Extraterritorial Applicability of the GDPR to Thai Companies
The European Union (EU) has recently adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR“), a new piece of legislation intended to protect the privacy of data... Read More
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Work Permit and Visa in Thailand: Issues and Submissions
Work Permit and Visa has become the single most referred to area of business irritance There are cumbersome procedures, seeming meaningless requirements and out of... Read More
Amendments to the Labor Protection Act
The Thai government has focused on updating the Labor Protection Act (LPA) this year. The LPA was first amended on January 24, 2017. More recently,... Read More
New Labor Protection Act
New Labor Protection Act to Introduce Changes to Employer Regulations A number of amendments have been introduced to Thailand’s Labor Protection Act (LPA) and are... Read More
Courts Introduce New Electronic Procedures
A new directive in Thailand will allow court pleadings and documents to be filed electronically. The Directive of the President of the Supreme Court on... Read More
Thailand – New Thai Customs Act Signed Into Law
On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, confirmation of the formal enactment of Thailand’s new Customs Act B.E. 2560 (2017) was published in the Royal Gazette, the... Read More
Company Meetings by Tele- or Video Conference
The Thai government and the relevant authorities are modernising procedural requirements for companies, in order to make it easier to do business in Thailand. In... Read More
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Thailand as an Investment Destination
As part of the strategy to attract foreign investment, the 2013 reduction of its corporate income tax level to 20% saw the country’s corporate tax... Read More