IAS Advisory

Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Data Privacy & Personal Data Protection (PDPA), M&A, Employment Management, Family Business & Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Business Reorganisation

Co-founding Partner

Anuwat oversees IAS Advisory's litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration department and leads several of the firm's other legal practices, including setting up compliance measures with Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), legal entity and tax structuring, and business restructuring and reorganisation.

In practice for more than 20 years, he also advises on M&A and commercial transactions and on fundraising, family business and estate planning, and human resources legal management and taxation.

In addition to his "Recommended Lawyer" status here at Legal 500, Anuwat is ranked by Chambers & Partners and is highlighted as a "Litigation Star" in the Thai legal space by Benchmark Litigation, an international publication that lists the world’s top litigation firms and lawyers. He is also on Asia Business Law Journal's "A-List of Top Lawyers in Thailand."

Anuwat is a member of the Law Society of Thailand and the Thai Bar Association, as well as a panellist at both the Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) and the Thai Arbitration Center (THAC). He is also an active member of the Association of Family Business Entrepreneurs (AFBE).

He is an advisory board member of the Faculty of Law, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), which is Thailand's oldest private higher education establishment, and a visiting lecturer at various other universities.

Anuwat makes regular appearances on Thai national television, expounding on such issues as knowing the law before living as a couple (for both males/females and members of the LGBTQ+ community), fraud prevention measures for Thai senior citizens, and other business-related issues.

He has gained a significant online following for clarifying legal complexities to non-lawyers in an easily accessible way, and makes regular appearances on the popular TikTok channel “Reporter Journey,” which has over 250,000 followers.