Banks
and Financial Institutions:
1. Banks: Dispute Resolution - Several
financing disputes are resolved for two major Southeast Asian
banks, totaling approximately US$72 million. Please
contact John
E. King for more information.
2. Investment Firm: Dispute Resolution
- Several related legal actions yielding approximately US$7 million
to a Hong Kong investment company. Please contact John
E. King for more information. 
Construction:
1. Construction: Arbitration - Representing
a well-known Europe-based construction company in a pending Baht
40 million arbitration against a Thai-based construction conglomerate.
Please contact John
E. King for more information.
2. Construction: Collection of Bankruptcy
Proceedings - Prosecuting a collection of bankruptcy proceedings
for various tier-1 clients. Please contact John
E. King for more information.
3. Construction: Dispute Resolution
- Representing five sub-contractors in a construction dispute
against the main contractor in a controversial wastewater management
project. Our clients' total claims exceed Baht one billion. Please
contact John E. King
for more information.
4. Earth Tech Inc. - Advised client
in its acquisition of Aquathai Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of ItalThai.
Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
Education:
1. Education Development Center, Inc.
(USA) - Obtained for client a license to set up a regional
branch office for a non-profit organization from the U.S., which
intends to introduce social programs with objectives to minimize
drug use and help AIDS patients in rural communities of Thailand
and neighboring nations. Please contact Kobkit
Thienpreecha for more information.
Fashion
Houses and Retailers:
1. Ermenegildo Zegna - Disrupted,
for this famous Italian fashion company, an international network
involved in the production and distribution of high-end fabrics,
leading to seven arrests, seizure of materials worth tens of thousands
of dollars, two civil suits and compensation payments by several
infringers. Please contact Edward
Kelly for more information.
2. Adidas/Puma/Ferrari/Reebok/Nike
- Disrupted an international network of foreign-owned websites
involved in the distribution of football jerseys and high-end
fake apparels over the internet, leading to seven arrests based
on trademark, immigration, tax and money laundering charges; seizure
of materials worth tens of thousands of dollars; and compensation
payments by several infringers. Please contact Edward
Kelly for more information.
3. Sporting Goods - T&G's raid
team, together with Quantico and Orion Investigations, has coordinated
more than 1,000 raids for leading brand owners in the apparel,
sporting goods, imaging products, electronics, automobile parts,
cosmetics and pharmaceuticals industries, resulting in seizures
of more than one million counterfeit items. Please contact Edward
Kelly for more information.
Food
and Beverages:
1. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Japan) -
Secured for client an alien business license from the Ministry
of Commerce to set up a regional office in Thailand, permitted
to monitor and provide services to Ajinomoto subsidiaries/branches
in the Asia region. Please contact Kobkit
Thienpreecha for more information.
2. Food and Beverage: Arbitration
- Representing one of the world's largest multinational brewery
corporations in a US$500 million joint venture termination dispute
(three separate arbitrations) with Thailand's largest beer conglomerate.
Please contact John
E. King for more information.
3. Asahi Breweries Ltd. (Japan) - Secured an alien business
license from the Ministry of Commerce to set up a representative
office in Thailand for the purpose of checking and controlling
the quality and quantity of Asahi Super Dry Beer manufactured
by Boonrawd's subsidiary company in Thailand. Please contact Kobkit
Thienpreecha for more information.
4. Wessanen BV - Advised client in
the sale of a subsidiary, Golden Foods International, to Grampian
Foods. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
Information
Technology & Telecommunications:
1. Convergys - Advised client in
the acquisition of a business division of Advanced Info Service
Pcl. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
2. Fujitsu Thailand - Advised client
in the sale of a certain division of its business/assets to Western
Digital. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
3. Software Developers - T&G's
specialized High-Tech enforcement team has been in the forefront
of representing software developers to protect their copyrighted
software codes through vigorous enforcement actions against manufacturers,
retailers and end-users of pirated, unlicensed software, recovering
more than $1.5 million in fines and settlements for one client
alone in 2003. The High-Tech team has also been a leader in raiding
Thailand-based internet distributors of pirated CDs and counterfeit
merchandise, taking down websites and arresting persons selling
fake goods on the Net. Please contact Edward
Kelly for more information.
Manufacturers
and Distributors:
1. Anton Pillar Seizure Orders -
T&G has successfully executed two Anton Pillar seizure orders
and obtained emergency injunctions in cases involving infringement
of patented technology on display during international exhibitions
in Bangkok. Please contact Edward
Kelly for more information.
