At its 2015 AGM the Thailand Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators elected its new executive committee and officers. Three of the eleven elected committee members and officers are from Duensing Kippen. Jerrold Kippen – Vice President, Weeraya Kippen – Treasurer, and Olaf Duensing – Membership, will serve on the committee 2016 – 2018. The complete executive committee is as follows:

• Jayavadh Bunnag – President

International Legal Counselors of Thailand – Managing Partner

• Jerrold Kippen – Vice President

Duensing Kippen – Partner

• Paul Frangos – Secretary

Tilleke & Gibbins – Consultant

• Weeraya Kippen – Treasurer

Duensing Kippen – Associate Partner

• Gregory Zysk – Public Relations

Cultivation Collaborative Ltd. – Managing Director

• Olaf Duensing – Membership

Duensing Kippen – Partner

• Thavisak Na Takuathung

Kanung & Partners – Chief Advisor

• Rungsaeng Kittayapong, Ph.d

Kramthorn, Surachet & Somsak – Partner

• Albert T. Chandler

Chandler & Thong-Ek – Senior Partner & Of Counsel

• Nattaphol Chinawong

Natipatana Law Office – Advocate

• Vanina  Suchartikul

Herbert Smith Freehills – Senior Associate

For more about the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Thailand, visit: http://www.ciarbthailand.org

Our article on Thailand’s new “License Facilitation Act” appears in the latest edition of the American Chamber of Commerce of Thailand’s, Thai-American Business magazine.

ADR – A Better Choice for Construction Disputes?

Olaf Duensing [Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and Attorney-at-Law (Germany)] will be speaking on arbitration under FIDIC form construction contracts. Olaf will be joined by other construction industry experts who also share their thoughts at:  “ADR – A Better Choice for Construction Disputes?” sponsored by the Thai Arbitration Center.

Wednesday, 19 August 2015 at 09.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.

Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) 

26th Floor – Bhiraj Tower (EM Quartier), Bangkok, Thailand

*Presentations will be presented in English and Thai

Jerrold was invited to speak at “The Changing Fact of Thailand’s Property Market” in Singapore, 23-24 May 2015.

Jerrold advised attendees on current legal and tax issues that they should be aware of if they invest in residential real estate in Thailand.  You can view Jerrold’s powerpoint presentation here.

Jerrold’s interview in The Bangkok Post regarding Thai trial and appellate court decisions which held the “secured”/”collective” leasehold structure (commonly marketed to foreigners in Thailand) can be viewed here:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/485221/phuket-courts-void-ecured-leases-used-by-foreigners

“The ASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY is IMMINENT – New International Marketing Strategies for Real Estate & Investment Businesses, Ensure You’re Prepared“

The seminar will be held on 30 October 2014 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Grand Millennium Sukhumvit (Asoke) in Bangkok.

Olaf Duensing will be among the expert speakers and panellists.