Announcements

DUENSING KIPPEN’s client, a well-known international vacation club company, was recently hailed to civil court in Thailand by the client’s former construction contractor. DUENSING KIPPEN Associate Attorney, Tippaya Moonmanee, argued that the complex contractual arrangement between the client and contractor provided a cognizable arbitration agreement under the Arbitration Act of Thailand, the contractor must pursue its claim by way of the international arbitration mechanism provided in the contract, and that the suit must be dismissed. The court agreed and the suit was dismissed.

By invitation Jerrold Kippen will be representing Thailand as a delegate at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrator’s annual international conference on 22 – 24 August 2013 in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The event is expected to be attended by some 300 delegates from over twenty-five countries and will bring together the world’s leading arbitrators, arbitration scholars and arbitration counsel practitioners.

Olaf Duensing and Jerrold Kippen have been working in their capacities as Partners at DUENSING KIPPEN and as members of the American Chamber of Commerce of Thailand’s Legal Committee to explore and possibly prepare a proposal to the Thai government regarding regulating the professional practice of real estate agency in Thailand to accord with international standards.

In his capacity as a member of the Legal Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, Jerrold Kippen recently organized and moderated a presentation and discussion of the current draft of the Thai Arbitration Institute’s new rules for the conduct of arbitration proceedings under its auspices.

Olaf Duensing will be speaking on “The ‘Secured Leasehold’ Development Structure – Is there a more secure alternative?” at “CURRENT REAL ESTATE TOPICS—Combined Legal Committee/Greater Phuket Chapter Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce”. Other topics will include: “Regulating Estate Agency in Thailand”; and “Big Development News in Phuket Real Estate”.