Weerawong Chittmittrapap

Weerawong Chittmittrapap is the Chairman of Oxford Acuity and is the Founder & Senior Partner at Weerawong C&P, one of the largest law firms in Thailand. Weerawong is widely recognised as one of Thailand’s most experienced lawyers in banking and finance, capital markets, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and insolvency, and public-private partnerships for the development of major infrastructure projects in Thailand.

Weerawong is renowned for advising clients on strategic transactions, including some of the largest mergers and acquisitions in Southeast Asia to date, in both the private and the public sectors. He has been recognised as a Senior Statesman by Chambers and Partners and Asialaw (2013-2021), a Leading Lawyer by The Legal 500 (2008-2021), a Market Leader by IFLR1000, an IFLR Asia Best Lawyer (2019-2021) and a member of The Legal 500 Hall of Fame.

Weerawong has also been a Special Advisor to the Association of Listed Companies of Thailand and the author of The Roles, Duties and Responsibilities of the Directors of Listed Companies (Stock Exchange of Thailand 1997) and The Roles and Liabilities of the Directors of Financial Institutions (Bank of Thailand in 2002). In 2004, when the Securities and Exchange Commission published its own book on Directors’ Roles and Liabilities, Weerawong was appointed a member of its reading committee. Based on the recommendation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Weerawong was retained by the World Bank to assist in its preparation of the Corporate Governance Country Assessment of the Kingdom of Thailand (September 2005). He has been the instructor of the Directors Roles and Liabilities course for the Thai Institute of Directors since its establishment in 2001.

Aside from his legal work, Weerawong is both an avid entrepreneur with multiple residential and commercial real estate projects in Thailand, and a mindful social entrepreneur who founded the Clear & Create Foundation, a non-profit charitable entity whose aim is to build an ecosystem to solve the debt problem for millions of underprivileged Thais.

During his leisure time, Weerawong plays tennis, table-tennis and Muay Thai. He also enjoys decorating his residence and often seeks rare paintings, sculptures, vinyls and art-toys to add to his personal collection.