2. Audio Systems Maker - Retained
to represent a European client in an insolvency proceeding expected
to net the client approximately Baht 165 million. Please contact
John E. King
for more information.
3. Benchmark Electronics - Advised
client in the acquisition of all the shares of ACT Manufacturing
Pcl as part of the global acquisition. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
4. Mitsubishi and Nissho Iwai (metal
divisions) - Advised clients on their acquisition of the business/assets
of Hanwa Kozai (Thailand), a metal cutting and slitting company.
Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
5. Procuritas - Advised client in
the acquisition of the shares of Toyoda Gosei Rubber as part of
Procuritas' global acquisition of the parent company. Please contact
Cynthia Pornavalai
for more information.
6. Saga Co., Ltd. - Advised client
in the acquisition of the shares of Harlyn International, a gem-related
business. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
Pharmaceuticals
and Medical Devices:
1. Pharmaceutical Industry - Represented
a leading multi-national pharmaceutical company in a comprehensive
anti-counterfeiting campaign involving a blockbuster consumer
drug. The campaign involved civil action, police raids, interface
with the Thai FDA and media/public relations. Please contact Edward
Kelly for more information.
Recreation:
1. Scientific Games Corporation (USA)
- Advised one of the largest lotto machine operators from the
U.S. in a joint bidding for the first-time project to supply and
operate on-line lottery machines in Thailand under control of
the Government Lottery Office. Please contact Kobkit
Thienpreecha for more information.
Trading:
1. Cigarette: Intellectual Property Enforcement
- T&G participated in an unprecedented joint enforcement action
between Excise, Customs, ECID officials, private investigators
and local police to shut down a factory illegally producing counterfeit
cigarettes in an outlying province and seized over US$2.8 million
worth of materials and equipment used in the counterfeit operation.
Please contact Edward
Kelly for more information.
2. Government Investment Corporation
of Singapore - Advised client in its acquisition of certain
shares of C.P. 7-Eleven. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
3. Marubeni Thailand - Advised client
in the transfer of a business division to Marubeni-Itochu Steel
Bangkok Branch. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
4. Daimaru Inc. Japan/Daimaru Thailand
- Advised clients in the sale of Daimaru Thailand's business to
Premier Group. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
5. Sogo Thailand and Sogo Japan -
Advised in the sale of clients' business and assets to Amarin
Development Co., Ltd. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
Transportation
Road/Rail-Related:
1. Tibbett & Britten - Advised
client in the acquisition of the shares of a Thai logistics company,
Davids Logistics Thailand Co., Ltd. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
Maritime-Related:
2. Shipping Company: Dispute Resolution
- Recovered US$38 million for a foreign multinational, plus a
25-year lease over two floors of office space in a prime Bangkok
office building, plus a full release of the debtor's US$46 million
countersuit against our client - all in settlement of a US$55
million judgment. Please contact John
E. King for more information.
3. Viking Life-Saving Equipment (Thailand) Ltd. (Denmark)
- Advised client in the acquisition of land and factory building
in Laemchabang industrial estate and the establishment of a Thai
subsidiary engaging in the manufacture of life-saving equipment
for commercial shipping vessels. Please contact Kobkit
Thienpreecha for more information.
Other:
4. G.D. Express Worldwide NV - Advised
client in the acquisition of the shares of T.E.I. Limited, a logistics
company. Please contact Cynthia
Pornavalai for more information.
Vehicles
& Parts:
1. Auto-maker: Dispute Resolution
- Representing a foreign auto-maker in several criminal embezzlement
actions against one of its former officers. Please contact John
E. King for more information.
2. Automotive Parts: Intellectual Property
Enforcement - T&G has an ongoing campaign with Royal Thai
Customs and has seized more than 20 metric tons of counterfeit
automobile parts in the past 6 months, on behalf of major multinational
automobile, motorcycle and parts manufacturers, thus contributing
to the stunning growth of the domestic auto parts industry in
Thailand. Please contact Edward
Kelly for more information.
3. Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Japan)
- Obtained an investment promotion from the Board of Investment
of Thailand for setting up a trade and investment support office
(TISO) in Thailand, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nissin Kogyo
Co., Ltd., a well-known Japanese producer of brake systems for
automobiles and motorcycles. The TISO provides technical support
to OEM producers of Nissin brakes throughout the Asia region.
Please contact Kobkit
Thienpreecha for more information.
Last
Update: October 2004
