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Sittiwate Jewsittiprapai

Sittiwate Jewsittiprapai is a partner of the Firm. With extensive experience both in private practice and in-house, Sittiwate offers clients acute legal insights and know-how, and provides businesses with practical commercial-minded advice. Sittiwate has represented clients in negotiations, business and commercial litigation, rehabilitation, labor disputes, white-collar crime cases, and alternative dispute resolution. He is a key contributor to the Firm, as one of his particular specialties is advising clients in relation to litigation and investigations in connection with Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Act. He also advises companies on corporate governance, regulatory compliance relating to Thai securities laws, employment regulations, and general commercial matters. Sittiwate advised clients as an associate at a number of leading law firms in Thailand, and led the legal department of a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand that invests in food and consumer businesses across Asia. He has particular experience in advising on corporate legal strategy, as well as in local litigation. Sittiwate holds an LLM in Commercial Law from University of Bristol and an LLB from Thammasat University, and is recognized as a barrister-at-law by the Thai Bar Association. · Wise Equity Legal Counsel Limited

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About

Partner at Wise Equity Legal Counsel Limited in Thailand, Sittiwate combines extensive private practice and in-house experience to advise clients on litigation, investigations under Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Act, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, employment and general commercial matters. He has represented clients in business and commercial litigation, rehabilitation, labor disputes, white-collar crime cases and alternative dispute resolution, and led the legal department of a Stock Exchange of Thailand–listed investment company.

Practice areas

LitigationDispute ResolutionSecurities & Capital MarketsRegulatory & ComplianceCorporate / M&AEmploymentWhite-Collar CrimeInvestigations

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Expertise

Thai securities law litigation & investigationsCorporate governance & regulatory complianceListed companies (Stock Exchange of Thailand)Food and consumer sector experienceCorporate investigationsLocal litigation

Education

  • LLM, Commercial Law — University of Bristol
  • LLB — Thammasat University

Admissions

  • Barrister-at-law, The Thai Bar Association

Languages

ThaiEnglish