Appointment of Monsicha (Mint) Pongrujikorn as Counsel in the Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure practice

Published on Nov 18, 2024

18 November 2024, Bangkok - Chandler MHM announced today the appointment of Monsicha (Mint) Pongrujikorn as Counsel in its Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure practice

Monsicha specializes in natural resources and energy transactions and has extensive and diverse experience acting as in-house counsel with a supermajor multinational energy corporation and as a project finance lawyer with a magic circle international law firm. She brings to the firm and its clients a unique perspective and a deep understanding of the business, along with a broad network within the industry, through her award-winning contribution to the Association of International Energy Negotiators.

Her oil and gas legal experience includes advising on full value-chain business operations contracting, multi-million-to-billion-dollar major projects and transactions in both upstream and downstream during periods of major change; providing legal, regulatory, policy, and strategic advice to the business, including on corporate and commercial matters, emergencies and crisis management, legal operations, and digital transformation. Monsicha's project financing experience includes advising on cross-border renewable power and infrastructure projects across the ASEAN region. 

Monsicha is an England and Wales qualified solicitor with international experience from London, Bangkok, and Hong Kong and has an MBA from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Chisako Takaya and Joseph Tisuthiwongse, co-managing partners, commented, "We are delighted to welcome Khun Monsicha to the Firm and to our leading energy and infrastructure practice.  For over 50 years, we have played an integral role in Thailand’s natural resources sector, including our role in the development of the Petroleum Act. The addition of Khun Monsicha and her expertise in this sector builds on our long-standing reputation in the market along with our continuing focus on energy transition.”