DFDL Mekong was established in the Mekong region in 1994 and operates in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam.  It also operates in Myanmar through an affiliated office, Myanmar Thanlwin Legal Services, Ltd.

DFDL MEKONG With the beginning of this promising New Year, we have some very good news to share with you. DFDL Mekong is proud to announce a significant expansion of our Thai practice to broaden and deepen our expertise and better serve you and your company in 2010 and the beyond.

On 1 January 2010, DFDL Mekong and McEvily & Collins, a leading Thai law firm with offices in Bangkok, Samui and Phuket, joined operations. The 17 lawyers and advisers from McEvily & Collins, together with support staff and management, joined DFDL Mekong, increasing our size to nearly 30 lawyers and advisers in our three offices in Thailand.

With the team from McEvily & Collins, DFDL Mekong now has 90 lawyers and advisers in its 8 offices across the Mekong Region. Holding true to our ONE REGION • ONE FIRM™ doctrine, the former McEvily & Collins offices in Phuket and Samui will operate under the DFDL Mekong brand throughout Thailand. In Bangkok, McEvily & Collin’s personnel will work in our office in The Dusit Thani Building.

DFDL Mekong is very pleased to have completed this transaction as it significantly moves us toward our goal of being a top law firm in Thailand, and maintains our status as the leading firm in the Mekong Region.

About McEvily & Collins Law Office
Founded in Bangkok in 1992, McEvily & Collins has grown to become one of Thailand's premier law firms and one of the few local firms with combined Thai and foreign law expertise and management. The firm has a strong focus on real estate as well as a maintaining its expertise in dispute resolution, corporate & commercial, project development and finance practices. The firm has full service offices in Bangkok, Phuket and Samui with native Thai, English, Dutch and German staff and Thai, English, Dutch, German and French language capabilities.

Matthew McEvily, a founding partner of McEvily & Collins, brought his talents to DFDL Mekong in January 2010 when he merged McEvily & Collins Law Offices’ Bangkok, Phuket, and Koh Samui branches into DFDL Mekong’s Thai practice. His practice focuses on property transactions, international commercial transactions, commercial due diligence, alternative dispute resolution, and construction arbitration.
Marcus Collins has more than 20 years experience advising clients on investing and operating businesses in Thailand. He has practiced in Thailand at some of the world most prestigious firms including Allen & Overy, before joining Matthew McEvily to become McEvily & Collins. Their merger with DFDL Mekong highlights his ambition to broaden their regional exposure. His practice focuses on general corporate/commercial work and property and finance transactions.
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