Nonnabhat (Niab) Paiboon

• Arun Plus, a part of PTT Group, in connection to a joint venture in Thailand with Taiwan's Kymco Group, with respect to the development, manufacturing, sale and marketing of electric two wheelers, battery production, operation of battery swapping stations, and go-to-market services in Thailand
• Telenor Group, the Norwegian state-owned telecommunications company and one of the world’s largest mobile telecommunications companies, in connection to the merger control and antitrust matters on the merger of Thailand’s Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (“dtac”) and True Corporation Public Company Limited (“True”) to create a new company
• TMB Bank Public Company Limited on its approximate US$5.5 billion merger with Thanachart Bank Public Company Limited, and TMB’s related equity fundraising process through the issue of transferable subscription rights, which raised in excess of approximately US$1.2 billion. The deal marked the largest bank merger in Thailand, positioning the merged entity as the sixth largest bank in the country by assets*
• Tesco Plc on the sale of its entire interest in its business in Thailand to C.P. Retail Development, a company held by various CP Group entities, which includes a portfolio of nearly 2,000 stores nationwide in Thailand*
• PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited on the direct and indirect acquisition by PTTGC and its affiliated company TOC Glycol Co., Ltd. of 74% shares in Siam Mitsui PTA Co., Ltd. and Thai PET Resin Co., Ltd. from SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. including on the multi-jurisdictional merger filings*
• Canal+ International SAS, on its acquisition of shares in Viu International Limited in Asia, the Middle East and South Africa
• Engie Global Developments B.V., on the disposal of its entire 69.1% interest in Glow Energy to Global Power Synergy in respect of merger control filing with the Office of the Energy Regulatory Commission in Thailand*
• Starbucks Corporation in respect of merger control filings in Thailand on the sale of its business in Thailand to Coffee Concepts Thailand Co., Ltd. (a JV between Maxim’s Caterers Ltd. and Thai partner F&N Retail Connection Co., Ltd.) to fully license its retail business in Thailand – a transaction that valued the operations of Starbucks in Thailand at more than US$650 million*
• MUFG Bank, Ltd. on its groundbreaking voluntary tender offer for Bank of Ayudhya. This was the largest ever acquisition by a Japanese bank in Asia, with a deal value in excess of US$6 billion. This cross-jurisdictional deal resulted in MUFG becoming the first Japanese banking group to control a Southeast Asian bank*
• an Indonesian coffee chain on the first-ever F&B unicorn in Southeast Asia, on its business expansion in Thailand
• a global e-commerce platform with requirements on the data breach notification with respect to their Thai operations
• Navis Capital Partners, on the disposal of its interest in the Dunkin Donuts and Au Bon Pain franchises in Thailand to Sub Sri Thai Public Company Limited*
• Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. (a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd.) on merger control filings for its planned EUR 690m 100% acquisition of Chassis Brakes International B.V. (CBI), an automotive parts manufacturer headquartered in the Netherlands with global operations, from KPS Capital Partners LP*
• PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited on a merger control assessment and filings relating to the creation of a new joint venture in Thailand with a Japanese conglomerate for the production and sale of polyols. This included assessments/filings in Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Lao PDR and India*
• PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited, Kuraray and Sumitomo Corporation in relation to merger control assessment and merger filings regarding the establishment of a joint venture between PTTGC and the Thai joint venture company to manufacture and commercialise PA9T (high-heat resistant polyamide-9T) and HSBC (hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer)*
• a multinational manufacturer engaged in automotive business, a German multinational technology and engineering company on the disposal of brake disk pad businesses in Australia, Thailand, and Malaysia

*Includes experience prior to joining the firm