Competition in the Digital Age: Is It Better to Be Small?
By David Norcross, Managing Director of Lexicon Mass production, high-powered advertising campaigns, strong brand recognition – for the longest time, large companies seemed to have insurmountable advantages in the market, thanks to the advantages they enjoyed as a consequence of their size. SMEs, by contrast, would need to utilize all of their ingenuity in order just […]
Thailand Introduces New Investment and Tax Scheme on International Business Center
By Baker McKenzie and Pornapa Luengwattanakit, Partner, Head of the International Commercial and Trade practice in Bangkok Baker & McKenzie Limited Part I: IBC as promoted by the Board of Investment The Thailand Board of Investment (“BOI“) has repealed its investment promotion policy to promote International Headquarters (“IHQ“) and International Trading Center (“ITC“) businesses on 11 […]
Australia’s leading mathematics educator and local hero of 2018, Eddie Woo, visits Thailand
Source: Australia in Thailand Australian Embassy Bangkok is excited to bring Australia’s leading mathematics educator and local hero of 2018, Eddie Woo to Thailand! At his talk entitled “Reimagining Mathematics” at Thailand’s Prachaniwet School, Eddie inspired the students by showing a whole new world to maths and explained that there is so much more to maths […]
Australian-Thai Communities Celebrate Australia’s National Day across Thailand
Source: Australia in Thailand Mark Australia’s national day with New initiative The Australian Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires, Paul Stephens was pleased to mark Australia’s national day with the launch of Australia now ASEAN 2019. The initiative is all about connecting the young people of Australia and Southeast Asia through activities, exchanges and dialogues. Expect culinary showcases, film […]
Time to Re-examine Your Intellectual Property Strategy in Thailand
By Nathan D. Wood, Business Development Manager Satyapon & Partners Limited Over the last three years there have been sweeping changes to Intellectual Property Law in Thailand but what does that mean for business? Never in the history of Thailand have the conditions been more favorable for genuine rights holders. The current government has fully […]
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs visits Thailand
Source: Australia in Thailand Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, visited Thailand on Thursday 10 January. Her visit comes at an important time for Thailand as it takes up its position as ASEAN Chair for 2019, Southeast Asia’s premier representative grouping. The Foreign Minister Payne met with her counterpart Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai […]
Advance Awards – Global Innovators, Australian Style
By The Advance Awards For Thailand-based enquiries for the Advance Awards, please contact AustCham Thailand Member, Sam Gerovich [email protected] The Advance Awards recognise the most influential global Australians at a Gala Awards ceremony held annually in Sydney attended by the Prime Minister and Industry leaders. The Awards include industry / category awards, an overall winner, […]
Knowing About “IBC” the Replacement of ROH and IHQ
By Kosol Suriyaporn, Director JTJB International Lawyers Co., Ltd Overview Information Effective from 29th December 2018 onward, International Business Center (so-called “IBC”) tax incentives under the Royal Decree No 674 was enacted to replace all previous tax-incentivized of the Regional Operating Headquarters and International Headquarters (so-called “ROH” and “IHQ” respectively). The existing ROH and IHQ […]
CRS is happening now and creeping around the world
By Paul Gambles, Managing Partner MBMG Group The Common Reporting Standard is part of a collection of international agreements, each carrying its own sinister acronym. These agreements are designed to allow countries to swap information on people’s financial details, including the status of their bank accounts, life insurance policies, investment vehicles and holding companies engaged […]
Merger Control Regime in Thailand – a new M&A barrier?
By Pornapa Luengwattanakit, Partner, Ampika Kumar, Partner and Narumol Chinawong, Associate Baker & McKenzie Limited For decades, Thailand has been known as not having a merger control regime in place, and thus any mergers and acquisitions (“M&A“) in the past were not subject to approval requirements (except for certain industries which are regulated by specific legislation). […]
