Chambers Review
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FinTech Legal - Thailand
What the Team is Known For
The team at Baker McKenzie advises major FinTech clients on regulatory and data protection matters. The firm is well equipped to deal with international and domestic matters. The team assists with sophisticated licensing and product structuring questions for payment systems, banking projects and cryptocurrency exchanges.
Strengths
The team's experience in FinTech helps guide us on how to move forward strategically.
Baker McKenzie is at the forefront of asset-backed token projects in Thailand. Its ability to navigate uncharted legal territory and offer pragmatic, forward-thinking solutions is a key strength.
Baker McKenzie is a very professional service with deep knowledge and expertise in the domain. It also has a good network.
Baker McKenzie has in-depth knowledge and insight, and a broad professional network.
Work Highlights
Baker McKenzie advised SCB X on a virtual bank joint venture in partnership with Kakaobank and WeTechnology.
Notable practitioners
Benja Supannakul leads Baker McKenzie's financial services regulatory and structured finance team. She leads on strategic FinTech regulatory matters relating to digital assets, cyrptocurrency and digital banking.
Benja's proactive, prompt responses and her expertise are her key strengths.
Benja Supannakul provides excellent representation for our company to the regulator.
Kullarat Phongsathaporn is a special counsel at Baker McKenzie, based in its Sydney office. Her practice has a strong regulatory focus, assisting banks and start-ups with financial payment products and digital tokens.
Kullarat has consistently delivered a very strong level of client service and demonstrated excellent commercial awareness, ensuring that our needs and goals are well understood and addressed.