Dr. Andrew Paziuk
Managing Partner (Phuket)
Profile
Legal strategist and compliance architect specializing in cross-border corporate governance, cybersecurity policy, and secure investment structures. Dr. Paziuk ensures the integrity, transparency, and legal resilience of corporate and real-estate operations in Southeast Asia, drawing on 20+ years advising governments, development partners, and critical-infrastructure programs.
Core Expertise
- Compliance Oversight: Designs and embeds internal controls, regulatory filings, and risk-based due diligence aligned with Thai corporate/land law, and investment regulations.
- Risk & Legal Security Management: Engineers nominee-free investment structures and legally secure land-use frameworks to minimize litigation exposure and regulatory risk.
- Corporate Governance: Leads lawful registration and capital restructuring (BOJ5 filings, share transfers, pledges), board oversight protocols, and shareholder-rights alignment.
- Audit & Regulatory Preparedness: Orchestrates bilingual document bundles and evidentiary packages for courts, Land Departments, banks, and regulators; coordinates internal audits and external reviews.
- Secure Investment Structuring: Validates source of funds and traceable capital flows; structures JV protections, waterfall/set-off mechanics, and performance-based covenants for investor security.
International Development & Cybersecurity
- USAID / DAI — Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure: Senior legal/policy advisor contributing to regulatory design, digital-evidence readiness, and institutional capacity building for national cyber resilience.
- Council of Europe & Justice Sector Programs: Human rights & internet-governance training for the judiciary; design of materials to combat online child exploitation; support for digital-evidence preservation during armed conflict.
- World Bank Digital Resilience Workstreams: Researching and closing cybersecurity and privacy regulatory gaps; co-designing a national Digital Operational Resilience approach with measurable implementation paths.
- Research-Based National Position on International Law in Cyberspace: Leading work on developing a research-grounded national position on the application of international law to cyberspace, including incident qualification and evidentiary standards.
Quality & Security Certifications
- ISO 9001 (Quality Management)
- ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management)
Practical application across procurement controls, third-party risk, incident handling, and continuous-improvement cycles.
Selected Outcomes
- Reduced litigation and regulatory exposure by migrating legacy structures to compliant land-use and corporate models with clear shareholder entitlements.
- Accelerated capital events and authority approvals through standardized bilingual filings and verifiable source-of-funds trails.
- Strengthened cyber-governance baselines for national programs (USAID/DAI, World Bank) by aligning legal instruments with operational resilience requirements.
Education & Professional Development
- Cyber Diplomacy Executive Program, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (2023).
- Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship (Fulbright Program), American University Washington College of Law(2017–2018) — focus on cyber law, governance, and judicial/policy capacity building.
- Post-Doctoral Research (International Law), Taras Shevchenko National University (2016) — publication: The International Regime of Freedom and Control of Information Flows.
- Ph.D. in International Law, Taras Shevchenko National University (2004) — dissertation: International Privacy and Personal Data Flows Regulation.
- Internet Law Summer Program, Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society (2002).
- Former U.S. Congressmen Internship Program with the Verkhovna Rada (1997–1998).
- MS Law and Economics, Zaporizhia National University (1996).