Robert has assisted many clients over his professional career with joint ventures; ad hoc commercial agreements; restructuring commercial arrangements and supply chains, assisting with obtaining business licenses and complying with regulatory requirements.

Notably, Robert has assisted Fintech companies with their expansion program in Asia, including Thailand, and has been chosen as lead partner on takeover and investment deals for commercial enterprises.

As a co-founder of each office, Robert services clients of both. However, Robert is primarily based in the Phuket office, and will commute into Bangkok for meetings and client service activities.

In order to operate a litigation practice in Thailand, it is essential to work alongside Thai qualified lawyers and to elevate the quality of a practice above that of a Thai to foreign interface. Robert has successfully led  the management of litigation teams in Bangkok and Phuket to assist corporate and individuals with their contentious matters be it a large scale combination of civil and criminal accusations in private/Government proceedings or large sum property investment disputes, through to reservation deposit disputes. Robert will apply logical; methodical, time efficient and clever strategic thinking to contentious issues and will add value even to the extent of advising other qualified international lawyers on their matters.

Robert co-founded Hughes Krupica in 2013 and prior worked in an international law firm with offices in Thailand and Asia for 3 years. He already had experience working in a law firm in Singapore prior to moving permanently to Thailand.

Robert is an American State of California qualified lawyer with a Juris Doctorate in Law and Bachelor of Arts in International Studies who has spent time in the Netherlands, Germany, London, Singapore, San Francisco, California and Thailand and has a broad range of personal and professional experience in each.

Robert has been a director at a property development project in Phuket in Kamala for 6 years, assisting with operational advice to his co-directors and steering the owners committee and board through restructuring their legal matters to become a better operated project. This type of role demonstrably adds value to the capital investments clients have made and the repeat appointment of Robert on a yearly basis has demonstrated the trust and respect many readily place in him.

Robert has developed a loyal following of clients and referrers demonstrating his credible track record in advising property companies; developers and individuals on essential aspects of their legal structures; assisting with complex combined legal, tax and accounting audits in conjunction with multiple advisors with different professional disciplines; handling high value property investments and disposals; issuing legal opinions on difficult legal problems affecting real estate; and handling contentious matter settlements and litigation strategies with our litigation team. Robert applies his direct forthright manner to provide candid pointed advice with the principle that clients may not always want to hear the reality of a situation, but it is better to point out both weaknesses and strengths of a matter as early as possible, be it a transaction or contentious issue.