Legal Issues on FDI in Thailand Part I: Types of Investment Entities

Foreign investors can set up legal entities and business units in Thailand to do foreign direct investments in Thailand. Private Limited Company Foreign investors can register a private limited liability company with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC).  The company must have at least three promoters, three shareholders and one authorized director.  The promoters must be… Read More

News, Publication, Article / 11 Nov 2021

Investment Promotion in Thailand: BOI and EEC 2021

The laws of Thailand on the Board of Investment Promotion (“BOI”) and the Eastern Economic Corridor (“EEC”) encourage local and foreign investors to invest in Thailand.  They provide tax and non-tax incentives in promoted projects. The article gives an overview of the major incentives and the application procedures under the BOI and EEC laws. Board… Read More

News, Publication / 31 May 2021

DIGITAL ASSET LAW OF THAILAND AFTER THREE YEARS

It has been almost three years since the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Business Operation B.E. 2561 of Thailand (“DA Law”) came into force on 14th May 2018.  Since then several implementation rules have been issued by the Ministry of Finance (“MOF”), the Securities and Exchange Commission Thailand (“SEC”) and the SEC Office.  This article… Read More

News, Publication / 15 Mar 2021

Refiling Trademarks during the Soft Opening Period in Myanmar: What’s Next?

On 28th August 2020, the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar (“MOC”) issued Order No. 63/2020 to announce the Soft Opening Period (“SOP”) starting from 1st October 2020 for owners of registered trademarks to refile their trademarks under the Myanmar Trademark Law 2019 (“MTL2019”). As of 31st December 2020, around 26,000 registered marks have been refiled.  They were refiled via… Read More

News, Publication / 15 Jan 2021

Amendment to Trade Service Fees of Myanmar Tradenet 2.0 System

On 28th October 2020, the Ministry of Commerce issued its Newsletter No. 18/2020 on the amendment of the trade service fees for online licensing through Tradenet 2.0, which came into force on 1st November 2020. In order to enable online licensing and related activities, Myanmar Tradenet 2.0 is in place to support the national single… Read More

News, Publication / 30 Dec 2020

Notice of Internal Revenue Department

On 19th November 2020, Internal Revenue Department (“IRD”) issued its notice to alert to the taxpayers to file the annual return on income tax, the salary statement and the commercial tax during the prescribed financial year. 1.   The relevant period for preparing the annual tax return is the previous financial year from 1st October 2019… Read More

News, Publication / 30 Dec 2020