Prevailed in a labor dispute wherein a managerial-level employee claimed that he had been wrongfully terminated and sought severance and other monetary entitlements. Representing the employer, we proved that the employee had in fact resigned from the company.
Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn
Attorney-at-Law
PRACTICE
OFFICE
LANGUAGE
Thai, English
EDUCATION
LLM, Howard University School of Law
LLB, Chulalongkorn University
Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn is a top litigator specializing in complex family and commercial disputes. A versatile practitioner, Roll counts among her clients, multinational corporations, educational institutions, leading Thai companies, professional services firms, and individuals.
Roll provides ongoing labor and employment representation to leaders in the finance, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, logistics, construction, telecommunications, and education industries. When employment relationships deteriorate, clients call on Roll to represent their interests in negotiation, mediation, and in the courtroom. Widely regarded as an expert in employment law, Roll is a regular contributor to legal publications, a popular speaker at high-level seminars, and is often interviewed by members of the print and broadcast media.
In her family law practice, Roll focuses on disputes affecting today’s global family, including international divorce, international child abduction, division of assets located worldwide, and child custody disputes between parents residing in different countries. She has a high success record in mediating between divorcing parties to reach amicable settlements in respect of child custody, division of property, and support payments.
Roll is also member of the firm’s leading maritime practice, having won several high-profile maritime cases in Thailand’s Intellectual Property and International Trade Court and Thailand’s Supreme Court.
Roll's strong skills as an advocate are augmented by her fluency in English. She obtained her law degree from Chulalongkorn University, and later completed the LLM program at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She received her lawyer’s license in 1994.
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Obtained a favorable judgment for the Thai affiliate of a leading animal health company in a case filed against a group of former executives who left to work for our client’s chief competitor. We secured this successful result even though there is still debate among Thai legal scholars as to whether noncompetition clauses are fair to employees.
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Represented an Australian father in a contested family matter regarding the custody of his daughter. The mother of the child planned to move abroad with the daughter. We filed a case in Family Court seeking, on behalf of our client, sole legal custody of his daughter. After a successful mediation, the mother of the child granted sole legal custody to our client.
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Assisted a client whose wife had abducted his daughter and wrongfully withheld assets valued at over USD 1,000,000. We successfully mediated this case, which involved both family and criminal matters. The parties agreed to a divorce and the daughter was returned to our client.
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Represented the wife in a divorce case. After long settlement negotiations with the husband, we reached a compromise agreement supervised by the court and avoided trial of this sensitive matter.
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Successfully resolved, on confidential terms, a high-profile lawsuit brought by long-term employees against a professional services firm.
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Represented a foreigner in a child legitimization battle and advised on strategy in multiple appeals in Thailand and in a separate lawsuit in the U.S.
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Assessed the strength of unfair termination claims for scenarios involving corporate reduction in profit and for cases involving employees’ violations of work rules and contract terms.
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Successfully defended one of the world’s leading liner companies against multiple cargo claims brought in Thailand’s Intellectual Property and International Trade Court.
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Represented a subsidiary of a global multimodal transportation provider in a case worth THB 24,000,000. Secured emergency relief in Thailand’s Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, allowing the client to remove the cargo from its vessel.
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Secured a victory in Thailand’s Supreme Court on behalf of an ocean common carrier for damage to a vessel due to defective product packaging.
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Successfully negotiated the terms of and concluded a high-profile international divorce, while ensuring confidentiality despite elevated media interest in the divorcing parties.
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Represented a foreign husband in a highly contested divorce proceeding involving child custody and allegations of child abuse by the Thai mother.
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Represented an American father in an international child abduction case involving a child with health issues who was abducted to Thailand in violation of a U.S. child custody order.
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| November 9, 2011 |
Tilleke & Gibbins Dispute Resolution Practice Awarded Top-Tier Ranking by Asialaw Profiles Asialaw Profiles, a guide to the leading law firms throughout Asia, has ranked Tilleke & Gibbins as a Tier 1 firm in the Dispute Resolution practice in Thailand. This annual ranking is based upon... |
| May 12, 2011 |
Tilleke & Gibbins Hosts Labor Law Seminar on Termination and Litigation Chusert Supasitthumrong, Pimvimol (June) Vipamaneerut, Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 by the World Economic Forum ranks restrictive labor regulations as one of the most problematic factors for doing business in Thailand. On May 12, 2011,... |
| July 30, 2007 |
Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn Focusing on the role played by labor protection laws to aid unemployed workers, this article in the Bangkok Post features comments from Sasirusm Chunhakasikarn, a Tilleke & Gibbins attorney. |
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| March 2, 2011 |
Facing the Facts of Child Abduction Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn As the world is becoming more globalised, marriage between people of different nationalities is also becoming commonplace. In Thailand, marriages have been taking place between Thai nationals and... |
| January 14, 2011 |
Constructive Dismissal in the Thai Context Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn To avoid lawsuits and damages, employers should be cognizant of the concept of “constructive dismissal” and its implied application in Thailand. Those from Western jurisdictions may be familiar with... |
| March 17, 2010 |
A Recent Amendment to Thai Labor Law Relating to Outsourcing Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn Outsourcing has long been an alternative option for businesses in Thailand seeking to avoid the financial burden placed upon them by Thai labour law, particularly the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541... |
| April 10, 2009 |
Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn In Thailand, it is increasingly common for couples to cohabit without first getting married. However, when unmarried couples have children, the question is whether the father has any parental rights... |
| January 16, 2009 |
Sasirusm (Roll) B. Chunhakasikarn Marriages between Thais and foreigners are becoming increasingly common. When these marriages fail, resulting in one or both parties wishing to divorce, many cross jurisdictional issues have to be... |
