Kunadha is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Dispute Resolution group.
Kunadha joined Watson Farley & Williams as an Associate in 2012 and re-joined in 2016 after completing his Master of Laws from University College London (Chevening scholarship).
His experience ranges from international commercial and investment arbitration under the UNCITRAL, ICC, SIAC, TAI, HKIAC, LCIA and KCAB rules and those administered by the PCA. His experience also includes commercial litigation matters including commercial, energy, intellectual property, transportation, insurance and construction disputes as well as non-contentious matters.
In 2022, one client through Legal500 noted him to be “very diligent, responsive, precise, and organised”.
Kunadha is a dual-qualified lawyer. He has been admitted in Thailand since 2012 and in England and Wales (as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales) since 2019. Kunadha is also a certified Thai notarial services attorney.
- Advising Kingdom of Thailand and its Ministry of Energy in disputes (multi-billion US$ is in dispute, ad hoc arbitration and administered by the PCA) against multinational energy corporation relating to decommissioning of petroleum assets in the Gulf of Thailand.
- Advising a Thai and Japanese consortium in disputes (worth in excess of US$85m and referred to ICC Arbitration) with a Thai subsidiary of a listed public company concerning design and construction of a waste to energy powerplant.
- Advising a Thai paper manufacturer in disputes (worth in excess of US$50m and referred to HKIAC/UNCITRAL Arbitration) with a Chinese machinery manufacturer and a Chinese state-linked corporation concerning supply of deficient machinery.
- Advising a major Thai petroleum public limited company in a dispute (worth in excess of THB300m and referred to ICC Arbitration) against sellers under a gas sales agreement.
- Advising a Thai power company with regards to potential disputes arising from a shareholders agreement pursuant to a joint venture dam project in Lao PDR.
Education
- 2016 · LL.M. in Litigation and Dispute Resolution (with Distinction) (Chevening Scholarship), University College London (UCL)
- 2011 · LL.B., Chulalongkorn University
Memberships and Associations
- The Law Society of England and Wales
- Notarial Services Attorney
- Extraordinary member of the Thai Bar Association
- Lawyers Council of Thailand