Kudun & Partners

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 Southeast 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 a few 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 raises industry standards.

Our team of Thai- and foreign-qualified lawyers consisting of 13 partners, over 60 legal associates, and over 40 business support professionals, combine deep knowledge of local cultural, social, and legal nuances with a comprehensive understanding of international standards. This expertise allows us to offer one-stop services in areas such as Capital Markets (Debt and Equity), Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Arbitration, Data Privacy and Protection, Projects and Energy, Foreign Direct Investment, Labour and Employment, Restructuring and Insolvency, and Tax.

We are the first independent law firm in Thailand with a dedicated China Practice consisting of qualified Thai lawyers who are native Chinese speakers and Chinese qualified lawyers 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 and Thai, with additional fluencies in Chinese, Cantonese, German, Japanese, and Bahasa Malaysia.

Areas of practice: 

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions: 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.

Capital Markets: Advice on equity and debt capital markets, including IPO, private placements, ESOP, delisting, backdoor listing, warrants and international offering (Regulation S) as well as establishment of infrastructure funds including REITs.

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, labor and employment, tax disputes, white-collar crimes and foreign enforcements.

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.

Foreign Direct Investment: Represent clients in all industry sectors in matters including foreign investment, BOI applications, corporation registration, permits and licensing, commercial contracts, corporate governance and other general corporate matters.

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 including private funds establishment.

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.

Construction: Assistance with challenges emerging from commercial and public sector construction projects, such as project finance, joint venture creation, contract preparation, tendering, and bidding; project delivery from inception to handover; and construction-related conflict prevention and resolution.

Labour and 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.

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.

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

Industry expertise

Our client base includes both private and publicly traded Thai and international firms as well as state-owned enterprises across the full spectrum of industries including:

Automotive / transport / logistics

Financial services / banking / investment management

Construction and materials / industrial manufacturing

Consumer goods and services / Entertainment and Sports

Energy / oil and gas / renewables (hydro / solar / wind), natural resources / mining / utilities

Health care

Real estate (industrial estates / commercial retailers / housing estates / entertainment)

TMT (Technology, media and telecoms) including tech start-ups

Voted “Thailand’s Most Responsive Domestic Law Firm of the Year - Honorable Mention by In-House Community Firms of the Year” in 2019, 2021 - 2023