NEWS
Compliance in the time of Covid – Thailand
Covid-19 has created a perfect storm for regulatory lapses and failures: an unprecedented combination of business and regulatory disruption in a condensed time of period. Compliance requirements and safeguards are ignored, and compliance investigations hindered, [...]
COVID-19: Social Security Relief
On 17 April 2020, the Thai government published in the Royal Gazette two ministerial regulations relating to social security relief. One of them temporarily increases unemployment allowance rates (from a maximum of THB 7,500 to [...]
PDPA Postponement and Appointment of the PDPA Committee
On 19 May 2020, the cabinet of Thailand decided to postpone the enforcement of Thailand’s first general data privacy law known as the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) from 28 May 2020 until 1 June [...]
Aawut Law Firm has been recognised as a Dispute Resolution Star by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2020
Aawut Law Firm is proud to announce that our Managing Partner, Mr Aawut Somsak has been recognised as one of twenty-eight Dispute Resolution Stars in Thailand in the practice areas of Commercial and Transactions, Dispute Resolution including [...]
COVID 19 Update – Thailand to allow companies to hold shareholders and board meetings through electronic mode
On 19 April 2020, the Thai Government published in the Royal Gazette a new Emergency Decree on Teleconferences through Electronic Devices B.E. 2563 (2020) (“2020 Emergency Decree”). The 2020 Emergency Decree superseded the Announcement of [...]
Tighter Regulatory Grip on Unfair Trade Practices in Thailand
Business operators in Thailand are afforded the protection against unfair trade practices under the Trade Competition Act 2017 (“Act”), with the exception of a few categories of operations and businesses prescribed under the Act. The [...]
Aawut Law Firm has welcomed Douglas Mancill as an Of Counsel
25 March 2020, Bangkok – Aawut Law Firm is delighted to announce the appointment of Douglas Mancill as Of Counsel. Douglas has represented and advised companies and individuals on a wide range of commercial law [...]
Thai Merger Control – Roadblock to Tesco’s Multibillion-Dollar Deal?
On 9 March 2020, Tesco Plc (“Tesco”) announced the sale of its operations in Thailand and Malaysia to four entities under Charoen Pokphand Group, for US$10.6 billion. The announcement came three months after Tesco first [...]
New Regulation on Unfair Practices in Franchise Businesses
New Regulation on Unfair Practices in Franchise Businesses In order to prevent franchisees from being unfairly treated by franchisors and to promote freedom to compete, fairness and transparency, the Office of Trade Competition Commission [...]
Aawut Law Firm have been named as A-list of Thailand’s Top 100 Lawyers – 2019 Edition
Asia Business Law Journal released its list of Thailand’s top 100 lawyers in 2019. We are pleased to announce that our managing partner, Aawut Somsak has been ranked on The A-list Thailand’s top 100 lawyers 2019. Pisut [...]
Aawut Law Firm have been ranked in Asialaw 2020 Edition
Aawut Law Firm is delighted to announce Asialaw’s 2020 rankings that we have been named as ‘Notable Law Firm’ on Dispute Resolution Practice. In addition, our Managing Partner, Mr Aawut Somsak has been ranked as ‘Notable practitioner’ [...]
Aawut Law Firm has been recognised as a Dispute Resolution Star by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2019.
We are proud to announce that our Managing Partner, Mr Aawut Somsak has been recognised as a Dispute Resolution Star in Commercial and Transactions, Labour and Employment including Trusts and Estates by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2019. [...]