On 20 June 2022, the Personal Data Privacy Commission (“PDPC”) had four notifications published in the Government Gazette to clarify certain issues under the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) which became fully effective on 1 June 2022 following two years of postponement. 1.) Exemption on Record-Keeping Duties of SMEs The first notification titled the [...]

We are pleased to announce that Pisut & Partners has been ranked number 7 in Thailand for general dispute resolution practice by Legal Media 360 – 2021 edition. In addition, our Managing Partner, Mr Pisut Rakwong has been ranked number 1 in Thailand for Disputes – Labour and Employment and he has been ranked [...]

We are pleased to announce that Pisut & Partners has been recognised as a “Firm to Watch” in Dispute Resolution and Corporate (including M&A) by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 edition. A ‘firms to watch’ section of the Legal 500 highlighting the best up-and-coming firms operating across a range of practice areas in [...]

Thailand does not currently have any specific law on franchise businesses per se. However, relationships between franchisors and franchisees are generally governed by the Trade Competition Act 2017 which includes a catch-all provision prohibiting the use of “unfair trade practices”, a vague concept which has seen problematic enforcement since 1999 when Thailand’s first trade [...]

We are delighted to announce that our firm has once again been recognised as ‘Recommended Law Firm’ in the dispute resolution practice area in Asialaw Profiles 2022. Our firm has been ranked in Asialaw Profiles from 2020 until the present. In addition, our Managing Partner, Mr Pisut Rakwong has been ranked as ‘Notable practitioner’ [...]

Pisut & Partners has been appointed from the resolution of the Unit Owners of Ashton Asoke to advise and represent the Unit Owners of Ashton Asoke on the implications of the recent Central Administrative Court’s judgment to the revocation of building permit for luxury condominium “Ashton Asoke” that may impact and available options that [...]

Mr Pisut Rakwong, the managing partner has been admitted to the THAC Panels of Arbitrators, specifically as an arbitrator panellist for Corporate, International Trade, Information Technology, Shareholders, and Joint Venture Disputes, and the general commercial panel. The THAC Panels of Arbitrators is a select group of elite and arbitrators and includes prominent attorneys, retired [...]

It was reported on 3 July 2021 that the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a criminal charge against Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, for operating without a business license from the SEC under the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses of 2018 (“Crypto Law”), a crime punishable with an imprisonment [...]

The Trade Competition Commission (“TCC”) of Thailand recently issued new anti-trust guidelines on 24 May 2021, i.e., the TCC Notification re Guidelines for Considering Unfair Trade Practices Pertaining to Credit Terms in Cases where Sellers of Goods or Services are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (the “Credit Term Guidelines”). The Credit Term Guidelines were published [...]