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Pushing for ESG Due Diligence in Thailand
In recent years, potential buyers and investors all around the world have begun to place emphasis on conducting Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Due Diligence (“ESG Due Diligence”) on target companies they are looking to invest in or acquire. As a consequence, ESG issues are now fundamental to the investment decision-making process of investors. In practice, ESG Due Diligence may have various elements, including: negative screening (i.e., using an exclusion list or policy to comb through and flag/eliminate companies that have a history of violating international standards or regulations, or which engage in illegal or controversial businesses, such as the manufacturing ...To read the full article, please see the PDF file
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He advises on a wide range of merger-and-acquisition transactions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, general corporate, international corporate finance, and restructurings. His expertise is advising, structuring and leading complex transactions both within and outside of Thailand. He regularly represents, among others, Japanese, Thai and international investors, international investment banks, international private equity investors, hedge funds and international corporations and financial institutions. His main areas of practice include public and private mergers and acquisitions (takeover rules), legal due diligence, joint ventures, fund raising, listings, block trades, stock exchange and securities exchange related laws, restructuring of shareholdings and general corporate advice. His additional areas of practice also cover banking and finance, renewable energy in Japan and Thailand, exchange control law, labor law, and debt restructurings. Before setting up the Bangkok office of Nishimura & Asahi in 2013, he worked with Linklaters for almost a decade. He is also a registered arbitrator of the Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) with the areas of expertise in corporate M&A, joint venture, banking and finance, capital markets, debt restructurings and energy.