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27 September, 2022

Mergers and Telecommunication Market Regulatory Obligations – Thailand

As technology and telecommunications continue to converge at blinding speed, other sectors are joining the party with equally breathtaking acceleration. An example is the automotive sector, wherein the automotive sector converges with the telecommunications and technology sectors. …

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Taxation Of Digital Assets
24 August, 2022

Thailand: Taxation Of Digital Assets

October 2022 John Formichella & Naytiwut Jamallsawat According to the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), investors had opened only 170,000 accounts with an exchange or digital asset trading center licensed by the SEC by 2020. Still, this number grew …

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Personal Data Privacy in an eye shape with words
24 August, 2022

Personal Data Breach Notifications – Thailand Personal Data Privacy

November 2022 By John Formichella & Naytiwut Jamallsawat The obligation to report a personal data breach in Thailand under the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (“PDPA“) is subject to the risk and impact on the owner of the …

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24 August, 2022

Thailand: Cybersecurity Comparative Guide

The interplay between Data Privacy Law and Cybersecurity Laws – Thailand May 2022 1. Legal framework There are differences between ‘cybersecurity,’ ‘data protection,’ and ‘cybercrime’ under Thai law, as follows: The key statutes that address cyber in Thailand are:  The …

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Onnicha Khongthon and John Formichella
15 March, 2022

Onnicha Khongthon contributes to World Bank Group Thailand Women, Business and the Law

Women, Business and the Law 2022 is the eighth in a series of World Bank reports that provide objective legal and regulatory barriers to women’s entrepreneurship and employment in 190 economies. …

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Asia Business Law Journal Award
18 February, 2022

Formichella & Sritawat featured in the Asia Business Law Directory

Asia Business Law Journal – published in print and online at Law.asia. This organization is a bi-monthly magazine that clarifies the legal and regulatory environment in vital Asian jurisdictions.

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Telecom cell towers
1 November, 2021

Thailand’s Telecommunications Business Act

The TBA does not impose foreign shareholding restrictions on Type I licensed operators. However, foreign nationals or companies with majority foreign ownership must obtain a Foreign Business License under most circumstances from the Ministry of Commerce to operate their business. …

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13 September, 2021

John Formichella has been listed among Super 50 TMT Lawyers Asia by Asian Legal Business

The lawyers in the Super 50 were selected based on recommendations to ALB, including in-house counsel and other decision-makers regarding client service. John is one of just three lawyers from Thailand to be listed. More than 200 in-house counsels across 13 jurisdictions in Asia and overseas sent in their recommendations for this list. …

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Telecom tower
12 August, 2021

Thailand: Telecoms & Media

Lexology Getting the Deal Through provides international legal expert analysis in key areas of law, practice and regulation for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, and company officers and directors. …

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Cell towers in Thailand
18 March, 2021

Telematics, Thailand, and Telecommunications

As technology and telecommunications continue to converge at blinding speed, other sectors are joining the party with equally breathtaking acceleration. An example is the automotive sector, wherein the automotive sector converges with the telecommunications and technology sectors. …

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