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Partner |
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USA (California) |
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Insolvency & Restructuring, Japan Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures/Direct Investment, Information Technology, Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Corporate, Commercial, International Private Law, Banking and Franchising |
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English |
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Douglas represents foreign companies with investments and interests in Thailand. He has represented many large multinational companies on major acquisitions in Thailand. He also represents a large number of Japanese companies with operations in Thailand. In addition to having an active corporate and commercial practice, Douglas handles international arbitration matters. Douglas also has an active debt and corporate restructuring practice.
Douglas’s clients include a number of US Fortune 500 companies with operations and subsidiaries in Thailand, large Japanese trading firms and large Japanese manufacturing companies.
Before joining the Bangkok office of Deacons in 1998, Douglas was partner in the US law firm of Graham & James from 1992 until 1998; he was an associate at Graham & James from 1986 until 1991. Before joining Graham & James, Douglas worked in the legal department of Bank of America and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton’s Banking and Finance Department. |
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| More about Douglas: |
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Juris Doctor, University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley Law), 1984, Bachelor of Arts, Honors, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1980, Economics & Philosophy (Double Major)
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Vice Chair, American Bar Association, International Commercial Transactions – Current
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Vice Chair of the American Bar Association, Section of International Law, International Secured Transactions and Insolvency Committee (September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2006)
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Co-Chair, Tax and Legislation Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (Current Legal Chair)
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Panelist, "International Symposium on International Corporate Law", Japanese Ministry of Justice, February 2006, Osaka, Japan
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Panelist, "Arbitration in Asia: A comparative Review", American Bar Association Meeting (International Section), April 2005, Washington DC
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Panelist, "China + 1: M&A Related Due Diligence in China, Thailand and Vietnam", American Bar Association Meeting (International Section), April 2005, Washington DC
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Panelist, LawAsia Conference on Trade Law ("National Treatment and Free Trade Agreements in Thailand"), May 2004 in Shanghai, China
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Panelist on Thai bankruptcy law at LawAsia 2000 Seminar in Seoul, Korea
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Panelist on Thai bankruptcy law at the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce meeting in Singapore
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Panelist on Thai bankruptcy law at a seminar sponsored by the Japanese Institute of International Business Law in Tokyo, Japan
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Panelist on Current Developments in Thai Bankruptcy Law, American Bar Association meeting, March 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Permanent Resident (Thailand)
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Named by "Asia Law" as one (of only two) leading lawyers in Thailand in the area of Corporate Restructuring for both 2003 and 2004 |
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