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

Franchisors, amongst others, are prohibited from conducting any “unfair trade practices” that can cause damages to their franchisees under Section 57 of the Trade Competition Act B.E. 2560 (“TCA”).  To implement Section 57 of the TCA, for franchise business, the Trade Competition Commission issued its Notification on Guidelines for Consideration of Unfair Trade Practices in... Read More

On 3rd January 2020, the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (“DICA”) issued its Notification No. 2/2020 re: Guidance on Approval Requirements for Payment of Remuneration and Other Benefits to Directors and Related Parties (“Notification”). Pursuant to Sections 187 and 188 of the Myanmar Companies Law 2017 (“MCL”), the Board of Directors (“BOD”) or the... Read More