McDonald Patafta & Associates Lawyers

Legal Advisor

Chintala (Mam) is a Lao Legal Advisor with a Masters in Law from University Toulouse I, France (Hanoi). She has special expertise in client and Government liaison, conducting legal research and translation as well as advising on judicial processes in Lao PDR.

Chintala graduated from the University National of Laos with a law degree in 2012 and previously worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Press Department) from 2012-2014 before joining our firm in late 2014.

Chintala has worked on numerous small and large-scale due diligence investigations and provides focused and practical legal advice incorporating Lao legal frameworks and practices. She has experience in the Lao PDR dispute resolution and judicial frameworks and in high level legislative interpretation and application.

Mam has experience liaising with Lao Government Ministries and Departments, drafting legal documents, conducting legal research and translation, and is fluent in several languages.

English, Lao, Thai, French