June 19, 2024Legal insight - May 2024 New law to amend the laws on cannabis The government has proposed to criminalize cannabis again from the previous law on legalizing cannabis. This new legal proposal includes the reclassification […] Read more
June 19, 2024Legal insight - May 2024 Levelling Up Criteria on Issuance and Offering of Debt Securities and Disclosure of Information On 16 May 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission Office (“SEC Office”) issued rules to improve and modernise the criteria on issuance […] Read more
June 19, 2024Legal insight - May 2024 Imposing VAT on imported goods value less than 1,500 Baht The Ministry of Finance and the Revenue Department have agreed to propose a scheme regarding the collection of Value-Added Tax (“VAT”) from […] Read more
June 19, 2024Legal insight - May 2024 Extension of Free-Visa Period for Tourists from India and Taiwan The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that it extended the free visa period for tourists coming from India and Taiwan. According […] Read more
June 19, 2024Legal insight - May 2024 Extended visa period for foreign tourists, students, and digital nomads The government of Thailand approved on 28 May 2024 the longer stay visa periods for foreign visitors, postgraduate students, and remote workers. […] Read more
June 19, 2024Legal insight - May 2024 Bank of Thailand (“BOT”) Prepared For Lending Policy Update On 27 May 2024, the BOT opened for a public hearing on the Draft of the Policy of the BOT regarding Lending […] Read more
June 19, 2024Legal insight - May 2024 A new precedent decision on unfair trade practice by unfairly utilizing superior market power or superior bargaining power was issued by Trade Competition Commission of Thailand On 30 May 2024, the Trade Competition Commission of Thailand (“TCC”) published its decision on a new case concerning determination of fee […] Read more
June 16, 2024Legal Insight - February 2022 Thailand has legalized medical use of Cannabis, but prohibited its use for recreation purpose On 24 January 2022, Thai Food and Drug Administration or Thai FDA announced that Cannabis and Hemp are medicinal plant that has […] Read more
June 16, 2024Legal Insight - February 2022 Thai Government approved 0% Capital Gain Tax for an Investment in Thai Startups Capital Gain Tax can be defined as a tax on profits from sale of an investment that derives when an asset is […] Read more
June 16, 2024Legal Insight - February 2022 Security standard requirements regarding cyber security are expected to be enacted by the end of 2022 As Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 will be officially enforced in June 2022, data or personal information of both private and […] Read more