In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Thailand issued and implemented a number of medical, social and legislative measures to contain the infection cases and the death toll starting in January 2020. On 25th March 2020, the Thai Government declared the state of emergency to lockdown the country effective from 26th March 2020 to 30th April… Read More
On 13th April 2020 the Board of Investment Thailand (BOI) issued a series of measures to support BOI applicants and promoted projects affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and to boost the Thailand economy. The major measures are discussed below. 1. More Corporate Income Tax Reduction for Medical Equipment Manufacturing 1.1 The medical investment projects that… Read More
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, on 24th April 2020, the Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) issued its Arbitration Rules on E-Arbitration B.E. 2563 (“Rules”) to improve efficiency and practicality of its e-arbitration system (TAI EASY System). The Rules repealed and replaced its predecessor Arbitration Rules on E-Arbitration B.E. 2562. 1. Registration Parties or their authorized… Read More
On 30th April 2020 LawPlus Ltd. hosted a webinar on PDPA Compliance Preparation. The speakers were 3 partners of LawPlus Ltd. (Kowit Somwaiya, Prasantaya Bantadtan and Usa Ua-areetham). For more details, please click the slide cover below. You can also find the audio and video record of the webinar here. PDPA Compliance Preparation
Electronic signatures are valid and recognized under the Electronic Transactions Act B.E. 2544 (“ETA”) as issued in 2001 and amended in 2008 and 2019. An electronic signature can be made in the form of letters, characters, numbers, sounds or any other symbols created in an electronic format and attached to a data message with the… Read More
On 18th April 2020, the Prime Minister of Thailand General Prayut Chan-o-cha issued an Emergency Decree on Electronic Meetings B. E. 2563 (“ED on E-Meetings”) effective from 19th April 2020. Under ED on E-Meetings, the Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), the Board of Directors (BoD) Meeting of companies can now be… Read More