M&A Report (July 2020)

AIGF Advisors, a Singapore-based private equity investor that manages the ASEAN Industrial Growth Fund, is mulling an exit from its investment in the KFC Thailand franchise business, four sources familiar with the matter said.

On 15 May 2020, the DFDL Employment & Labour Team organized a well-attended webinar on Workforce Restructuring in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Our panel of experts comprised Marion Carles-Salmon (Head of Regional Employment and Labor Practice), Tran Thi Vu Hanh (Partner), Kraisorn Rueangkul (Partner), Nishant Choudhary (Partner), Samnangvathana Sor (Senior Consultant, Cambodia), Standré Bezuidenhout (Senior...

On 14 May 2020, the DFDL Thailand Tax Team organized and hosted a well-attended webinar ‘How to Manage Your Tax Affairs in Thailand during the COVID-19 crisis’.

DFDL Thailand is pleased to announce the publication of the 2020 edition of the Thai Tax Pocket Guide.

EU TO REOPEN BORDERS TO 15 COUNTRIES

Right at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, I was absolutely sure people will only travel again if they feel it is safe to do so in the new Covid-19 world, and when they have the spare cash to do so. My conviction to that mantra is as solid today as it was all those months ago.

Tourism Authority of Thailand news first on FIR: Bangkok, 22 May, 2020, at 14.00 Hrs. – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports recently held a meeting with executives and officials from related government agencies as well as representatives from 13 sectors in the Thai tourism industry to discuss financial and fiscal relief measures aimed at driving the economy in the post-COVID-19 era.

Bangkok, 10 May, 2020, at 09.00 Hrs. – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to provide the latest update that as Thailand is mulling allowing more businesses to reopen in Phase II of easing a partial lockdown – tentatively from next Sunday, 17 May, anti-COVID-19 social distancing measures have been intensified at several venues and businesses as well as mass transit systems, including the BTS Skytrain.

Bangkok, 11 May, 2020, at 15.00 Hrs. – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is proud to report that Thais are stepping up to help those who are out of work and struggling to put food on the table during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, starting community pantries in Bangkok and in other locations around the country.