Pisut Rakwong

Pisut is the Founder and Managing Partner of Pisut & Partners. His main areas of practice are dispute resolution, corporate, insolvency and restructuring, trade competition, labour & employment, insurance, administrative and white-collar criminal matters. Pisut has extensive experience in Thai court proceedings, as well as in arbitrations under the ICC and TAI rules.

Prior to establishing Pisut & Partners, Pisut was the Litigation Partner at Silk Legal, an international law firm based in Bangkok, where he was a key driver of new business to the firm. Previously, as Managing Partner of Jus Laws & Consult, an independent Bangkok law firm, Pisut was engaged in building their litigation department and improving firm management.

From 2010 to 2015, Pisut was the Chief Litigator at Price Sanond Prabhas & Wynne (formerly known as “Deacons”), where he handled major litigation and arbitration matters, as well as providing legal advice in various fields relevant to his domestic and international corporate clients.

From 2003 – 2010, Pisut held a partnership role at Rapeepat Public Law Office, where he handled many civil and commercial disputes in the Thai courts as well as arbitration matters.

Notable Litigation & Arbitration Cases

• Advised the world’s largest express transportation company in relation to international carriage claims in Thailand.
• Advised a group of celebrities on criminal charges in relation to allegations of improperly promoting alcoholic beverages through social media.
• Advised a global reinsurer in relation to property damage and business interruption claims arising from the Bangkok unrest in May 2010.
• Advised a Japanese trading company on THB 2 billion in claims brought by a Thai state enterprise in the South Bangkok Civil Court concerning a contract for the supply of turbines for a power plant and the related arbitration provisions.
• Pursued a claim in arbitration under the ICC rules on behalf of a well-known construction advisory firm against its customer in connection with disputes over a hospitality project.
• Advised a US-listed company against the Royal Thai Air Force in order to enforce the Arbitral Award in connection with flight simulation systems and governmental procurement.
• Pursued a THB 2 billion claim in the South Bangkok Civil Court on behalf of a global explosives company against an influential Thai family in connection with wrongful conduct.
• Advised a global financial institution against a THB 350 million claim from a well-known hospitality group in Thailand in the Phuket Provincial Court in connection with a breach of contract.
• Advised a global airline against a claim from passengers in the Intellectual Property & International Trade Court (IP/IT Court) in connection with a breach of carriage contract.
• Advised a Japanese shareholder against another shareholder’s request for the Civil Court to revoke a shareholders’ resolution of the joint venture company.