On 17th April 2020, the Ministry of Labour issued (1) the Ministerial Regulation re: Receiving Unemployment Compensation Due to Force Majeure Caused by an Epidemic of Contagious Disease under the Contagious Disease Law B.E. 2563 and (2) the Ministerial Regulation re: Receiving Unemployment Compensation Due to the Impact from Economic Conditions B.E. 2563  to give financial... Read More

This year we celebrate the World Intellectual Property (IP) Day with the theme “Innovate for a Green Future“, to highlight the importance of IP in supporting innovation and creativity that help create a green future.  IP plays a vital role in incentivizing innovative people to develop eco-friendly products and new technologies supporting environmental sustainability.  IP... Read More

In response to the Covid-19 crisis, effective from 24th March 2020 the COJ postponed all the witness hearings of the Court of First Instance scheduled for 24th March 2020 to 31st May 2020 to the end of the year or a later date which may be announced later, subject to certain exceptions such as hearings... Read More

The Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) has implemented measures to allow BOI promotion applicants and BOI promoted businesses to file more documents online.  The BOI has also extended deadlines for BOI promoted businesses to comply with their filing requirements.  The BOI supports the work-from-home and the social distancing practices.  The major measures include: 1. ... Read More

This note discusses some of basic steps which businesses/companies should take to be prepared for compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (“PDPA”) of Thailand.  The PDPA implementation will start from its full effective date of 27th May 2020.  This note does not constitute a legal advice and it is not supposed to... Read More