Chatchawat Kriengsuntikul Legal Partner

Chatchawat Kriengsuntikul heads up the Legal Practice of Mazars (Thailand) Ltd. He attained a LLB and LLM from Chulalongkorn University in 1997 and 2001 respectively. He also graduated with a Diploma in International Taxation from the Thai Bar Association in 2003 and Executive Master of Business Administration from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University and Kellogg School of Management – Northwestern University, USA in 2014.
Prior to joining Mazars, he worked with PWC for more than 10 years. He has been working for clients in a variety of business activities, including manufacturing, trading, services, hotel, financial institutions, retail, automotive and telecommunications.
His legal specializations include direct investment, labour, mergers and acquisitions, and foreign business control law. He has had substantial experience in obtaining various operating licenses, giving advice on the labour issues, performing corporate restructuring and undertaking legal due diligence.
Currently, he is a counselor and an honorary treasurer of Franco-Thai Chamber of Commerce. He is also invited to be a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Ramkamhaeng University and conducted a number of training courses in relation to the labour, investment promotion and customs issues for clients, professional staff and to the public.
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