Asialaw Profiles
The Guide to the legal markets of the Asia-Pacific

Partners Piphop Veraphong and Thanasak Chanyapoon lead boutique firm LawAlliance, which specialises in Thai tax advising services. The practice spans everything from tax-related disputes to helping clients to structure M&A deals effectively to restructuring ... [more]

Partners Piphop Veraphong and Thanasak Chanyapoon lead boutique firm LawAlliance, which specialises in Thai tax advising services. The practice spans everything from tax-related disputes to helping clients to structure M&A deals effectively to restructuring and insolvency work. Because of its expertise, LawAlliance garners a large amount of the petroleum income tax work in the market. One partner at a rival firm describes LawAlliance as “the only boutique tax firm in Thailand with real scope, significance and expertise”.

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Unique among international firms for its size and genuine knowledge of local Thai law, Baker & McKenzie’s tax group is an important part of its full service offering to clients. Tax partners often advise multinationals on tax efficient structures for ... [more]

Unique among international firms for its size and genuine knowledge of local Thai law, