More Changes to the Public Limited Company Act

The Department of Business Development (“DBD”) proposed further amendment consisting of 6 additional issues to the Public Limited Company Act B.E. 2535 (“Bill”) for public hearings from 8th to 24th August 2018. The 6 additional issues are:- 1.   Publishing the company’s information to the public by an electronic means in addition to publication in… Read More

News / 12 Sep 2018

E-Certificate Launched

On 7 August 2018, the Department of Business Development (“DBD”) released its Press Release No. 148 to announce that it has launched its e-certificate services to allow the public to obtain a certified copy of the registration affidavit of a registered legal entity online in 7 steps, which are: (1)   submitting a request through the… Read More

News / 12 Sep 2018

Tourism Now Allowed as Business Objective

In the past, the Department of Business Development (“DBD”) did not allow registering the “tourism” as a business objective of a legal entity unless such entity was first approved by the Department of Tourism (“DOT”) to do the tourism business.  The DBD also did not allow using the term “tourism business” as the name or… Read More

News / 12 Sep 2018

Kowit Somwaiya Speaks at INTA/IPAT Policy Dialogue in Bangkok

On Monday 20 August 2018, the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand (IPAT) co-organized a half-day policy dialogue on border measures-challengers and successes and best practices in combatting online counterfeiting in Bangkok, Thailand.  Speakers and participants were government officials from the Thailand Department of Intellectual Property, the Royal Thai Customs… Read More

News, Seminar / 24 Aug 2018

Myanmar Companies Regulations 2018

On 23rd July 2018, the Ministry of Planning and Finance issued its Notification No. 66/2018 called the Myanmar Companies Regulations 2018 (“MCR”) under Section 462(1)(a) of the Myanmar Companies Law 2017 (“MCL”) to regulate company registration and compliance procedures.  Some of the major provisions of the MCR include:- 1.  An electronic registry system called “MyCo”… Read More

News / 24 Aug 2018

Goods Permitted for Wholesale and Retail Sale

On 26th July 2018, the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar (“MOC”) issued its Newsletter No. 3/2018 to list goods permitted for wholesale and retail sale businesses of foreigners or Myanmar-foreigner joint ventures (“List”) pursuant to the MOC Notification No. 25/2018 dated 9th May 2018. The permitted goods consist of 24 groups including: 1.  consumer goods… Read More

News / 24 Aug 2018