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Baker McKenzie LLP
5TH, 10TH, AND 21ST-25TH FLOORS, ABDULRAHIM PLACE
990 RAMA IV ROAD
BANGKOK 10500
Thailand

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial Practice Group

Position

Partner

Career

Ampika Kumar joined Baker McKenzie in 2002 and has over two decades of experience practicing at multinational law firms. She is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial, Insurance, Real Estate, and Hotel/Resort & Property Development Practice Groups at Baker McKenzie’s Bangkok office. Her areas of expertise include insurance regulatory, corporate restructuring, mergers & acquisitions (both for private limited and public limited companies) and trade competition. She focuses on such matters as mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and business integration primarily in the insurance sector. Her work also covers commercial contracts and competition law. Ampika was the lead counsel for some of the largest and most prominent outbound investment deals from Thailand, which will have a positive impact on large conglomerates in Thailand.

Languages

Thai and English

Memberships

  • The Thai Bar Association
  • The Law Society of Thailand

Education

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK (LLM, 2007)
  • Thammasat University (LLB, 2nd class honors, 2001)

Lawyer Rankings

Thailand > Insurance

(Leading individuals)

Ampika Kumar – Baker McKenzie LLP

Counting international and local insurers, as well as self-regulatory bodies, among its key roster of clients, Baker McKenzie LLP‘s broad range of capabilities extend from regulatory and policy issues, to subrogation matters and insurance technology work. The practice is jointly led by Sivapong Viriyabusaya and Sorachon Boonsong, with the former being vastly experienced in insurance technology, as well as M&A and insurance regulation. Ampika Kumar is well-versed in M&A, corporate restructuring and business integration in the insurance arena, while key contact Amnart Pitakgorn is routinely engaged in regulatory and transactional matters. Thananan Sangnuan departed to join DLA Piper in March 2023.