Kudun and Partners

Total partners: 13

Total senior counsels: 1

Total associates: Over 50

Languages:English, Thai, Chinese, German, Dutch, Japanese

As businesses today face a constantly evolving environment, a paradigm-shifting approach to legal advice is required.

Founded in 2015, Kudun and Partners is a modern and award-winning full-service law firm led by some of South East Asia’s most accomplished lawyers from a desire to provide more commercially minded and creative legal advice to our clients. Since inception, we have attracted many lawyers from various large international firms and representing various entities on transactions in Thailand and throughout Southeast Asia.

Clients value our responsiveness and distinctly commercial attitude, as well as our passion for developing forward-thinking, innovative strategies and solutions that respond to their unique business needs. In only six years since our inception, we have been awarded the highly coveted Thailand Law Firm of the Year by The Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards 2020/2021 and 2023, a reflection of the firm's commitment to deliver work that exceeds expectations and raise industry standards.

We are the first independent law firm in Thailand with a dedicated China Practice consisting of qualified Thai lawyers who are native Chinese speakers serving the unique needs of Chinese corporations and individuals on both inbound and outbound transactions.

Team members are bilingual with a strong command of English to easily assist our foreign clients. Apart from English and Thai, some members speak fluent Chinese, Cantonese, German, Japanese, and Bahasa Malaysia.

Global Network We are the exclusive member representing Thailand in the World Services Group, one of the most prominent and largest global networks of independent law firms, which only admits members after careful due diligence to ensure they meet the high standards of the network. The World Services Group (“WSG”) brings together leading state, national and international professional services firms and companies with the highest business reputation.

Main Areas of Practice

■ Administrative Law

■ Banking & Finance

■ Capital Markets & Securities (IPOs, Equity and Debt Offerings, Takeovers)

■ Corporate M&A (Acquisition & Disposal of Equity Interest in Listed Companies)

■ Dispute Resolution and Litigation

■ Domestic & International Arbitration

■ Data Privacy & Protection

■ Digital Law

■ Employment and Benefits

■ FDI & Market Entry Strategies

■ Infrastructure Funds & REITs

■ Private Equity

■ Project Financing

■ Permits and Licensing

■ Restructuring & Insolvency

■ Startup

■ Tax & Transfer Pricing

Dedicated Foreign Desk

■ China Practice

■ Japan Practice

Industry Sectors

■ Automotive & Transportation

■ Construction and Engineering

■ Consumer Goods & F&B

■ Entertainment

■ Financial Services

■ Food & Beverages

■ Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

■ Renewable Energy and Oil & Gas

■ Manufacturing

■ Real Estate, Hotels & Tourism

■ Retail

■ Technology, Media & Telecoms

■ Tourism

■ Transport & Logistics

■ Utilities

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions: The firm advises Thai and international corporations and private equity firms on some of the most high-profile domestic and cross-border M&A transactions in Thailand and across Southeast Asia.

Tax & Corporate Restructuring: The firm delivers a broad range of specialist tax advisory services to corporations, individuals, family offices, and financial institutions, covering the full spectrum of industry sectors, with particular emphasis on domestic and cross-border M&A deal structuring and tax optimisation, pre- and post-IPO corporate restructurings and business spin-offs, wealth management, transfer pricing, tax disputes, and indirect tax matters.

Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Arbitration: The firm’s highly experienced litigators appear before all levels of Thai Courts as well as in national and international arbitration proceedings on a wide range of matters, including general corporate and commercial, construction and telecommunications, administrative law, bankruptcy and rehabilitation proceedings, and disputes involving property-related matters, criminal law, and whitecollar crime.

Debt & Equity Capital Markets: The firm advises on a wide range of capital market offerings in transactions across a range of industries, including IPOs, high yield debt and bridge financings, convertible debt offerings, as well as equity and equity-linked derivatives.

Foreign Direct Investment: The firm acts as legal and business advisors to leading international corporations, private equity funds, and foreign individuals on all aspects of their investment including licensing and BOI incentives application and regulatory compliance in Thailand and across Southeast Asia.

Infrastructure Funds & REITs: The firm has substantial experience on the formation and structuring of infrastructure funds and REITs, and works with clients on the full spectrum of securities, tax, and regulatory issues typically associated with such transactions.

Startup Practice: The firm teamed up in a one of a kind collaboration with Kingsford Securities PCL., a financial advisor and 2EXT, a startup ecosystem advisor to establish the Entrepreneur Advisory Center, a one-stop service center to help startups get an accessible but yet professional consultant service and facilitating their growth in the startup ecosystem – including IPO – in Thailand and beyond.

Key Clients: Advanced Info Service (AIS), Areeya Properties, Ant Financial, B. Grimm Power, Chevron, Delivery Hero, Gulf Energy, Prima Marine, Penn Colour, PTTEP, Thai Solar Energy, Volvo Group

CONTACTS:

Capital Markets, Corporate & M&A:

■ Kudun Sukhumananda (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kudun-sukhumananda/)

Email: [email protected]

■ Kom Vachiravarakarn

Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Arbitration:

■ Niruch Winiyakul (https://www.linkedin.com/in/niruch-winiyakul/)

Email: [email protected]

International Practice:

■ Troy Schooneman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/troyschooneman/)

Email: [email protected]

China Practice:

■ Mayuree Sapsuttiporn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayuree-sapsutthiporn)

Email: [email protected]

Japan Practice:

■ Emi Rowse (Igusa) (https://th.linkedin.com/in/emirowse)

Email: [email protected]