Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP works across all three strands of TMT, with a keen focus in the energy and infrastructure arenas. Stephen John Bennett applies his strong expertise in M&A to handle matters of acquisitions, mergers and partnerships within the media, telecoms and satellite industries and often works with international investors acquiring stakes in the Thai market. Bennett is steadily supported by Chumbhot Plangtrakul on corporate and commercial operations and possesses knowledge of energy, battery production and infrastructure work. The team also manages a share of regulatory and commercial work for its high-end clientele.
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Key clients
- Tencent Holdings Limited
- Tencent Music Entertainment
- TikTok, Inc./ TikTok Pte. Ltd.
- BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD.
- Universal Music
- Thaicom Public Company Limited
- PayPal, Inc.
- China Literature Limited
- China Mobile International
Work highlights
- Advised Tencent and Tencent Music on their acquisition of 10% of GMM Music Public Company Limited which involved a partial share swap for shares in JOOX Thailand, Tencent Music’s streaming business in Thailand.
- Advised KKR & Co. Inc. on its acquisition of a 20% stake in Singtel’s regional data centre business, which included data centres in Thailand, with the deal value at USD $800 million.
- Advised ThaiCom and its subsidiary Space Tech Innovation Company Limited on its partnership with Eutelsat in its new generation software defined high throughput satellite at 119.5 degrees east for 16 years.
Lawyers
Practice head
Stephen John Bennett
Other key lawyers
Chumbhot Plangtrakul; Somruetai Noppornprom