Asia Chapter Event "The Evolving Energy & Petroleum Laws of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and China: A Comparative Overview of the Changing Regulatory Landscape"

Asst. Prof. Dr. Piti Eiamchamroonlarp, is the director of the LL.M. in Business Law (International Program) at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) and also a special lecturer at Thammasat University (Thailand). He holds the degrees of LL.B. (with Honours) and LL.M. (Public Law) from Thammasat University. Sponsored by the Thai Government, he obtained the degrees of LL.M. (oil and gas law) and Ph.D. (oil and gas law) from the University of Aberdeen (UK). He was admitted as a Thai lawyer by the Thai Lawyer Council and is a member of the Thai Bar Association.

His teaching and research interests are energy law, business laws, and laws relating to public private partnership (PPP) projects. At Chulalongkorn University, he is responsible for teaching petroleum law as well as law pertaining to energy and natural resources projects in Thailand and other ASEAN countries. At Thammasat University, he is responsible for teaching administrative law for business (for the LL.B. (English) Program.

Piti has served as an education Advisory Board of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). He has been appointed as a member of the sub-committee on energy businesses laws examination and development (Energy Regulatory Commission) and an arbitrator of Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) for energy and investment disputes. The Energy Regulatory Commission recognized Piti as an expert to be nominated as a member of a public hearing committee for environmental and health impact assessment of an energy project.

Monsicha (Mint) Pongrujikorn, is Counsel for Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Ltd. working on the acquisition, transition, and integration of Chevron (Thailand) Limited’s fuels and retail business by Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) as SPRC’s seconded Senior Legal Counsel.

Mint is an experienced energy and natural resources negotiator who supports Chevron’s Oil, Products, and Gas full business value chain in the Asia Pacific region with up through downstream experience in base business operations, commercial and procurement negotiations, major projects, major transactions, and emergency response, including successful and continuous transfer of Thailand’s largest operating upstream asset. Prior to Chevron, Mint was a banking and project finance lawyer at Allen & Overy (Thailand) Co., Ltd. where she worked on renewable power projects throughout the ASEAN region.

Mint is a 2023 cohort graduate of Chevron’s Local Leadership Foundation Program, has an MBA from University of Cambridge, Judge Business School with Chevening/Cambridge Partnership Scholarship and an LLB from University of Bristol. She is among one of Thailand’s first Thai national UK-qualified solicitors, trained in Allen & Overy’s London, Bangkok, and Hong Kong offices (A&O Thailand's pilot-case Trainee Solicitor). Mint is an active member of AIEN’s International Energy Summit Organizing Committee.