LawPlus Webinar: Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand

On 9th September 2021 LawPlus Ltd. hosted a webinar on Laws on FDI in Thailand. The speakers were 3 partners of LawPlus Ltd. (Kowit Somwaiya, Naddaporn Suwanvajukkasikij 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 by click here. Laws… Read More

News, Seminar / 11 Sep 2021

Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand Webinar: Laws and Practices

Date: Thursday, 9 September 2021 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (Bangkok) Language: English Register: Click here   Thailand is one of the most attractive countries for foreign direct investment.  The country was ranked 21st amongst 190 countries in the World Bank Ease of Doing Business 2020.  The total values of the FDI in Thailand in 2019… Read More

Seminar / 01 Sep 2021

Kratom Is No Longer a Narcotic

The Narcotics Act B.E. 2522 (1979) (“NA”) was recently amended by the Narcotics Act (No. 8) B.E. 2564 (2021) (“Amended NA”).  The Amended NA was published in the Government Gazette on 26th May 2021 and came into force on 24th August 2021. The Amended NA excludes Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) Havil) from the list of… Read More

News / 31 Aug 2021

Credit Terms for SMEs under Trade Competition Act B.E. 2560 (“TCA”)

The Trade Competition Commission of Thailand (“TCC”) issued its Notification on Guidelines for Consideration of Fair Trade Practices Related to Credit Terms with SMEs as Sellers of Goods or Services on 24th May 2021 (“Credit Terms Regulation”) under the Trade Competition Act B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017) (“TCA”) and it will become effective from 16th December… Read More

News / 30 Aug 2021

Digital Platform Service Businesses Law of Thailand

On 15th July 2021 the MDES (Ministry of Digital Economy and Society) and the EDTA (Electronic Transactions Development Agency) held a pubic hearing on the draft of the Royal Decree on Digital Platform Service Businesses (“DPSB Law”) to be enacted as a law under the Electronic Transactions Act B.E. 2544 (A.D. 2001).  The stated objective… Read More

News / 13 Aug 2021

Thailand Space Activities Law

On 13th July 2021, the Thailand Cabinet approved the draft Space Activities Act (“SAA”).  The major provisions of the SAA are as summarized below. (1)   The National Space Policy Committee (“NSPC”) will be established to prepare space activity policies and plans, formulate plans or projects for the cooperation between the public and private agencies, support… Read More

News / 08 Aug 2021