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

In response to the Covid-19 lockdown, the DBD of Thailand has adjusted e-filing systems and implemented new online filing measures to facilitate businesses in complying with their legal filing requirements.  This note gives a summary of some of these adjustments and new measures. 1.   From 1st April 2020, the following documents can be filed with... Read More

On 25th March 2020, the Prime Minister of Thailand Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha invoked the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations B.E. 2548 by declaring the state of emergency effective from 26th March 2020 to 30th April 2020 to lockdown Thailand against the Covid-19 epidemic to impose the following measures: 1.   The Governors of... Read More

As of 27th March 2020, Myanmar has done the followings, amongst other things, to be prepared for implementation of the MTL2019. 1.   The Department of Intellectual Property (“DIP”) has been established under the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar.  The DIP drafted the Trademark Rules for implementing the MTL2019. 2.   In December 2019 and January 2020,... Read More