Curriculum Vitae Miss Panisa Suwanmatajarn Tel: 66-84 -1344143 Fax: 66-2 - 2756328 E-mail: panisa79@yahoo.com Education LL.M. (IP and IT Laws) (With Merit) (2006-2007) Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom Other Qualifications LL.M. (Business Law) (2002-2003) Chulalongkorn University, LL.B. (1996-2000) Thammasat University, Thammasat University Leadership Program (2015) Thailand and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), King Prajadhipok s Institute (2014) Japan Patent Office (JPO) / Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Training Course for Lawyers (2010) Tokyo, Japan Certificate on Notarial Services Attorney (2009) Lawyer Council of Thailand Certificate on English for Lawyers Training Programme (2005) Thammasat University Certificate on Patent Attorney Training Programme (2005) The Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand Diploma in International Taxation Law (2003) The Institute of Legal Education, the Thai Bar, Thailand Work Experiences 1. Managing Director and Legal Counsel (2017 Present) Federated International GemLab (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Mouawad Group) Responsibilities covering Thailand, Switzerland and Hong Kong include: Management Matters overseeing all operation of the company to meet the sale target, overseeing and controlling budget, cooperating with CFO and reviewing consolidated incomes and expenses statement, financial statements and balance sheets, recruiting
2 and evaluating staffs performance and cooperating with IT outsourcing on all IT matters. Legal Matters preparing and revising draft several commercial contracts, handling all corporate matters, setting up new branch offices and opening bank accounts by coordinating with overseas lawyers, registering trade marks / service marks in several countries, registering domain names, obtaining all required licenses and providing all legal advice to the Board of Directors and Shareholders. 2. Senior Associate (2011 2016) Siam Premier International Law Office Limited Responsibilities covering Thailand, Laos and Myanmar include: Corporate, Commercial and M&A - Overseeing and advising on general corporate matters such as setting up new companies, changing company directors and transferring of shares, dissolution of companies, etc; - Advising on re-structuring of companies structure; - Drafting and reviewing transaction documents in relation to companies restructuring such as joint venture agreements, shareholders agreements and share transfer instruments, etc; - Conducting legal due diligence; - Advising on various commercial agreements such as: outsourcing agreements; sale and purchase agreements; to sale and to purchase agreements; business cooperation agreements; agreement for supply of goods; independent contractor agreements; business management agreements; escrow agreements; custodian agreements; assignment agreements; licensing agreements; hotel management and hotel consultancy services agreement; leasing agreements; hire purchase agreements; factoring agreements; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts and its ancillary contracts; and Power purchase agreements, etc; and - Providing legal advices on various commercial issues such as: a) Advising on the issues in relation to selling and advertising of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; b) Advising on product liability and conducting presentation to clients staff members on Thai product liability law; c) Advising on the matters in relation to obtaining licenses for manufacturing, selling and importing of products governed by the Food and Drug Administration; d) Advising on issues related to tort and breach of agreements and possible adverse effects after termination of agreements; e) Advising on issues related to corruption; f) Advising on issues in relation to obtaining the Board of Investment Promotion s Incentives/Privileges; and g) Advising on issues in relation to obtaining the Foreign Business Licenses, etc. Labour and Employment - Drafting and reviewing work rules and regulations;
Real Estate 3 - Drafting and reviewing employment agreements; and - Advising on various labour issues such as termination of employment contract, relationship between the employer and employee, severance payment, moving of employment work place, etc. - Conducting due diligence on lands and existing buildings; - Drafting and reviewing various agreements related to real estate matters such as sale and purchase agreements and lease agreements, etc; and - Advising on various real estate matters such as required licenses/permits for building and occupying of buildings, zoning, using of public domain, how to operate businesses in the area governed by Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), and the benefits for operating businesses in the area governed by IEAT. Intellectual Property 1. Patent - Advising on patent prosecution matters; - Handling possible patent infringement cases both for owners and possible infringers; and - Advising on updated status of relevant laws and regulations and practices such as status of revised patent law. 2. Trade Mark - Advising on trade mark prosecution matters both inbound and outbound; - Drafting and advising on trade mark licensing agreements; - Advising on trade mark infringement matters; and - Updating on trade mark relevant laws and regulations and practices. 