Compliance in the Time of Covid
Covid-19 has created a perfect storm for regulatory lapses and failures: an unprecedented combination of business and regulatory disruption in a condensed time of period. Compliance requirements and safeguards are ignored, and compliance investigations hindered, delayed, or canceled. But do not expect the Department of Justice or the Securities and the Exchange Commission(“SEC”) to relax...
Compliance Investigations in Thailand: Caste and Candor
There is one word that should start any real discussion about corruption in Thailand, and that word is Sakdina (ศักดินา). Sakdina is a historical system of social hierarchy that went so far as to assign a specific numerical rank to every person in Thailand depending on their status. Although officially abolished, it persists, in a less recognizable form, to this day. Tourists and first-time...
A Perfect Storm For Thailand’s Tourism Sector
Pfizer and BioNTech have announced the development of a vaccine that is over 90% successful in preventing Covid-19. This should open investment opportunities in Thailand, particularly in Thailand’s tourism sector.
Thailand’s tourism sector and much of its economy has been in a slump since the Thai government took stringent measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Thailand. Thailand’s...
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We are a focused commercial practice in Bangkok, Thailand that handles transactions, disputes and compliance matters. We have 13 years’ experience in the U.S. and over 20 years in Bangkok, Thailand. Our founding partner is a dual national, U.S. and Thai, who has handled major transactions involving hundreds of millions of dollars, disputes in the form of jury trials in the U.S. and complex...