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Abichon Chandrasen

May 14, 2019

Dr.Chandrasen holds a Ph.D. in Law from Australian National University in Australia, an LL.M. in Corporate/Commercial Law from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in UK, and an LL.B. (First Class Honors) from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. He is currently a legal counsel at the Law Reform Division, the Council of State, Thailand. He is responsible for designing the country’s Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) process, as well as assisting the secretary of the Company Law Drafting Committee. He is also a legal secretary to the Minister Attached to the Office of the Prime Minister (Dr.Kobsak Pootrakul) and manager of the “Regulatory Guillotine Project: Simple and Smart Licenses” where the main theme of his tasks in these capacities is to reduce legal and regulatory burdens borne by Thai people and local businesses. Moreover, Dr. Chandrasen has also been a part-time lecturer at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand since 2016. His research interests include Regulation, Regulatory Impact Assessment, Enforcement, Corruption and Fraud Deterrence, Societal Factors and Law, and Legal Empirical Research.