Thailand

Chanakarn Boonyasith

Position:Partner | Corporate & Commercial

Firm:Tilleke & Gibbins

Email:chanakarn.b@tilleke.com

Website: https://www.tilleke.com/

Address:Supalai Grand Tower, 26th Floor, 1011 Rama 3 Road, Chongnonsi, Yannawa, Bangkok 10120

Main Expertise:

  • Labor & Employment
  • Workforce Restructuring
  • Employment Compliance
  • Workplace Investigations
  • Employee Data Protection

Related Industries:

  • Manufacturing
  • Financial Services
  • Hospitality
  • Education
  • Biopharmaceuticals

Chanakarn Boonyasith is a Partner in the Employment practice at Tilleke & Gibbins in Bangkok. She advises multinational and domestic clients on a broad range of labor and employment matters, including workforce restructuring, executive terminations, employment contracts, regulatory compliance, workplace investigations, and employee data protection. With extensive experience across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, financial services, hospitality, transportation, retail, education, biopharmaceuticals, and mining, she is known for delivering commercially focused and practical solutions to complex employment challenges. Chanakarn is recognized as a leading employment lawyer in Thailand by Chambers and Partners and Asia Business Law Journal.

Qualifications and Memberships:

Admitted to the Thai Bar, 2010

Qualified Notarial Services Attorney

Education:

LL.M., International Business Law, University College London

LL.B., Chulalongkorn University

Awards:

Recognized as an A-List Thailand Top Lawyer by Asia Business Law Journal (2023–2025)

Ranked in the Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide for Employment (Thailand) for five consecutive years (2022–2026), including Band 2 recognition in 2023–2026

Named among the Top 10 Influential Employment Lawyers Reshaping Thailand's Work Landscape by Business Today (2023)

Led the Labour and Employment practice at SCL Nishimura & Asahi, recognized as a Band 3 practice by The Legal 500

Languages:Thai, English

 

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