About

An ‘exceptionally gifted’ international lawyer with substantial commercial, transactional and regulatory expertise, Maprang Sombatthai has in excess of 10 years of experience of running the legal affairs of multinational companies and overseeing cross-border M&A projects. Currently, Sombatthai serves as Thailand’s head of legal at Line, a Japanese smartphone app which allows its users to enjoy free calls and messaging with other Line users. In this role, Sombatthai provides counsel and support on a wide assortment of issues, both operational and strategic in nature. Over the past two years, she has been given credit for successfully managing important litigation and disputes on behalf of the company. Prior to assuming her current role, Sombatthai worked in the insurance industry, managing all legal and compliance matters of an insurance company and broking company, Thai Cardif Life Assurance. In her time there she worked on a number of important transactions, including a significant sale of shares to Thai Life. At the start of her career, Sombatthai spent nearly six years working for law firms The Legists and DLA Piper.