned by the government, initiating internal rules and regulations, negotiating labour disputes as well as regularly attending meetings with the bank’s management team in order to improve their day-to-day capacity.
• In charge of administrative claims against a state enterprise in relation to the regulator’s order imposing an administrative fine against a leading telecommunication service provider on the alleged non-compliance of the prepaid service regulation.
• Advising one of the largest telecommunication service providers in Thailand on several legal issues including the auction of the license to operate a 2.1 GHz spectrum, the auction of a license to operate digital TV, licence applications regulatory compliance, compliance with concessionary contract terms, advice in respect of various disputes arising out of the license to operate a satellite.
• Represented Thailand-based leading telecommunication service provider in preparing and advising on agreements in connection with the construction, development and operation of a new commercial satellite (Thaicom-8).
• Represented a leading telecommunication holding company in relation to the acquisition of shares in a startup enterprise.
• Represented Thailand-based telecommunication holding company in its acquisition of a 25 percent equity stake in on-line application service provider.

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Education
LLB, Thammasat University, 1st class honors, 2010