Ekkapat Pattanasiriruk

Ekkapat Pattanasiriruk

Associate

 

Contact Details

Phone: +662 261 2580-5

Mobile: +6688 768 2811

Email: Ekkapat@timblickpartners.com

 

Profile

Ekkapat is an associate involved in corporate, commercial contracts, foreign investment, labour and employment, business mergers and acquisition, company dissolution and liquidation, dispute resolution and arbitration.

 

Citizenship

Thailand

 

Education

  • Chulalongkorn University, LL.B. (with 2nd class honor)

 

Bars and Membership

  • Barrister-at-Law, Thai Bar Association, Institute of Legal Education

 

Professional Licenses

  • Lawyer License, Lawyer Council of Thailand

 

Languages/Other Interests

Thai and English

 

Practice Experience

Ekkapat joined Timblick & Partners in 2018 as a junior associate focusing on corporate, commercial contracts, foreign investment, labour and employment, business mergers and acquisition, company dissolution and liquidation, dispute resolution and arbitration. He has obtained his bachelor of laws (LL.B.) from Chulalongkorn University in 2016.

 

His roles involves providing legal advice upon request of the clients in broad areas of law including drafting commercial contracts, advising on business structure and transactional structure, corporate restructuring, general corporate compliance, dissolution and liquidation of companies, conducting legal research, conducting legal due diligence and preparing documents for transactions, Thai and English translation of legal documents, and preparing documents for submission to related government authorities, applying for licenses, permits and certificates.

 

His major transactional experience includes representing:

 

Corporate and Commercial

  • Advance Group (Atome) – advising Advance group companies on corporate compliance and providing company secretarial services and other legal services
  • AIM REIT – advising AIM REIT on the non-disclosure agreements with its potential clients;
  • Autoliv (Thailand) – advising Autoliv (Thailand) on corporate compliance and providing company secretarial services;
  • Bayer Group – advising Bayer group companies on corporate compliance and providing company secretarial services;
  • Chevalier Group – advising Chevalier group companies on their group restructuring;
  • Domino’s Pizza Group Limited – advising Domino’s Pizza on the compliance of the Foreign Business License of representative office and visa and permit for the representative office manager;
  • G4S – advising G4S on corporate structure for Cash 360 business in Thailand;
  • Ganad-Thai Co., Ltd. – advising Ganad-Thai on dissolution and liquidation of the company;
  • GoDaddy – advising GoDaddy on lucky draw and sweepstakes compliance;
  • International Air Transport Association – advising IATA on E-Payment regulations under Thai laws;
  • Kering Group – advising Kering group companies on their restructuring and sale of business,
  • Krua Khun Toi – advising Krua Khun Toi on its food vendors gathering project and drafting an agreement;
  • Lucy Electric (Thailand) – advising Lucy Electric on general legal issues;
  • Morningstar Research (Thailand) Limited – advising Morningstar Research on corporate compliance and providing company secretarial services;
  • Newell – advising Newell on its disposal of assets and closure of business operation;
  • Nissan Motor – advising Nissan Motor on occupational safety and health in its factories;
  • Oak & Verde – advising Oak & Verde on construction agreement;
  • PCC Asia – advising PCC Asia on the entire business transfer of its Thai affiliate company, and assisting with the liquidation of the existing Thai affiliate company and with establishment of its new incorporated Thai affiliate company;
  • Pine Labs Pte Ltd. – advising Pine Labs on business establishment in Thailand and on E-Payment regulations under Thai laws;
  • Satang Corporation Co., Ltd. – advising Satang Corporation on its sale of business to FPG Capital (Thailand) and providing company secretarial services;
  • Teleflex Medical (Thailand) Ltd. – advising Teleflex Medical on business establishment in Thailand and regulatory licence requirements on import and sale of medical devices;
  • Tenneco Automotive (Thailand) Limited – advising and assisting on application for Foreign Business Certificate, capital reduction and declaration of dividend;
  • Trimas Company LLC – assisting Trimas in relation to the acquisition of Lamons (Thailand) Co., Ltd. by LGC US group and preparing documents for closing of the transaction;
  • UR Fashion Group (Thailand) Co., Ltd. – advising UR Fashion Group on business establishment in Thailand and Thai regulatory requirements for implementation of its business operation;
  • Valverde – advising Valverde on its establishment of representative office in Thailand;
  •  Vikasa Yoga Retreat – advising Vikasa on lease, sub-lease and service agreements;

