Supakan Nimmanterdwong

Key Qualifications

Supakan focuses on Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust & Competition, and Data Privacy & Data Protection. She advises Japanese and multinational clients on cross-border transactions and complex regulatory matters, with particular strengthen merger control strategy, unfair trade practice analysis, and multinational compliance frameworks. Her practice spans renewable energy, manufacturing, automotive, FMCG, financial services, infrastructure, e-commerce, and emerging AI-driven sectors.

Currently, Supakan leads merger control filings and advises on regulatory strategy in concentrated and fast-evolving markets, while deepening her focus on digital economy and data governance within the firm’s TMT practice.

Relevant Client Experience

Some Representative Transactions:

• Expedited the approval process for Hitachi Automotive Systems, Keihin Corporation, Showa Corporation, and Nissin Kogyo in relation to their absorption-based merger filing with Thailand's Office of Trade Competition Commission, including preparation of merger filing necessity for subsequent multiple filings for pre-merger approval and post-merger notification.

   

• Advised JCB group, CK Power, Ch. Karnchang, and NTT, among others, on their data protection internal review, including documentary studies, staff interviews for internal mechanisms and operations, creation of due diligence report, and creation relevant documents.

   

• Represented Thanachart Bank Pcl. in relation to a sale of majority stake in Thanachart Fund Management Company Limited to Prudential Corporation Holdings/Eastspring with a transaction value of more than US$250 million.

Background

• University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 2019)
• Osaka University Graduate School of Law and Politics (LL.M., 2017)
• Osaka University (LL.B. with Excellent Academic Award, 2015)

Qualifications

• Thai lawyer license, 2022

Memberships

• Extraordinary Member of Thai Bar Association, 2022
• Member of permanent license to practice law, the Lawyers Council of Thailand

Other Experience / Professional Affiliations

• Internship, The Hague Conference Asia-Pacific Regional Office, Hong Kong (October 2015 - June 2016)