The team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is experienced in assisting clients with digital platform-related transactions, including fintech, crypto, e-commerce, social media and payments. The group’s workload includes advising on acquisitions, due diligence, on the establishment and licensing of platforms, and on the implementation of new software. Corporate and and financial services specialist Stephen Bennett oversees the team alongside newly-promoted partner Somruetai Noppornprom, who has expertise handling cross-border transactions and advising in data protection contexts.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- Tencent Holdings Limited
- Tencent Music Entertainment
- Tenpay Payment Technology Co., Ltd.
- TikTok, Inc.
- TikTok Pte. Ltd.
- BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD.
- Universal Music
- Thaicom Public Company Limited
- PayPal, Inc.
- China Literature Limited
- China Mobile International
Work highlights
Advising Tencent Holdings Limited and Tencent Music Entertainment Group on their business collaboration agreements with GMM Music Company Limited.
Assisted Space Tech in its bid for orbital slots and in the negotiation, finalisation and execution of an agreement for the acquisition of a new satellite to be launched and placed at 119.5E orbital slot in 2026, and with a capacity services agreement in relation to the new satellite.
Practice head
Stephen Bennett; Somruetai Noppornprom