Key Qualifications
Poompat is an Associate in our Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions practice. He graduated in Thailand and Japan. He has a broad range of corporate and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) experience.
His experience includes joint ventures, cross-border and support for MNCs and Japanese companies that are expanding their businesses into Thailand and Thai companies expanding their businesses outbound.
Poompat has been involved in drafting and negotiating contracts as well as legal documents used in corporate commercial, joint ventures, and cross-border mergers & acquisitions transactions. He has advised on foreign direct investment and a broad range of regulatory matters including in relation to the TMT sector (e-commerce, cryptocurrency and blockchain related businesses, fintech, and artificial intelligence (AI)).
He is a columnist of a business and technology law related column at Bangkok Business newspaper, a well-known business newspaper in Thailand.
Background
- Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2025)
- The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics (LL.D. in Commercial Law with Highest Dissertation Award, 2020)
- The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics (LL.M. in Commercial Law with Gold Medal, 2016)
- Barrister at Law, Institute of Legal Education of Thai Bar Association (2015)
- Chulalongkorn University (LL.B. with 1st Class Honor and Gold Medal, 2012)
Qualification
- Thai lawyer license, 2015
- Thai Barrister at Law, 2015
Membership
- Member of permanent license to practice law, the Lawyers Council of Thailand
- Ordinary Member of the Thai Bar Association, 2015