Legal Section - Doing Business
You will find here a series of summaries providing an overview of useful legal regulations, processes and legal issues for Doing Business in Thailand.
Foreigners making a will in Thailand
Sections 1646 and 1697 of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code allows foreigners living in Thailand to make or amend wills.
Software and intellectual property law in Thailand
In our global and digital world, software is used everywhere. Therefore, one of the most important issues is how to prevent software from being copied or how to keep intellectual property laws applying to software from being infringed.
Government programme allows some foreigners to buy land
The Cabinet last month considered a proposal to allow foreign investors to own land. The proposal sets out two programmes under which they could do so.
New guidelines on unfair trade practices
The Trade Competition Commission of Thailand (“TCC”) has issued new guidelines on credit terms in agreements between small or medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) and other entrepreneurs, effective 16 December 2021.
New BOI-related merit-based incentives related to R&D
Based on resolutions passed by the Board of Investment (BOI) on 30 June 2021, the BOI will offer an additional unlimited tax holiday for up to 5 years for projects investing in research and development.