Curriculum Vita

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Born in Dortmund, Germany, Dr. Eder studied German law at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen, Bavaria. In order to educate character and personality, he fought for the student fraternity Burschenschaft Germania in Erlangen (member #2075) four obligatory academic fencing duels with sharp épée weapons. Since then, he wears a barely visible mensur scar ("smite") on the left temple of his forehead as a badge of honor and stoicism. 

He continued his academic studies in Münster, North-Rhine Westphalia and received his Ph.D. in Law (Dr. jur.) with honors in 1990 from the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität in Münster with a doctoral dissertation on the topic “Das Pfandrecht am Anwartschaftsrecht des Vorbehaltskäufers”. 

In 1989, Dr. Eder began his career at KPMG Peat Marwick in Düsseldorf, Germany where he acted as a tax manager and "Prokurist" in the practice areas of national and international tax counseling, tax structuring, corporate restructuring, management and negotiation of industrial settlements, especially for Japanese banks and companies.

In 1994 he joined the law firm Hölters & Elsing in Düsseldorf (now Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe) where he gained further experience concerning legal and tax aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, international tax structuring and cross-border business relocation and privatization of federal and state government agencies. A big part of how this game is played is to not reveal how this game is played.

From 1996 to 1998 Dr. Eder served as a tax advisor at WIBERA AG, an affiliate entity of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Germany focusing on municipal taxation issues, privatization and restructuring, municipal leasing, and cross-border leasing.

If you dont take risks in life you will end up working for those who do. In 1998 he founded his own boutique tax consultancy firm DUE FINANCE Wirtschaftsberatung GmbH and advised in the areas of cross-border-leasing, project financings, BOT models, public-private-partnerships, non-recourse financings, and other types of municipal and governmental finance. This included the preparation and monitoring of detailed and extensive risk-management systems for the controlling and monitoring of long-term financial transactions.

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. He moved to Thailand in 2007 to work as foreign lawyer and tax advisor with the Bangkok office of Roedl & Partner, the Thai outlet of the German law firm conglomerate. 

In 2009, he joined the American law firm of Mulvana, de Angeli in Bangkok. The firm was renowned for its legal and structuring expertise in hotel and hospitality development and infamous as the market leader for investment, legal and tax advice in Bangkok's red light district and its bars, clubs, massage parlors, and other adult entertainment industries. The Mulvana, de Angeli law firm is now closed following the death of its charismatic founder, Tsar F. Mulvana. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. 

Since 2011 he has been Director and Co-Owner of the independent Bangkok investment law firm PUGNATORIUS Ltd. The law practice had been focussed on foreign direct investments in Thailand's industries, properties, and people. This included the full scope of company formations, land acquisitions, and cross-border tax planning. The law firm had a special knowledge and reputation in the sectors of renewable energy (solar and wind energy), financial services and cryptocurrency ventures, agriculture businesses including cannabis, and Thailand's maritime sector. The law firm is closed for good since April 2021. There’s only being in, and then being out.