Formichella & Sritawat Contributes to Chambers Global Practice Guide: Technology M&A 2026

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Formichella & Sritawat is pleased to announce its contribution to the Technology M&A 2026 edition of the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide. 

The Chambers Technology M&A Global Practice Guide brings together leading practitioners from around the world to provide comparative legal analysis on the regulatory, commercial, and transactional issues shaping technology-driven mergers and acquisitions. The 2026 edition places particular emphasis on emerging trends in legal technology, digital platforms, data-driven transactions, and cross-border M&A activity.

Formichella & Sritawat contributed the Thailand: Law and Practice chapter to the Technology M&A 2026 Global Practice Guide, analysing the statutory, regulatory, and practical considerations applicable to technology M&A transactions in Thailand. The chapter highlights key transaction structures, approval processes, foreign ownership issues, and legal risks relevant to both domestic and cross-border technology acquisitions.

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Authors

  • John Formichella

    John Formichella is a founding partner of Formichella & Sritawat and leads the firm’s Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) group. He has more than 27 years of telecommunications and technology experience across Asia, including serving as Vice President and General Counsel of a NASDAQ-listed telecommunications company. His work focuses on international market-entry strategy, telecommunications infrastructure, spectrum policy, and cross-border TMT developments, working alongside the firm’s Thai-licensed lawyers on matters involving Thailand. Earlier in his career, he contributed to work concerning the telecommunications provisions of the proposed United States-Thailand Free Trade Agreement. He is admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C.

  • Naytiwut Jamallsawat is a partner at Formichella & Sritawat and heads the firm’s Corporate and Regulatory practice. He advises multinational and Thai clients on complex regulatory and transactional matters, with particular emphasis on telecommunications, satellite services, media, data privacy, cybersecurity, energy, and foreign investment. His work includes market-entry structuring, licensing and regulatory compliance, regulated transactions, and conventional and renewable energy projects.
    Naytiwut is ranked Band 2 for TMT by Chambers Asia-Pacific and a Leading Partner for TMT by The Legal 500. He holds an LL.B. from Chulalongkorn University and LL.M. degrees from the University of Kent and the University of Dundee.

  • Onnicha Khongthon is a senior associate at Formichella & Sritawat with more than seven years of experience across telecommunications, media, and technology, data privacy, cybersecurity, satellite and space law, and corporate and commercial matters. She advises Thai and international businesses on telecommunications licensing, commercial agreements, regulatory compliance, and market entry, including BOI promotion, Treaty of Amity structures, and foreign business approvals.
    Onnicha has contributed to leading international publications on telecommunications, digital business, and technology transactions, as well as the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law research. She holds an LL.B. from Chulalongkorn University.

  • Supitchaya Akeyati is an associate at Formichella & Sritawat whose practice focuses on data privacy, telecommunications, media, and technology, corporate and commercial law, regulatory licensing, and foreign investment. She works with Thai and international clients on PDPA compliance, cross-border data governance, corporate matters, and regulatory issues affecting digital businesses and communications providers.
    Supitchaya has contributed to Thailand chapters published by Chambers and Partners and the International Comparative Legal Guides, covering technology transactions, digital business, data protection, and telecommunications and media regulation. She holds an LL.B. from the Faculty of Law at Prince of Songkla University.
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