Publications
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As part of our corporate social responsibility commitment, we provide regular legal column contributions to numerous international, national, and local hard and soft copy publications, including our regular legal column in The Phuket News newspaper, Mondaq, the Danish-Thai Trade News, Tropical Living magazine, Director magazine, Exotiq magazine, Samui-Phanga Real Estate magazine, The Pattaya Mail newspaper, Samui Express newspaper, Chiang Mai Mail newspaper, and many others. We also make these Thailand legal publications available here below.
Our attorneys’ contributions have also been featured on Mondaq, a leading international legal publishing platform that syndicates legal insights to a global audience of business leaders and in-house counsel.. Explore our Thailand legal publications below, organized by practice area, covering arbitration, real estate, corporate law, litigation, and tax.
- Arbitration & ADR
- Dispute Resolution & Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate & Property
- Corporate & Commercial
- Tax
Lease Mortgage Thailand: The Alternative That Actually Works
Why the popular “Collective Lease” fails Thai real estate investors — and how a Lease-Mortgage or Penalty-Mortgage structure actually secures a 90-year investment.
Real Estate Due Diligence Thailand: 2 Areas to Investigate
An examination of how lax title and building-permit due diligence has left some Phuket real estate investors exposed to enforcement action under Thailand’s military government, and what a proper pre-investment legal investigation should actually cover.
Public Land Encroachment Thailand: 3 Legal Facts to Know
An overview of the National Park Act framework behind recent DNPWPC land investigations in Phuket, including how legally-issued title deeds can still be revoked, and the due diligence steps that could have helped current landowners avoid this situation.
Selling a Lease Thailand: 2 Legal Steps Required, Not One
A legal clarification of why selling a lease in Thailand requires both an assignment of rights and a novation of obligations under the Civil and Commercial Code — not a choice between the two, as some commentary has suggested — plus the registration trap that can limit enforceability of the new lease term.
Rental Income Tax Thailand: 3 Rules Owners Must Know
An overview of how rental income from Thai property is taxed regardless of the owner’s tax residency, covering the 30% standard expense deduction, the personal income tax brackets, withholding tax obligations, and the distinction between owners and sub-leasing investors.