Ananda Pact
About Ananda Pact

Principled Environmental
Regulatory Practice

Founded in Bangkok with a commitment to helping businesses operate within Thailand's environmental framework — responsibly, clearly, and with genuine regard for the natural world.

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Our Story

Built on a Belief That Compliance and Sustainability Go Together

Ananda Pact was established in Bangkok by practitioners who had worked alongside both regulatory bodies and private sector clients navigating Thailand's expanding environmental legislation. What began as a small advisory practice has grown into a focused firm with deep familiarity with the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, the Pollution Control Department, and the Ministry of Industry's Factory Inspectorate.

The firm's name reflects a core conviction: that responsible environmental stewardship and sound business practice are complementary rather than in tension. Each engagement we take on is approached as a long-term relationship, not a one-time transaction. We invest time in understanding the specific operational context, the regulatory history, and the practical constraints our clients face.

Over more than fifteen years, Ananda Pact has guided industrial, property, and infrastructure clients through Environmental Impact Assessment submissions, pollution control licensing, and enforcement proceedings before the Administrative Court. Our practice is deliberately narrow — we work exclusively in environmental regulatory matters, which allows us to maintain a level of depth that broader generalist firms rarely achieve.

"Regulatory clarity should feel like an opening, not a ceiling."

— The founding principle that continues to shape how we approach every client matter.

2009

Year Founded

340+

Client Engagements

3

Practice Specialisms

EN/TH

Bilingual Services

Mission & Values

What Guides Our Work

Environmental Integrity

We take seriously that environmental regulation exists for sound reasons. Our advisory is designed to bring clients into genuine compliance, not to find minimally defensible positions.

Considered Judgement

Environmental regulatory matters frequently involve ambiguity. We form considered views rather than reflexive ones, and we share the reasoning behind our assessments clearly.

Long-Term Relationships

We prefer to work with clients across multiple stages of their regulatory journey. Understanding the history of a matter significantly improves the quality of advice we can give.

Our Team

The Practitioners Behind Ananda Pact

Our team combines legal expertise, regulatory experience, and a genuine commitment to environmental outcomes.

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Kanokwan Srisook

Principal Adviser

Former ONEP regulatory officer with seventeen years of experience in EIA review and policy development. Kanokwan leads the firm's assessment support practice and maintains close working relationships with panel secretariats.

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Pichit Thongsuk

Compliance Counsel

Specialist in Pollution Control Department procedures and Factory Act compliance. Pichit advises industrial clients on wastewater permitting, air emission obligations, and hazardous substance handling requirements.

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Natthida Wangphet

Litigation Adviser

Experienced in Administrative Court proceedings and regulatory negotiation. Natthida coordinates enforcement defense matters and works with environmental expert witnesses to develop technical evidence strategies.

Professional Standards

How We Maintain Quality Across Every Engagement

Environmental regulatory advice carries real consequences. Our internal standards reflect that responsibility.

Thai Bar Association Membership

All legal practitioners at Ananda Pact hold current Thai Bar Association membership and comply with professional conduct rules applicable to registered advisers.

Client Confidentiality Protocol

All matters are subject to strict confidentiality obligations under professional conduct rules and Thailand's PDPA. Client information is never shared without consent.

Continuous Regulatory Monitoring

Our team monitors ONEP, PCD, and Ministry of Industry notifications for regulatory changes that may affect active client engagements, with timely updates provided.

Peer Review on Key Submissions

Significant submissions — EIA scoping reports, enforcement responses, court documents — undergo internal peer review before being shared with clients or filed with authorities.

Bilingual Documentation

Client-facing documentation is prepared in English and Thai as required, ensuring that international clients and their Thai counterparts work from the same understanding.

Environmental Ethics Commitment

We decline engagements where achieving a client objective would require circumventing the intent of environmental protection standards, not merely their technical requirements.

Expertise

Deep Familiarity with Thailand's Environmental Regulatory Landscape

Thailand's environmental regulatory framework has expanded considerably over the past two decades. The Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Act B.E. 2535 established the foundational EIA regime, while subsequent ministerial notifications have progressively extended assessment requirements across project types and scales. The Factory Act, administered by the Department of Industrial Works, imposes parallel obligations on industrial operators relating to waste disposal, wastewater treatment, and air quality management.

Navigating this framework requires more than familiarity with the statutory text. Regulatory outcomes in Thailand are shaped by administrative practice, the posture of individual agencies, informal guidance that has not been codified, and the interpretation approaches of expert review panels. Ananda Pact's engagement with these processes over fifteen years provides a practical understanding that pure legal analysis does not capture.

Our practice covers Ratchathewi, Pathum Wan, Chatuchak, Bang Na, and the broader Greater Bangkok metropolitan area, as well as Eastern Economic Corridor projects and industrial estates across Chonburi, Rayong, and Chachoengsao provinces. For clients with operations in Northern Thailand — particularly Chiang Mai and Lamphun — we maintain working relationships with locally based environmental consultants who support field-level assessment work.

Speak With Our Team About Your Regulatory Matter

Every engagement begins with a straightforward conversation. We are happy to discuss what your situation involves before any commitment is made.

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