Edinburgh Law School alumnus appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University

Assistant Professor Dr Munin Pongsapan, alumnus of the Edinburgh Law School, has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law at Thammasat University, Thailand.

Dr Pongsapan has been part of the faculty since 2003, and in 2006 received a scholarship to undertake an LLM at Cambridge University followed by a PhD at the University of Edinburgh. His thesis, entitled ‘The Reception of Foreign Private Law in Thailand: A Case Study of Specific Performance’, was supervised by Law School academics Professor Paul J du Plessis and Professor Laura Macgregor.

On his appointment, Professor Laura Macgregor said: “I extend my warm congratulations to Professor Pongsapan in this important new role. It was a delight to work with him on his thesis, and to welcome his colleagues from Thammasat University on research visits. We look forward to strengthening our collaboration in future.”

Professor Paul du Plessis commented: “It is great to see our former PhDs excel. I wish Professor Pongsapan well and look forward to collaborations between our two great Law schools.”