3. Copyright - Advising on contentious and non-contentious copyright matters; - Advising on issues related to copyright such as unfair trade practice and competition law; and - Updating on relevant laws and regulations such as status of revised copyright law. Information Technology Compliance - Drafting and reviewing on software development agreements and software licensing agreements; - Advising clients on laws and regulations applicable to online businesses such as consumer protection, labelling, food and drug, alcohol, tobacco, chemical products, computer related crime and data privacy and hotel and condominium rental, etc. - Advising and handling for hotline (whistleblower) services for client s group company and arranging for training of the same for the client s group company staff members;
4 - Handling for compliance on the clients employment and working manual and handbook and arranging for training of the same for the clients staff members; - Handling for compliance on the client s anti-corruption / anti-bribery material, anti-trust and competition law and import and export matters and arranging for training of the same for the clients staffs; and - Handling for compliance on all land and real estate matters for clients. 3. Associate (2008 2011) Siam City Offices Limited and Chavalit & Associates Limited Responsibilities include: Unfair Competition/Anti-Trust - Advising on general matters in relation to unfair competition/anti-trust matters such as the matters related to the dominant position under the Competition Act; - Advising on movement of Thai competition law and related regulations; - Making a presentation to clients staff members on Thai competition law; and - Attending meetings and making a presentation on behalf of Thai Retailers Association (TRA) to the Board of Thai Chamber of Commerce and high ranking officials of the Ministry of Commerce on the issue related to the Regulation of the Office of Trade Competition Commission regarding Guidelines on trade practices between large-scale retails and suppliers. Corporate and Commercial - Advising on general corporate matters such as setting up new companies, changing company s directors and transfer of shares, etc. - Conducting legal due diligence for merger or acquiring transactions; - Advising on selling and advertising of alcoholic beverages; - Advising on product liability and conducting presentation to clients staff members on Thai product liability law; - Advising on tort and breach of agreements and adverse effects after termination of agreements; - Reviewing and commenting on various commercial agreements such as shares purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, sale and purchase agreements, to sale and to purchase agreements, lease agreements, and outsourcing agreements, etc; - Advising on setting up foundations and associations; - Advising on importation of chemical substances to be used / sold in Thailand; - Working for Thai Retailers Association (TRA) on the drafting and providing comments of the Draft Wholesaling and Retailing Businesses Act. Moreover, preparing a positioning letter on behalf of Thai Retailer Association (TRA) to be submitted to the Prime Minister, Secretary of Council of State, Minister of Commerce, and Deputy Minister of Commerce regarding the Draft Wholesaling and Retailing Businesses Act; and
5 - Attending the meetings held by the Council of State, Parliament, and the Ministry of Commerce on behalf of the retail s clients and Thai Retailer Association (TRA) on the draft Wholesaling and Retailing Businesses Act. Employment and Labor - Advising on various labor issues such as severance payment, adverse effects of termination of employment agreement and employee s noncompetition, etc; - Drafting and reviewing employment agreements; and - Drafting and reviewing work rules and regulations. Intellectual Property 1. Patent - Preparing documents for filling new patent applications and amending of the applications according to the official s instructions; - Handling possible patent infringement cases both for owners and possible infringers; and - Advising on status of relevant laws and regulation such as the draft amendment of patent law. 2. Trade Mark - Handling trade mark prosecutions both inbound and outbound; - Drafting and revising trade mark licensing agreement; - Investigating and collecting evidence and information in respect of trade mark infringement; - Advising on the trade mark infringement matters including domain name implication; - Assisting litigators on trade mark dispute cases; and - Advising on status of Thailand trademark law and related regulations and practices. 3. Copyright - Advising on the copyright infringement matters; - Advising on the collective management matters; - Advising on issues related to copyright such as unfair trade practice and competition law; and - Assisting litigators on software development dispute cases. Information Technology and Telecommunication Real Estate - Reviewing and commenting on agreements regarding software development, software supply, IT services, and telecommunication and information technology matters; - Advising on telecommunication, information technology, trade secret and data protection s matters; and - Advising on various real estate matters such as how to operate businesses in the area governed by Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), the benefit of operating businesses in the area governed by IEAT, and area of
