Chandler MHM

Supattra Sathapornnanon

Senior Counsel

Supattra Sathapornnanon

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SPECIAL RECOGNITION

  • Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2024 – Band 3 Lawyer - Banking & Finance
  • asialaw Leading Lawyers 2023/24 – Notable practitioner - Banking and Finance
  • IFLR1000 2023-24 – Highly regarded - energy, natural resources
  • The Legal 500, Asia Pacific 2023 – Recommended - Banking & Finance
  • asialaw Client Service Excellence Ratings 3rd edition – 2021 - Thailand: Banking and Finance

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Supattra is a Senior Counsel at Chandler MHM Ltd. (CMHM). She specializes in banking and finance, with a focus on project finance. She has extensive experience with major commercial banks in Thailand, particularly on financing of energy and natural resources transactions, including oil and gas, renewable energy projects, and industrial projects. She acts for both lenders and borrowers, and is a Thai Court Authorized Translator.  

RELEVANT CLIENT EXPERIENCE

Some Representative Transactions:

  • The lenders in the refinancing of a solar plant with an installed capacity of 5 MW in Muang District, Samut Prakarn Province. We act as lender’s counsel responsible for preparing the project refinancing and security documents in addition to conducting legal due diligence for the deal.
  • Syndicated lenders and a lender in financing transactions of RATCH and RH International (wholly-owned subsidiary of RATCH) as borrower in relation to the USD 500,000,000 (for BOC) and THB 16,500,000,000 (for KTB) club loan transactions granted by Bank of China and Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited, respectively, for the purpose of financing RATCH’s working capital and/or investments in the power plant projects or infrastructure projects.
  • Syndicated lenders in relation to the refinancing of the existing syndicate project financing for three cogeneration power plants with aggregate capacity of 468 MW. This involved preparing the project refinancing and security documents, reviewing and assisting the release of the existing security package, and conducting legal due diligence for the deal.
  • Syndicated lenders and a lender in relation to club loans for the purpose of financing the working capital and/or investments of a major Thai energy company in power plant projects or infrastructure projects. This is the first transaction that THOR (Thai Baht Overnight Rate) has been implemented as interest rate for large corporate loan entered into by Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited.
  • Krung Thai Bank PLC as lender on project financing to an RDF Waste to Energy Power Plant with a nominal 8 MW capacity in Samutprakarn Province and also on project financing to many solar power plants (in respect of governmental agencies and agricultural cooperative sector).
  • TMB Bank PLC as lender on project financing to many solar power plants (in respect of governmental agencies and agricultural cooperative sector).
  • Bank of Ayudhya and KASIKORNBANK, on project financing to a joint venture between Thai Oil Group, and a major Japanese trading house.
  • Financing for design, engineering, supply, construction, commissioning, and operation of the first Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) operation in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
  • Lenders to Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Co., Ltd. on financing for acquisition of the Ratchaburi power plant from the Energy Generating Authority of Thailand.
  • Lenders to Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Co., Ltd. on financing for acquisition of the Ratchaburi power plant from the Energy Generating Authority of Thailand. Subsequent refinancing and advising Krung Thai Bank PLC and Thai EXIM as lenders on project financing to a solar power plant with an installed 220 MW capacity in Minbu, Myanmar.

EDUCATION

  • Fordham University School of Law (LL.M. in International Trade & Business Law, 1996)
  • Thammasat University (Diploma in Thai and English Translation, 1994)
  • Thammasat University (Diploma in Business Law, 1991)
  • Thammasat University (LL.B., 1989)

CERTIFICATE

  • Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers

QUALIFICATION

  • Thai lawyer license, 1988

MEMBERSHIP

  • Member of the Lawyers Council of Thailand
  • Extraordinary Member of Thai Bar Association
  • Thai Court Authorized Translator and Interpreter

OTHER EXPERIENCE/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • served as Somprasong Land Public Co., Ltd. (1994)
  • served as Diethelm & Co., Ltd. (1989 – 1994)

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