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Veritas Law is a full-service independent law firm founded by Mr. Ruengrit Pooprasert, a well-known Thai lawyer who had worked in both international and regional law firms for 20 years. This unique experience places us in the best position to provide practical and holistic services for all clients. Veritas Law is a modern, innovative and commercially focused law firm. Our lawyers combine knowledge of the local markets with an understanding of its clients’ business and legal needs to provide practical and commercial solutions.

We offer clients a range of legal advice, broadly covering company secretarial service, corporate transactional work, employment and HR/IR, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, personal data protection and privacy, anti-corruption and bribery and joint venture. With the collaboration from our dedicated partners, we also have capability to serve clients in the area of litigation and dispute resolution. This emphasizes our quality legal representation covering all client’s needs from the general advice to crises resolution. It ascribes its success to the level of service which it gives to clients delivering what they want, on time and in an easily accessible manner that is localized. In particular, Ruengrit’s practice areas involves:

Corporate & Commercial

Cross Boarder Transaction

Employment and HR/IR

Foreign Direct Investment

Mergers and Acquisitions

Personal Data Protection and Privacy

Ruengrit has been involved in a number of acquisitions and disposals of equity in Thailand, in sectors such as food, property, automobile, telecommunications and manufacturing.

He is also experienced in the resources and energy sector and advised the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) on its privatisation and initial public offering.

Ruengrit is an experienced corporate lawyer, specialising in international business transactions, cross-border M&A and foreign direct investment laws. He began his career in 1999 as an international associate with a US firm in Cleveland, Ohio, advising on Thai law in commercial contracts and foreign investment in Thailand.

Ruengrit established Veritas Law Limited in February 2019 as a Founder and Managing Partner.

His previous experience was as an International Associate in Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (1999 – 2000), Associate in Allen & Overy (Thailand) Limited (2000 – 2002) and Herbert Smith (Thailand) Limited (2002 – 2004), a Senior Associate in Minter Ellison, based in Thailand & Australia (2004 – 2006), a Resident Partner in ZICOlaw (Thailand) Limited (2006 – 2016), and a Partner in Blumenthal Richter & Sumet Limited (2016 – June 2019).

Ruengrit holds a Master of Laws from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA and Bachelor of Laws from the Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand.

He receives certificates in Director Certification Program (DCP120) and Audit Committee Program (ACP28) from the Thai Institute of Directors in 2009 and a certificate in Public Director Certification Program from the Public Director Institute in 2010. Recently in 2019, he receives certificates in Data Protection Officer (DPO) Training Course from ACIS Professional Center.

Ruengrit wrote the Thailand section in “A Global Competition Review Special Report on Telecoms and Media 2005 – Getting the Deal Through”, and the Thailand section in “Hiring the Best Qualified and Most Talented Employees Handbook on Global Recruiting, Screening, Testing and Interviewing Criteria” published by Kluwer Law International and International Bar Association in 2008. He wrote publications on Country Feature of Thailand in the Islamic Finance News on a regular basis.

In 2007 to 2008, Ruengrit was an Expert to the Committee on Consumer Protection, National Legislative Assembly. In 2008 to March 2009, he was on the Sub-Committee to the Investigation and Adjudication Bureau, Office of the Election Commission of Thailand.

In March 2009 to October 2011, he was a member of the Board and an Audit Committee of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority of Thailand. In September 2013, he was appointed by the Senate to be the advisor to the Sub-Committee on Air Transport under the Senate Standing Committee on Transportation; and to the Sub-Committee on Studying and Examining the Transportation Contract under the Senate Standing Committee on Transportation, and recently in 2018 to 2019, he was appointed as a sub-committee of the Law Reform of Thailand.

Recently, he was named as the A-list - Thailand’s Top 100 Lawyers from Asian Business Law Journal