ESTABLISHED IN 2015

Total number of professionals: 70 (13 partners)
Principal office: Bangkok, Thailand
Other offices: None

Key practice areas

Administrative & constitutional

All rounded legal services and solutions in all administrative and constitutional concerns including challenging precedent-setting judgments emanating from all levels of government and public agencies.

Banking and finance

Assistance with corporate loans, project financing including recourse and non-recourse, structured products, and derivatives, as well as many other elements of banking and finance transactions.

Capital markets

Advice on equity and debt capital markets, including IPO, private placements, ESOP, delisting, backdoor listing, warrants and international offering (Reg S). Advice on the establishment of infrastructure funds including REITs.

Corporate and M&A

Represent clients in all industry sectors in matters including foreign investment, BOI applications, corporation registration, commercial contracts, corporate governance and other general corporate matters. Represent clients on public and private business mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, joint venture structuring, spin-off, divestiture, amalgamations, and local and international capital market and bond issues.

Dispute resolution, litigation & arbitration

Represent clients in all Thai courts and conflict resolution forums including alternative dispute resolution on issues related to administrative law, commercial and construction disputes, labour and employment, tax disputes, white-collar crime and foreign enforcement.

Digital law

Advice on cryptocurrencies, FinTech, digital technologies, electronic transactions, e-signatures, personal data protection, cybercrime, online advertising and security issues. Assist tech startups on their startup ecosystem journey.

Investment-related laws & FDI

For international clients investing in Thailand, helping determine the most effective investment structure to use, establishing an investment entity, applying for BOI promotions, business licenses and permits.

Infrastructure funds & REITs

For establishing infrastructure funds & REITS for various industries, domestic and international offerings.

Labour & employment

Counsel on the employment of expatriate personnel, including employee termination, transfer, redundancy, the impact of merger and acquisition transactions, and labor union concerns.

Projects and energy

Provide full range advice on technical and financial guidance at all phases of the project life cycle, from greenfield through commissioning including assisting on cross-border transactions and protecting the investors and developers of major projects.

Real estate, hotel/resort & property development

Advise on the entire spectrum of real estate transactions including industrial, residential, and commercial buildings on investment structures, tax planning, real estate acquisitions, project financing and construction contracts.

Restructuring and insolvency

Represent creditors and debtors and identify their rights; bankruptcies and reorganizations; risk analysis; formulate workout and renewal plans; debt repayment applications; dispute resolution.

Tax

Advise on tax planning; direct and indirect tax advice; tax dispute; tax controversies, tax optimization including restructuring assistance and represent clients on mitigating tax risks with tax authorities.

TMT (technology, media and telecommunications).

We have unique expertise in tech startups, new technology and media and have guided various firms, entrepreneurs and small businesses through the complex process of getting set-up in Thailand through sharing strategic and legal advice.

Our services

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.

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.

Kudun and Partners is the exclusive member representing Thailand in the World Services Group, one of the most prominent and largest networks of independent law firms in the world.