Transitioning from Law Firm to In-House Counsel: Expectations and Realities

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Are you facing a critical career decision - whether to continue your career within law firms or step into private companies?

The webinar ‘Transitioning from Law Firm to In-House Counsel: Expectations and Realities’, shares with law firm professionals who are reconsidering your career direction and wondering whether a life as an in-house counsel would be suitable for you. 

Gain insights from two successful in-house counsels, Maprang Sombatthai, Legal Director of LINE Company (Thailand) and Narumol Sungsumrit, Associate General Counsel - Southeast Asia of Facebook (Thailand), whom have switched their career from law firms to in-house legal for 10 years.

Key talking points during the webinar are:

  • Remuneration shifts once a law firm professional switches to being an in-house counsel
  • Changes during the transition, and dealing with them
  • Skills and qualifications required when transitioning to an in-house counsel
  • Industry expertise – is it required for an in-house counsel?


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Speakers

Maprang Sombatthai

Legal Director
LINE Company (Thailand)

Maprang Sombatthai is the Legal Director of LINE Company (Thailand), a well-recognised multinational technology business. She is a highly respected tech lawyer pioneer, with a strong track record of success in supporting diverse businesses. Her passion, can-do attitude, business partnering skills and people management are outstanding. Prior to joining LINE, she brings with her 10 years of progressive experiences from Thai Cardif Life Assurance and prestigious law firms, including DLA Piper and The Legists.

Maprang is also known as a motivational speaker who is passionate to share her experience to younger group of legal professionals, in mission to inspire and orient them towards in-house counsel career.

Narumol Sungsumrit

Associate General Counsel - SEA
Facebook (Thailand)

With over 20 years of well-verse background from law firms, automotive, property investor and trading, today Narumol Sungsumrit is an Associate General Counsel - Southeast Asia for a global leading company, Facebook. She’s skillful for solving problems and fosters positive and trusting attitude, and always driving for improvements.

Narumol is a forward-thinking speaker, who will share with us how cross-industry works for an in-house counsel. Her experiences are not only from working in Thailand, but also from overseas assignment in Switzerland.

Suporntip Hatthakaroon (Moderator)

Senior Consultant - Legal
Robert Walters Thailand

Suporntip switched her career as a Recruitment Consultant and joined Robert Walters Thailand’s Legal team in early 2020. Prior to joining the team, she was a Legal Advisor for a Big4 company and a and Lawyer at a law firm.

She works with clients and assists them to recruit for roles such as Legal Director, Legal Manager, Company Secretary and Legal Counsel, and compliance and has successfully recruited many positions within the legal field, for both in-house and law firms.

Kullaporn Chaleedam (Moderator)

Consultant - Legal
Robert Walters Thailand

Kullaporn started her career at Robert Walters Thailand in 2021 as a Consultant under the Legal team. Prior to this, she was a Compliance Advisor for a Japanese automotive company and a Legal - Immigration for an international professional service company.

She assists clients in a wide array of industries including legal profession services, FMCG, energy, retail, and IT development in sourcing legal, compliance, and corporate secretary talents.

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