John H. F. Lewis

PERSONAL DETAILS

Age: **.

Marital Status: Married with 2 x 1.5 year old twins.

Mobile: +44-798*******

Email: abnxut@r.postjobfree.com

CHARACTER

• Interesting, unique and enjoyable personality.

• Entertaining advocate and aggressive litigator.

• Competent supervisory, management, marketing and planning skills.

• Hungry for a challenge and determined to succeed.

• No Criminal Record and clean driving license.

CAREER HISTORY

International Thai Foundation, Worldwide (01/10 to present)

Company Secretary, public sector

• Reporting to the Board and sitting on the Executive Management team.

• Organising Board meetings & AGMs with minute taking.

• Correspondence, communication and advice on the legal, governance, accounting and tax

implications of proposed policies.

• Responsibility for the health & safety of employees, insurance and property.

• Overseeing PR and financial management.

• Donation and fundraising, investment gathering and strategic partnership building.

Anglo-Thai Legal, UK & Thailand (09/08 to present)

Marketing Manager and International lawyer, private practice

• Established a British-Thai law firm: compliance with regulatory authorities; accounts &

budgeting controls; introduced legal procedures and policies; supervised over 10 Thai and

foreign colleagues; and assessed internal training.

• Business Development: stimulated third-party relationships with MNCs, legal firms and

individual clients in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, China, America, Korea, Australia

and the UK.

• Marketing: networking and presentations at foreign Chamber of Commerce events.

• Publications: designed the 'HelpCard', Company Brochure, law leaflets and literature for

foreign Embassies.

• Advice and Litigation: commercial and corporate, immigration (Distressed Foreign Nationals),

probate, insolvency, criminal, personal injury, debt and employment law. Complex case-

management of multi-jurisdictional financial and property fraud cases.

• Human Rights: liaised with the Thai government, foreign embassies, NGOs and charities to

create a network to protect and promote people’s fundamental freedoms and civil liberties;

seminars at detention facilities; lobbying for change (lese majeste, prostitution, human

trafficking, death penalty, narcotics, criminal defamation, freedom of speech, bribery and

corruption, poverty, AIDS/HIV, terrorism, education, minorities, political disappearance).

Campaigned to raise the standard of legal advice provided to everyone in Asia.

• In-house advisor to the International Business Development, M&A, Portfolio, Integration and

Management Teams.

• Transaction & Corporate advice on Asian, European, American, African entities & structures.

Due Diligence (IP, employment, commercial, regulatory, financial, antitrust).

• Drafting & Negotiation of definitive agreements to closing.

• Drafting & reviewing NDAs, LOIs, MoUs, Share & Purchase Agreements, Shareholder

Agreements, Master Service Agreements, Asset Transfer Agreements, Technology Transfer

Agreements, Disclosure Schedules, Indemnity Agreements, Bylaws, financial instruments and

other ancillary documents.

T Ballantine-Dykes Chambers & 4 KBW Chambers, UK (12/07 to 09/08)

Barrister, self employed / door tenant

• Advocacy in the Crown, Magistrates, Youth and County courts.

• Drafting of Legal Opinions in criminal, VHCC MTIC-fraud, commercial and property law.

• Constructed corporate agreements and ancillary instruments.

• Prepared Skeletons Arguments, Statements of Cases, Schedules and Noting briefs.

• Compiled a retail law pamphlet and corporate manslaughter manual.

• Assessment of evidence and legal procedure.

Bark & Co Solicitors, London, UK (11/06 to 05/07)

Grade B Fee Earner, private practice, part-time

• Defendant Casework in white-collar fraud and criminal litigation (R v Adams), contractual

disputes & civil litigation.

• Evidence analysis & legal research.

• Advice of Accounts, Trusts, VAT (limited) & corporate vehicles.

J Sainsbury Plc/ Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, UK (01/05 to 11/07)

Litigation Advisor, Group Legal Services, in-house

• Advice, assistance and representation of the Retail and Operational divisions.

• Regulatory compliance for Corporate Governance & Sustainability.

• Litigation in intellectual property (patent, trademark, copyright, design rights); defamation;

assault; trespass (travellers/ joyriders); false imprisonment; consumer law; insolvency; debt

recovery; data protection; property; regulatory (Think 21 campaign); insurance; contract &

negligence.

• Drafted and reviewed commercial contracts & corporate documentation: supplier terms &

conditions; confidentiality clauses; restrictive covenants; penalty clauses and; consent orders.

• Advocacy & drafting in civil/ criminal hearings with conduct up to trial and appeal.

