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Legal updates, practical guidance, and thought leadership from our team, covering the developments that matter to businesses operating in Thailand.
What the 8 September Cabinet Means for Companies, Investors, and Employers in Thailand
The Thai Cabinet met on Tuesday 8 September B.E. 2569 (2026), chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn. This alert sets out the five decisions of most consequence to companies operating in or investing into Thailand, and states in each case whether the decision is now operative or remains a draft.
What the 18 August Cabinet Means for Foreign Investors, Employers, and Cross-Border Businesses in Thailand
Nothing decided this week is yet in force, but two threads are worth acting on early: a step toward letting the Permanent Court of Arbitration hold proceedings in Thailand, which speaks to where you seat disputes, and a package of four labour measures that would pull seafarers and home-based workers into social protection and set new penalties for employers.
Hire-Purchase in Thailand: Repossess by the Rules, or Not at All
Hire-purchase looks simple until the hirer stops paying. Then the paperwork and the procedure decide everything, and an owner who moves on instinct rather than on the rules can turn a recoverable debt into a losing case.
Sale and Purchase Disputes: Characterise the Contract, or Lose at the Threshold
When a sale goes wrong, the client wants to talk about who broke the deal. The first question a litigator asks is narrower and more decisive: what kind of contract was this? In Thai law, the answer sets the remedy, the evidence, and often the outcome.
In a Thai Land Dispute, the Title Deed Decides the Case Before It Starts
When a client comes to us about a piece of land, the instinct is to start with the argument. We start with the paper. In a Thai land dispute the title document is not background, it is the case. It tells you what right the client actually holds, what they have to prove, and how long they have to act.
Winning a Thai Arbitration Is Only Half the Job: How to Enforce, and Protect, Your Award
You have won your arbitration. The tribunal has ruled in your favour and issued the award. The instinct is to treat the dispute as over. In Thailand, it is not. An award is a right, not yet a remedy, and the steps you take in the months that follow decide whether that right turns into money in the bank.
What the 7 July Cabinet Means for Contractors and Foreign Investors in Thailand Standfirst
A new blacklisting ground for state contractors, a permanent footing for the nominee crackdown, and the Sadao border crossing moves this week. Plus the July deadlines already in force.
What the 30 June Cabinet Means for Property Buyers, Landowners, and Employers in Thailand.
If you are closing a Thai home or condominium purchase right now, start here: the reduced property transfer and mortgage fees lapsed on 30 June B.E. 2569 (2026). As of today, the full 2 percent transfer fee and 1 percent mortgage fee are back, and they stay back until the renewed scheme is published in the Royal Gazette.
What the 16 June Cabinet Means for Manufacturers, Sellers, and Multinational Tax Teams in Thailand
If your business sells goods to Thai customers, makes or imports food packaging, runs an electronic-tax or withholding workflow, sits inside a large multinational group, or donates to schools and sport, the Thai Cabinet's session of 16 June B.E. 2569 (2026), chaired by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, is worth a scan. Five developments to review, and what is and is not yet in force.