Naiyachon has been appointed as our Managing Partner of JTJB International Lawyers since August 2015. He was previously experienced in a leading International law firm, specializing in Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Shipping & Maritime and Transportation. While his practice has been focused on litigation in the past 15 years, he has a rich practice experience in handling both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Naiyachon has focused in Shipping & Maritime and Transportation practices, Naiyachon’s areas of work include maritime disputes on charterparty claim, demurrage claims, bunker claim, cargo claim, and arrest & release of vessel. Naiyachon has also been involved in a shipping project transactional work such as registration of vessels, flag of ship, logistic and freight forwarder contract, and international trade transaction. He also has handled arbitration case in Thailand and international arbitration e.g. Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA), London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), ICC International Court of Arbitration etc.
Naiyachon’s litigation work has generally been in the area of Business and Commercial Dispute in both Local Thai Court and Arbitration especially in construction dispute, shareholder dispute, labour dispute, intellectual property dispute and class action claim as well as trade competition dispute.
For non-litigation matters, Naiyachon has extensive experience in commercial agreement, environmental & regulatory and real estate transaction.
Naiyachon has been appointed to be the Panel of Arbitrators of the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC).
Naiyachon has been ranked as Recommended Lawyer on Transportation Practice by Legal 500 and Distinguished Practitioner on Dispute Resolution by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2018 – 2021. He was also ranked as Litigation Star on Commercial and Transactions, Shipping, Intellectual Property by Benchmark Litigation 2019 – 2020. Furthermore, Naiyachon is listed in the Thailand Top 100 Lawyers published by Asia Business Law Journal in 2018 – 2020.
In addition, Naiyachon was a legal lecturer in Maritime Law, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Law and Labour Law at Thai International Freight Forwarders Association (TIFFA), Asia Business Connect and some Public Company Limited in Thailand.
Naiyachon obtained LL.B. and LL.M. (International Trade Law) from Thammasat University and he also obtained Barrister-at-Law from Thai Bar Association and Certificate of Specialized Environmental Lawyer from Lawyer Council of Thailand.
JTJB International Lawyers Co., Ltd., is a part of JOSEPH TAN JUDE BENNY LLP, our main office and a global law firm which has a network in 10 countries with over 100 highly trained professionals in many different legal practices.
Our main office traces its history back to February 1988, where the practices of our founding partners Joseph Tan and Jude Benny, were merged and renamed as Joseph Tan Jude Benny. The firm started to focus mainly on maritime law, real estate and conveyancing. Since then, we have been growing tremendously to the full-service law firm we are today. We are also the only Thailand member of ADVOC, a global network of independent law firms spanning over 70 countries.
Our Bangkok office was launched in September 2005 and is now being under the leadership of our Managing Partner Mr. Naiyachon Tathong, who has previously been the head of litigation at another leading international law firm in Bangkok. In addition, our Partners, namely Mr. Bunnasomboon Chaiparinya (known as “Aaron”) and Mr. Kosol Suriyaporn, are highly experienced and skilled in the fields of Corporate and M&A as well as Tax & Customs respectively.
On 1st February 2023, JTJB merged with AWP & Alliance (formerly known as Apisith & Alliance). Following the merger, Apisith John Sutham acts a consultant, while Ms. Pattaravadee Kongcharoenniwat and Ms. Wiyadathawin Luenchavee have become JTJB’s new partners in the Intellectual Property and Corporate & Commercial Practices, respectively. The combination of JTJB and AWP & Alliance maximizes and further expands the full range of legal services available to our clients and potential clients.
We are a firm with “soul and honesty”. Our primary differentiation from other firms is the level of care we put into our client’s work and the realization of unreasonable legal fees. We understand your business goals, and thus our aim is to provide liable, accurate, fast, practical, and creative legal solutions to offer service even exceeding our clients’ expectations with suitable and effective client fee structures. With rich experiences and an extensive global network, our clients can always count on our dedicated professionals to go the extra mile.
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