Insurance 6 setting up of retail outlet and required licenses prior to building up of retail outlet, etc.; - Conducting land due diligence; and - Drafting and reviewing various agreements related to real estate matters such as sale and purchase agreement and lease agreement. - Advising on the issues related to insurance such as coverage risk, exclusion and premium/damages payments, insurance policy and etc.; and - Assisting litigation team on the cases related to insurance. 4. Legal Officer (2003 2008) Legal Officer The Department of Intellectual Property Ministry of Commerce, Thailand Responsibilities include: - Member of working group on revision of Intellectual Property Laws and related Rules and Regulations; - Member of working group on the accession to Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and Patent Cooperation Treaty ; - Member of Compilation of Intellectual Property Laws working group. - Revising relevant laws to comply with Doha Declaration; - Representative of Government to attend the international meetings of WIPO such as Patent Law Treaty and WIPO Development Agenda; - Member of working group for drafting bilateral and multilateral cooperation on intellectual property; - Member of FTA Thai-Australia and FTA Thai-Japan working group on the intellectual property section; - Member of working group to organize local, regional and international meetings/seminars/workshops on intellectual property for Government of Thailand; and - Member of selected team, Bright and Smart of the Ministry of Commerce. 5. Clerk (February April 2007) Baker & McKenzie LLP London, United Kingdom Responsibilities include: - Corresponding with foreign associates regarding registration and renewal of trade marks; and - Maintaining internal records of clients. Academic Articles - Parallel Import: Another Aspect, 10 th Anniversary of Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Special Issue 2007. - Patentability of Software-Related Invention, Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, May-June 2008.
7 - Patent Law Reform, Chavalit & Associates Limited Newsletter, 1 st Issue. - Legal Issues on Filing a Lawsuit against an Infringer in Thailand, Indochina Practice Bulletin, July 2009. - Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): Thailand s Step Forward, Indochina Practice Bulletin, October 2009. - Competition Law of Thailand, the Court of Justice Magazine, Issue No. 4, April to May 2009. - Thailand and Competition Law, Thai Listed Companies Association Newsletter Issues Nos. 13 and 14. - Anti- Camcording Act: Another alternative to reduce a copyright infringement problem in the motion picture industry in Thailand, Central of Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Special Issue 2010. - New Chapter of Thailand Trade Mark Act, Indochina Practice Bulletin, July 2010. - Review of Thailand Copyright Act, Indochina Practice Bulletin, October 2010. - The New Era of Thai Trade Mark Law, AIPPI E-News No.22, February 2012. - The Notification of Thai Department of Intellectual Property Requesting Acceptance of Substantive Examination Reports of ASEAN Members Patent Offices, AIPPI E-News No. 24, April 2012. - The Memorandum of Bilateral Cooperation between the Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Intellectual Property Shortlist Update, Siam Premier International Law Office Limited, March 2012. - The Memorandum of Cooperation on Industrial Property between the Intellectual Property Offices of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Japan Patent Office, Intellectual Property Shortlist Update, Siam Premier International Law Office Limited, April 2012. - Madrid Protocol Trademark Registration System and Thailand s Preparation for Accession, Newsletter, Siam Premier International Law Office Limited, Special Issue, July 2012. - Thailand and Privacy Protection, Newsletter, Siam Premier International Law Office Limited, Special Issue, September 2012. - Private Participation in State Undertaking Act B.E. 2556, Newsletter, Siam Premier International Law Office Limited, July 2013. - Order of the Administrative Court and an Interim Injunction for Temporary Suspension of the Enforcement of the Ministry of Public Health s Notification, Newsletter, Siam Premier International Law Office Limited, September 2013. - Digital Thailand, Newspaper, Post Today, 2016 - Battle Strategies: Winning at Patent Litigation, Asia IP Magazine, June and July 2016. - Take Back, Asia IP Magazine, September 2016 Academic Books and Publications - The Lao PDR Legal Handbook for Investment: 2013, Published by Lao Premier International Law Office Limited Members - Member of the Lawyers Council of Thailand
8 - Member of Thai Bar Languages - Thai - English