On 26th July 2018, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOC”) issued the Newsletter No. 2/2018 on the Standard Operation Procedure (“SOP”) for 100% foreign owned companies (“FOC”), joint venture companies between Myanmar nationals and foreigners (“JVC”) and Myanmar local companies (“MLC”) to set out the framework for obtaining a license for wholesale business (“WSL”) and/or a... Read More

Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (“MDES”) recently published the latest draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill (the “Bill”) for public hearing and public consultation from 5th – 20th September 2018 before the MDES revises the Bill and submits it to the National Legislative Assembly (“NLA”) for approval. It is one of the... Read More

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

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