Emergency Decree on E-Meetings

On 18th April 2020, the Prime Minister of Thailand General Prayut Chan-o-cha issued an Emergency Decree on Electronic Meetings B. E. 2563 (“ED on E-Meetings”) effective from 19th April 2020. Under ED on E-Meetings, the Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), the Board of Directors (BoD) Meeting of companies can now be… Read More

News, Legal Brief / 29 Apr 2020

Benefits to Self-Insured Employees Affected by the Covid-19

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

News, Publication / 28 Apr 2020

The Thai Courts of Justice (COJ) Allows E-filing of Documents Via New System

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

News, Article / 17 Apr 2020

BOI Eases Filing Measures During the Covid-19 Lockdown

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

News, Article / 17 Apr 2020

PDPA COMPLIANCE PREPARATION – What Businesses Can and Should Do to Be Prepared for Compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 of Thailand

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

News, Article / 17 Apr 2020

Department of Business Development (DBD) Relaxes Legal Filing Requirements

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

News, Article / 17 Apr 2020