Patharawan Chongchit
Lecturer Dr.
Patharawan Chongchit
Lecturer Dr.
Profile
Dr Patharawan Chongchit currently serves as the Director of Centre for Tax Law and a Director of Certificate in Taxation Program at Thammasat Law School. She also previously served as Assistant Dean for Public Relations and Communications to the Faculty from December 2019 to July 2022.
Prior to entering academia, Dr Patharawan Chongchit was a supervisor-legal counsel of Legal Department of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), where she earned professional experience in capital market regulations, portfolio investment, corporate, securities, corporate governance, taxation, and stock exchange practices. Before serving the SET, she was an intern at the Office of Attorney General. Dr Patharawan is also admitted to practice law in Thailand holding a lifetime lawyer’s License from the Lawyers Council of Thailand.
Dr Patharawan received a Doctor of Philosophy (Investor-State Dispute Settlement) from Monash University, Australia (Full Scholarship from Thammasat University). She also holds LLM in Commercial Law, LLM in International and Comparative Law from Monash University, and LLB (Hons) from Thammasat University, Thailand. She also held specialty and professional certificates, including Graduate Diploma in Taxation from the Institute of Legal Education of the Thai Bar, Certificate of Training in Practice and Advanced Techniques in International Business and Intellectual Property from the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, and Reginal Workshop on ICSID Regional Training from International Institute for Trade and Development in cooperation with International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank.
Educations
Educations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Investor-State Dispute Settlement), Monash University, Australia
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) (International and Comparative Law) Monash University, Australia
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) (Commercial Law) Monash University, Australia
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) with 2nd Class Honors Thammasat University, Thailand
Specialty and Professional Certificates
- Advanced Diploma in Taxation, the Institute of Legal Education of the Thai Bar, Thailand
- Certificate of Training in Practice and Advanced Techniques in International Business and Intellectual Property, the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Thailand
- Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice, The Law Society of Thailand
- Reginal Workshop on ICSID Regional Training International Institute for Trade and Development in cooperation with International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank
Thesis Topics
- A Proposed Alternative Tribrid Framework for A Multilateral Reform of The Investor-State Dispute Settlement Regime (Ph.D. Monash)
Work Experience
- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (Supervisor-Legal Counsel of Legal Department)
Areas of Interest
- The interdisciplinary studies at the intersection between politics, economics, and law.
- Laws on businesses, trade, investment, and taxation.
- Capital market regulations, Law on Securities and Stock exchange.
- Public Private Partnership (PPP).
- International tax dispute settlement.
- International investment law & investor-State dispute settlement and.
- The World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement System.
Courses Taught
Courses Taught
- Customs Law/Customs Law and Global Trade
- Law on Securities and Stock Exchange (Semester 2)
- International Investment Law (Semester 2)
- Tax Dispute Settlement
- Tax Theories and Policies
- International Tax Law
- Contemporary Issues in Taxation Research
Guest Lectures
- Legal Professions/Legal Ethics
- Legal Methods/Legal Research Methodology
- Stock Market Criminality and Insider Trading
- Indirect Taxation (Thammasat Business School)
- Tax Seminar (For Final Year Students in Accounting Major, Thammasat Business School)
- Business Dispute Resolutions (Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology)
Publications
Selected Works
- Patharawan Chongchit, ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (Thammasat Law Journal Vol. 40 No. 3 (September 2011) 604.
- Patharawan Chongchit, ‘Clearing and Settlement Systems: A Comparative Study of Korea Exchange: KRX and The Stock Exchange of Thailand’ (Thammasat Law Journal Vol 41 No. 4 (March 2012).
- Collaborative Research, Legal Issues in Interpretation and Application of Tariff Classification under the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement: A Case Study of Automotive Industries (Forthcoming).
- Patharawan Chongchit, An Analysis of Tax-Related Disputes under the World Trade Organization Jurisprudence: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations for Thailand’s Tax Policy Makers, Legislators, Administrators and Adjudicators (Research Submitted to The Research Promotion Committee, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, May 2022).
- Patharawan Chongchit, The Intersection between Taxation and International Investment Law: A Comparative Analysis with Tax-Related Dispute under the World Trade Organization and Implications for Thailand (Forthcoming).
- Patharawan Chongchit, Customs Law and Global Trade (Forthcoming).
Dr Patharawan has participated in several international conferences, for example, International Diplomacy Forum for Young Leaders, The United Nations Conference Centre, Thailand, ,the Australasian Tax Teachers Association (ATTA) Conference in Adelaide, Australia the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Conference at Australia National University (ANU), the World Trade Organization in Legal Context: Challenges of the Past and Prospect for the Future Conference at University College Dublin (UCD), Republic of Ireland, the Banking & Financial Services Law Association Conference in New Zealand and the Annual Singapore International Investment Arbitration Conference in Singapore.
Awards
Full Funded Thammasat University PhD Scholarship.