Industries
Technology

Practices
Banking and Finance
Competition and Trade
Corporate/M&A

Location
Thailand

Languages
Thai
English

Education

LLM, University of Pennsylvania

LLB, Chulalongkorn University

BBA, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

Nitcharat Siraprapasiri
+66 2056 5711

Biography

Nitcharat Siraprapasiri is an associate in Tilleke & Gibbins’ corporate and commercial department in Bangkok, where she provides legal advice and assistance to international and domestic companies on technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) business and regulatory issues, including converged technologies, infrastructure and services, licensing, satellites (new filing and landing rights), data centers, IoT, mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), IT products, platforms, and OTT activities.

Before joining Tilleke & Gibbins, Nitcharat was a legal officer in TMT with Thailand’s independent telecommunications regulatory agency and also served as an independent consultant for clients on corporate and commercial matters related to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), software development service agreements, franchising, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), outsourcing, intellectual property, and more.

Nitcharat earned an LLM in Technology and Intellectual Property Law as well as a Wharton Business and Law certificate from the University of Pennsylvania on a full scholarship from Thailand’s independent telecommunications regulator. She also holds an LLB in Business Law from Chulalongkorn University and a BBA from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. She is a lawyer licensed by the Lawyers Council of Thailand and a certified notarial services attorney.


Experience
  • Advised various aerospace companies on their applications for satellite filing package auctions worth over THB 800 million and reviewed their qualifications.
  • Provided international and domestic companies with advice on telecommunications services licensing, in relation to activities such as data center operations, voice over internet protocol (VOIP), internet of things (IoT), cloud services, web hosting, wholesale and resale, landing rights, and cable internet.
  • Worked with a law amendment team to revise and consolidate Thailand’s legislation on telecommunications, radio, and television; performed research on other countries’ licensing systems, infrastructure, regulations, and OTT practices; and revised telecommunications contract standard notifications.
  • Advised on and revised the service agreement and statement of work agreement between a multinational agency and a prominent global OTT company.
  • Drafted and revised a software development service agreement between a technology company and a public energy company.