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Chavalit Uttasart

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Chavalit & Associates Limited

183 Rajanakarn Building, 20th Floor, South Sathorn Road,
Yannawa Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand

Tel: (66) 2 676 6667, (66) 2 676 6668
Fax: (66) 2 676 6188, (66) 2 676 6189
chavalit@chavalitlaw.com;
chavalitlaw@chavalitlaw.com
www.chavalitlaw.com


Mr. Chavalit UTTASART was born in Bangkok on December 13, 1948. He graduated in Bachelor Degree of Law with Second Class Honors from Chulalongkorn University. He also obtained the Barrister-at-law degree from both the Thai Institute of Legal Education and Gray’s Inn, London, England.

He has been practicing law in Thailand since 1977. At present, he is the managing partner of Chavalit Law group consisting of Siam City Law Offices Limited (SCL), Chavalit and Associates Limited (C&A), and Chavalit Finch & Partner Limited (CFP) which were founded by Mr. Chavalit and his strong legal background and experience partners since March 2005. All three firms combined are full service law firms, SCL’s practices include corporate, labor, taxation, merger & acquisition, litigation, immigration and real estate. C&A is specialized in the laws of intellectual property, information technology and telecommunication. CFP practices mainly in the field of real estate.

Being a recognized practitioner, he has expertise in the fields of law including corporate, merger and acquisition, international trade, intellectual property, information technology, litigation and arbitration.

He is a part time lecturer at many well known universities of Thailand on subjects including International Trade and Investment Law, Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology Law such as:
  • Thammasart University
  • Ramkhamhaeng University
  • The Institute of Legal Education Thai Bar Association
  • Bangkok University
He is a member of:
  • The Institute of Legal Education Thai Bar Association
  • The Lawyers Council of Thailand
  • Intellectual Property Association of Thailand
  • Association International pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrialle
  • Asian Patent Attorney Association, and
  • ASEAN Law Association
  • International Trademark Association
He was and still is, in some positions:
  • President of Trade Mark, Patent and Copyright Association
  • Member of Trade Mark Law Review Committee appointed by the Parliament
  • Member of Law Sub-Committee of the Broad of Investment of Thailand
  • International Trade Law and Relation Development Sub-Committee of the Judicial Council
  • President of the AIPPI Thai Group; Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee of Inter-Pacific Bar Association;
  • Member of the Electronic Transaction Committee;
  • Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Developing The Law on Information Technology, etc.
  • President of the APAA Thai Group
He wrote many legal and academic articles which published in both local and international journals and publications as follows:
  • “English Judges”, published in Chulalongkorn Law Journal, 1975
  • “Study Laws in England”, Published in Chulalongkorn University Law Journal, 1976
  • “Consumer Protection and Hire Purchase Laws in England” and “C.I.F. Contract”, published in Thai Bar Law Journal in 1977 and 1978 respectively
  • “Copyright Law in Thailand”, published in the 6th Law Asia Conference Publications,
  • “Protection of Industrial Property”, published in the ASEAN Law Association Conference Publication in August 1982, and
  • “International Trade Law” published by the Institute of Legal Education, etc.,.
Mr. Chavalit UTTASART can be reached at Chavalit@Chavalitlaw.com or Chavalit@siamcitylaw.com or phone number 66-2-676-6667-8