Practice areas
Banking and finance, corporate M&A, capital markets, project and energy, dispute resolution (arbitration)
Introduction
As Thailand partner and the founding member of the Bangkok office of Nishimura & Asahi, Jirapong advises on a wide range of banking & finance, corporate M&A transactions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, capital markets, project and energy transactions and debt restructurings. His expertise is advising, structuring and leading complex transactions both within and outside of Thailand.
He has also been recognized as one of Asia’s top 40 outstanding lawyers under the age of 40 by Thomson Reuters (Asian Legal Business) in 2019.
Before setting up the Bangkok office of Nishimura & Asahi in 2013, he worked with Linklaters for more than nine years. Jirapong obtained LLB with honours 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 a registered 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.