On 20th June 2025, our partners, Kowit Somwaiya, Naddaporn Suwanvajukkasikij, Usa Ua-areetham, together with our senior associate, Kulkanya Vorawanichar, were honored to serve as exclusive guest speakers at the 29th Legal Seminar and Clinic organized by the Korean-Thai Chamber of Commerce (KTCC).  The event was held at the Hilton Sukhumvit Hotel, Bangkok. Our team presented... Read More

The Anti-Money Laundering Act B.E. 2542 (1999) of Thailand as amended (“AMLA”) and the regulations issued under the AMLA apply not only to financial institutions but also to non-financial institutions who are professional operators (“POs”) under the AMLA.  This article discusses the duties of POs under the AMLA and its key regulations listed below: (a) ... Read More

The Asia Business Law Journal again ranked Kowit Somwaiya, our Senior Partner, as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Thailand in its A-List of Thailand’s Top 100 Lawyers 2023.  ABLJ previously ranked him for the same A-List in 2021 and 2022. The ABLJ’s A-List ranks the best private practice lawyers in Thailand based on... Read More

(Revised: 6th October 2023) 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... Read More

Effective from 13th July 2022, under the Notification on Prescribing Other Businesses Related to Digital Assets as Additional Digital Asset Businesses (No. 2) B.E. 2565 dated 10th June 2022 and the Notification on License to Operate Digital Asset Business (No. 3) B.E. 2565 dated 10th June 2022 of the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the “Digital... Read More