• Initiated procedures & requirements for SIA licensing in compliance with the PSIA legislation.

• Saved the company between £2 – 5 million pounds in the Pension Protection Levy Fund.

• Recovered over £1 million in supplier, third-party and employee debts.

• Initiated procedures to reduce penalty & transport notices.

• Conflict & dispute resolution in over 500 complex civil & criminal: successfully resisted over

300 cases of legal proceedings; bailiff warrants and ad hoc allegations.

• Regular liaison with superintendents of regional police constabularies to reduce crime.

• Colleague & Project management.

• Policy & procedure training.

Paralegal, UK (07/02 to 12/04)

Private practice

• Defendant casework in the following areas: rape; kidnapping; ss.18,20 & 47 OAP; fraud; drug

supply/ possession; dangerous driving; theft; twoc; ASBOs.

• Interviewed clients, drafted proofs of evidence, attended conferences, gathered evidence,

assessed undisclosed material & drafted court documents.

• Briefed counsel for hearings.

• Clerk attendance in the Crown & Magistrates’ courts: represented at preliminary hearings & -

prepared bail applications.

• Police station and prison visits.

• Managed a claimant caseload of over 200 PI/ RTA cases - employer & occupier's liability;

employment discrimination and, commercial debt claims (Choudhary -v.- BMA cases).

• ADR & mediation: negotiation & settlement.

• Drafted statements of case (Particulars of Claim, ET1, Defences, ET3, Further & Better

Particulars, Replies); witness statements; directions; applications; preparation of trial bundles;

skeleton arguments; attachment of earnings & enforcement proceedings.

• Advocacy at pre-trial hearings – CMCs, Part 8, CICA, telephone conferences, cost hearings

and trials.

• Pre-litigation & advocacy under the NHS Complaint’s procedure in:

- medical negligence, personal injury, judicial review, Human Rights.

• Representations at Independent Review Panels and clinical conferences.

• Data acquisition and research in the NHS and associated medical professions.

• Introduced case-management and cost-saving techniques.

• (R –v.- Shipman cases, and R –v.- Sally Clark case).

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2010

• Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration, UK [27866].

• Ordinary Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration Association, Thailand.

• Chartered Insurance Institute [001556297K].

• SAM Volunteer Management training.

• Judge Work Shadowing.

• PSQ & MCQ training [ 6049 / 200794 / LSC PIN 5684].

• Law Works / Advocates for International Development.

• New York Bar Exams [BOLE ID - B100012928] (enrolled).

2005

• Advocacy & Case Management training [46314].

• Solicitor Management Training Part 1.

• Insolvency, Civil Procedure & Intellectual Property training.

• Admission to the Solicitor’s Roll [337822].

• Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test.

2003

• Called to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (UK Bar).

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2001 – 2002: Manchester Metropolitan University, England

• BVC – Very Competent.

2000 – 2001: Manchester Metropolitan University, England

• CPE/PGDL – Commendation.

1996 – 1998: Swansea University, Wales

• MA Political Theory – Postgraduate pass.

1993 – 1996: Swansea University, Wales

• BA (Hons) Politics & Government degree – 2:(i).

1986 – 1993: Priestley College & Penketh High School, Warrington, England

• 4 ‘A’ Levels.

• 9 GCSEs.

REFEREES

Ms P Kaewmunee, Anglo Thai Legal, Managing Director, 204/ 84 Kayhaorngern Raya 2,

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Rattanagosin Road, Orngern, Sai Mai, Bangkok 10220 (abnxut@r.postjobfree.com).

Mr C Thatcher, Cambridge Solutions, Managing Director, SKV Building 4th Floor, 111

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Sukhumvit Soi 36 (Sansabai), Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110 (abnxut@r.postjobfree.com).

Mr Thomas Ballantine Dykes, Head of Chambers, Ewe Close Farm, Wigton, UK

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(abnxut@r.postjobfree.com).

Mr Daniel Follon, 1 Grey’s Inn Chambers, Barrister, London, UK (abnxut@r.postjobfree.com).

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Mr Greg Matteosian, Burasari Group, Director Business Development, Thailand

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(abnxut@r.postjobfree.com).

Mr Renato Montoya, Coca-Cola & Nestle, Legal Counsel, Thailand

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(abnxut@r.postjobfree.com).

Mr Inderjit Dhaliwal: FSA Advisor, 166 Leadworks, Queens Road, Chester, UK, CH1 3BF

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(abnxut@r.postjobfree.com).

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