 

BOI

  • Droom (Thailand) Ltd. – advising and applying for the BOI investment promotion for the e-commerce business;
  • Zillion-Tech (Thailand) Ltd. – advising Zillion-Tech (Thailand) on BOI compliance and assisting on the notification of commencement of business operation with the BOI;

 

Business Merger and Acquisition

  • Bridge Capital LLC – advising on acquisition of shares in Reverse Ads Company Limited and conducting legal due diligence, drafting sale and purchase agreement;
  • Kerrie Logistics – advising on acquisition of business of T. Krungthai Industries Public Company Limited and conducting legal due diligence;
  • SNC-Lavalin – advising SNC-Lavalin of ABB Substations (which has converted into Linxon (Thailand) Ltd.);

 

Immigration

  • Amazon – advising Amazon on the guideline for expats working in Thailand in respect of requirements on Thai visa and work permit;
  • Helen of Troy – advising Helen of Troy on visa and work permit requirements;
  • Impellam – advising Impellam on work permit requirements;
  • Redflow (Thailand) Co., Ltd. – advising Redflow (Thailand) on visa and work permit for its foreign employees;
  • Signode (Thailand) Limited – advising Signode (Thailand) on visa and work permit for its foreign employees;

 

Labour and Employment Law

  • Auto & General – advising on the post-transaction corporate structure of Compareexpress Insurance Brokers (Thailand) Ltd;
  • Cathay Pacific – advising on the insurance broker business;
  • Nike Thailand – advising Nike Thailand on employment issues and termination of employment;
  • Panasonic Insurance Service Broker (Thailand) Co., Ltd. – advising PIST on several insurance and regulatory issues;
  • Tokio Marine South East Servicing Co., Ltd. – advising Tokio Marine on the personal accident insurance project;

 

Real Estate

  • Alta Capital – advising on acquisition and establishment of hotel business in Phuket;
  • Changhong New Energy – advising on establishment of Thai subsidiary and acquisition of land located in an industrial estate;
  • Chinese air condition compressor manufacturing company – advising on foreign investment and acquisition of the plant for manufacturing air condition compressor in Thailand;
  • Chinese forklift manufacturing company – advising on foreign investment and factory establishment in Thailand;
  • Chinese industrial estate developer company – advising on foreign investment and establishment of an industrial estate/park in Thailand;
  • Chinese robotic components manufacturing listed company – advising on foreign investment and factory establishment in Thailand;
  • Chinese vehicle electric winch and hydraulic Winch manufacturing company – advising on foreign investment and factory establishment in Thailand;
  • Luxury residential project developer company – advising on a restricting of the company and its real estate sale structure;
  • Lv Yue Hotel – conducting research and preparing land due diligence report on plots of land in Phuket;

 

Insurance

  • Life Insurance Company – advising on insurance acts and regulations in relation to the business operation of insurance in Thailand;

 

Product Liability

  • Ohlins – advising Ohlins on product recall;

 

Arbitration and Litigation

  • Indian Overseas Bank – advising and representing Indian Overseas Bank in respect of claims for default payment;
  • Elumeo SE – advising and representing Elumeo SE to settle the conflicts in its Thai affiliate company;
  • Hong Kong International Airport – advising and representing Hong Kong International Airport in dealing with the relevant parties in respect of the aircraft being grounded and left abandoned at the Hong Kong International Airport;
  • Saipem Asia Sdn. Bhd. – representing Saipem Asia Sdn. Bhd. in mediation proceedings at the labour court of Thailand;
  • Blue Lotus Hua Hin (Thailand) Co., Ltd. – representing client in the arbitration and arbitration-related litigation cases;
  • Azaya Development Project – representing client in respect of the consumer protection and land development disputes.