Experience

Visot is an associate at SokSiphana&associates specializing in project financing, projects, and corporate and commercial matters. He is a licensed attorney of the District of Columbia Bar in the U.S. and aims to obtain a Cambodian bar license soon.

He is known for his great performance in the project practice group and has provided practical advice and assistance to clients in many high-profile projects in Cambodia, including renewable energy projects, and property and port development projects. He has in-depth experience and knowledge in complex corporate and project finance.

He also has extensive experience in advising local and international clients on a wide range of legal issues concerning investment law, trades, corporate and commercial matters, finance, real estate, intellectual property, market-entry, and regulatory compliance, to name a few. He regularly assists clients, particularly foreign investors, in drafting and/or reviewing numerous agreements and other documents for their investment projects, including among many others, business transfer agreements, joint venture agreements, shareholders agreements, share transfer/share purchase agreements, credit facility agreement, loan agreement, sale purchase agreement, land purchase and lease agreements, license agreement, service agreement. His great legal writing skills have enabled him/his team to win various awards, including an Honorable Mention award for a best-written memorandum on behalf of the claimant in an international commercial law moot (Vis East Moot).

Career

Before joining the firm in 2021, Visot had worked as a credit analyst at Kookmin Bank Cambodia PLC and had interned in some institutions broad and in Cambodia, including Korean Commercial Arbitration Board International and the Center for Human Rights and International Justice (Stanford University).

Qualifications

• Attorney at Law, District of Columbia Bar, USA
• Master of Laws in American Legal Studies, Regent University School of Law, USA
• Juris Doctor (US JD Equivalent), Handong International Law School, South Korea
• Bachelor of Laws (English Language Based Bachelor of Law), Royal University of Law and Economics, Cambodia
• Bachelor of Laws (Cambodian Laws program), Royal University of Law and Economics, Cambodia
• Listed as an Approved Person by the Trust Regulator