Walanchathas Sanguanwong
DFDL Legal & TaxDFDL Legal & Tax’s capabilities encompass inbound and outbound investments and projects, alongside demonstrable strengths in regulatory and compliance issues. The practice is particularly active in financial technology, consumer goods and logistics, among various other areas. David Doran, Audray Souche, Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan, Kraisorn Rueangkul and Walanchathas Sanguanwong jointly lead the team. Souche has expertise in managing energy and infrastructure projects for clients, and Supha-Utchaichan is active in the corporate arena. Rueangkul’s strengths lie in foreign direct investment and public-private partnerships, among other issues, and Sanguanwong is routinely engaged in relation to structuring acquisition and finance deals and advising on negotiations.
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Key clients
- A Consortium of Thai lenders (Krung Thai Bank as Intercreditor Agent)
- B.Grimm Power Public Company Limited
- Ray Power Supply Co., Ltd.
Work highlights
- Assisting a consortium of Thai lenders (Krung Thai Bank as Intercreditor Agent) in relation to new financing to be granted to the Lao power company Xayaburi Power Company in relation to the development and operations of the 1,285 MW Xayaburi hydropower project in the Lao PDR for the purpose of funding certain additional compensation and implementing restructured payment terms in respect of the financial benefits payable by the project company to the Government of the Lao PDR.
- Assisting a consortium of Thai lenders (Krung Thai Bank as Intercreditor Agent)the in assessing satisfaction of Lao law conditions to the resumption of the drawdowns of the facilities granted to Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Power Limited Company for the purpose of the financing of the development of the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Champasak province, Lao PDR, further to the collapse of the Saddle Dam D.
- Acted as Vietnamese legal counsel to B.Grimm PLC (the sponsor) and Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company (the borrower) in relation to the take-out financing of a solar power plant project with an aggregate installed generating capacity of up to 257 MWp (214 MWac) Phu Hoa District, Phu Yen Province, Vietnam, owned and operated by the borrower (the “Project”), sourced from a syndicate of international lenders led by Asian Development Bank (“ADB”).
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David Doran, Audray Souche, Nipaporn Supha-Utchaichan, Kraisorn Rueangkul, Walanchathas Sanguanwong