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Santhapat Periera

Partner Practice Areas: Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment, Aviation, International Trade, Restructuring and Insolvency. · Tilleke & Gibbins

ThailandBanking & Finance, Capital MarketsThai, English

About

Santhapat Periera is a Partner at Tilleke & Gibbins based in Bangkok with a regional role overseeing the firm’s Vientiane office. He has more than 25 years’ experience advising banks, financial institutions and businesses across Southeast Asia on loan and financial transactions, establishment of banks and financial institutions, financing for trade and development projects, debt restructuring and business reorganization, mergers and acquisitions, energy and natural resources, and related regulatory matters; he is licensed in Thailand, holds a license to practice in Vietnam for foreign and international laws, and represents the firm in Lex Mundi and the International Bar Association. He has been recognized as a leading individual in the Laos jurisdiction by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and IFLR 1000.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceCapital MarketsCorporate / M&AEnergy & Natural ResourcesEnvironmentAviationInternational TradeRestructuring & Insolvency

Office

Expertise

Structuring loan and financial transactionsEstablishment and regulation of banks and financial institutionsFinancing for trade and development projectsDebt restructuring and business reorganizationMergers & acquisitionsEnergy and natural resources transactionsRegulatory advice on banking, financing and investment in Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Southeast AsiaRegional practice oversight (Bangkok and Vientiane)

Education

  • LLM, Boston University
  • MCL, University of Miami
  • LLB, Thammasat University

Admissions

  • Licensed attorney (Thailand)
  • Licensed to practice in Vietnam in the areas of foreign and international laws

Languages

ThaiEnglish