Industries
Energy
Technology

Practices
Competition and Trade
Corporate/M&A
Employment

Location
Thailand

Languages
Thai
English

Education

GDL, College of Law (United Kingdom)

LLM, University of California, Berkeley

LLM, University of Cambridge

LLB, Chulalongkorn University 

Auradee Pantumkomon Wongsaroj
+66 2056 5659

Biography

Auradee Pantumkomon Wongsaroj is a senior associate in Tilleke & Gibbins’ corporate and commercial department. She specializes in due diligence for high-value commercial transactions, and advising on commercial, energy (oil and gas and renewable energy), labor, corporate, environmental, and competition law and privacy law.

Prior to joining the firm, she was a senior associate at an energy industry–focused law firm in Bangkok and at a leading energy-related public company in Thailand. She also advised the Petroleum Institute of Thailand on natural gas price research by the Energy Policy and Planning Office of Thailand’s Ministry of Energy, and on a high-profile study under the Energy Regulatory Commission’s Law Reform Project. She is a frequent ad-hoc lecturer on international business law and transactions and Thai labor law issues, and regularly presents at local and overseas forums on labor and, employment, and privacy and personal data protection matters.

Auradee is a barrister-at-law certified by the Thai Bar Association and a lawyer licensed by the Lawyers Council of Thailand.


Experience
  • Leading project teams in conducting data mapping and gap analysis of compliance with Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act for various clients in a broad range of different industries, including banking and financial services, machinery and manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and other highly regulated sectors.
  • Lead member of a team of legal counsel for a client in bidding for an LNG port mega project under Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor initiative. The client's joint venture successfully secured the project, valued at THB 47 billion.
  • Lead legal member of a team of advisors conducting due diligence for an oil bidding project in Malaysia for a top publicly listed energy company in Thailand.
  • Advising a Thai government authority on natural gas and Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) pricing legislative amendments.
  • Acting for a leading Japanese chemical group on the integration of its group companies in Thailand.
  • Providing legal advice and training to a number of leading international companies on Thai trade competition and anti-corruption law.