Biography
DeSombre joined Sullivan &Cromwell LLP in 1995 and became a partner of the law firm in 2004,leading its mergers and acquisitions practice in Asia, [3] with clients including Goldman Sachs,Anheuser-Busch InBev and Credit Suisse. [4]
In 2013,he co-founded Republicans Overseas for Americans abroad. The organization focuses on tax reform [5] [6] and proposed replacing FATCA with territorial taxation for individuals to the House Ways and Means Committee,as part of a 2017 executive order to review the Dodd-Frank Act. [7] [8]
DeSombre supported the presidential candidacies of Mitt Romney [9] and Jeb Bush. [10]
He was nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Thailand by President Donald Trump on July 17,2019. [11] He is the first political appointee to the position since 1975. [3] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 8,2020, [4] succeeding career diplomat Glyn T. Davies. [12]
DeSombre has stated that his Office will primarily encourage the economic partnership between the two countries,with focus on American investment and Thailand's infrastructure projects and supply chains. [13] He has also indicated that U.S. firms are interested in increasing investment in Thailand,including in areas under the 1966 Amity treaty. [14] He was sworn into office on March 2,2020. [15]
In late 2019,following his nomination,DeSombre resigned as chairman of Save the Children Hong Kong,having served since 2015. He was also a member of the board of the Hong Kong Forum. [4] [12] [16]
Following his ambassadorship,he became a senior advisor to the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue;an advisor to the Atlantic Council; [17] [18] and was an independent director of Indorama Ventures in 2021. [19] In October 2021,DeSombre rejoined Sullivan &Cromwell as a partner,to again lead its Asia M&A,as well as heading the firm's Southeast Asia and Korea practices. [2]
President Trump nominated DeSombre for U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific on March 10,2025. [20]
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