Sudarat Siriviriyakul

A Thai-qualified associate in our Bangkok office's energy and infrastructure team, Sudarat focuses her practice on infrastructure and energy project development and financing, renewable energy, mergers and acquisitions transactions, and corporate and commercial matters.

Prior to joining Hunton Andrews Kurth, Sudarat was an associate at a Magic Circle firm in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore, where she advised local and international clients on banking and projects, real estate, financial regulations, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

M&A and Project Development

• Represented Constant Energy in relation to an equity investment by Virya Energy, the renewable energy arm of Belgium-based Eurowatt.
• Represented Electricity Generating Public Co., Ltd.  as counsel in connection with the multi-million-dollar divestment of its 49 percent stake in RISEC Holdings, LLC (RISEC), the parent company to an entity that holds a 609 MW natural gas fire combined-cycle power plant in the state of Rhode Island, to Shell Energy North America (US), LP (SENA).
• Acted as local counsel to SDIC Mining on the acquisition of a controlling interest in a large potash mine in northern Thailand in Udon Thani Province, with the mining rights granted to Asia Pacific Potash Corporation (“APPC”), a subsidiary of Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited (“ITD”). The stake sale is being run through a competitive bidding managed by APPC.
• Represented Electricity Generating Public Co., Ltd. on its re-entry into the Indonesian infrastructure and utility market by way of a strategic investment in newly issued shares worth US$194 million and representing a 30 percent ownership interest in PT Chandra Daya Investasi (CDI), which is a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (JK: TPIA), Indonesia’s leading chemical company engaging in infrastructure solutions and operating an integrated petrochemical plant.
• Represented Banpu North America Corporation, a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary and holding company of Thai stock-listed Banpu Public Company Limited, as the sponsor and major shareholder of BKV Corporation in connection with BKV’s initial public offering and listing of certain of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
• Acted as US and Thai acquisition counsel to Electricity Generating Public Co., Ltd.  on its acquisition of a 50 percent membership interest in US-based Compass portfolio consisting of three operating gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine electricity generation facilities in northeastern United States with a total combined capacity of 1,325 MW.
• Advised Banpu Next Co., Ltd. in connection with an acquisition of 100% equity interest in the operational power project located in Rayong, Thailand adverse to seller, ENGIE South East Asia Pte. Ltd.
• Represented BPIN Investment Company Limited, an affiliate of Banpu Public Company Limited, in the divestment of approximately 47.50% equity stake in Sunseap Group Pte. Ltd. for US$ 364 million to EDP Renováveis SA (EDPR), a renewable energy company incorporated in Spain and listed on the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange of Portugal.
• Representing a Thai stock exchange-listed and one of its largest independent energy developers on the potential acquisition of a strategic ownership interest in a 972 MW operational combined-cycle natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant in New Jersey, USA, whose electricity output is sole to both the New York and New Jersey electricity markets, covering New York City and other neighboring metropolitan areas
• Representing Thailand-based energy develop on the documentation, negotiation and finalization of the investment, project and finance documents for the development, construction, financing and operation of a 600 MW wind power project and related transmission line and facilities in Southern Lao PDR for the cross-border sale of electricity output to Vietnam

Project Finance

• Advised Constant Energy, a major rooftop solar power project developer and Independent Power Producer in Asia Pacific, on its refinancing with one of the Thailand’s largest commercial banks, KASIKORNBANK, for its portfolio of solar rooftop projects with the installed capacity of approximately 13.7 MW held by two project companies in Thailand.
• Acting as international and Thai lender counsel to Asian Development Bank, KASIKORNBANK PCL and responsAbility Investment AG for the limited recourse project financing to Green Yellow Solar 1 (Thailand) Co., Ltd. to complete the development and construction of a portfolio of up to approximately 90 MW of rooftop, ground-mount and floating solar C&I projects with private commercial offtakers located throughout Thailand
• Acting as borrower’s and sponsors’ counsel to Constant Energy Solar (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and the Constant Energy and Olympus Capital groups on the limited recourse project financing from Thai Military Bank Public Company Limited to develop and construct a portfolio of 75-90 MW of rooftop, ground-mount and floating solar C&I projects with private commercial offtakers located throughout Thailand

• Recognized as a Leader in Thailand: Projects and Energy (2025), The Legal 500 Asia Pacific

• Extraordinary Member, Thai Bar Association
• Lawyer’s License, Lawyers Council of Thailand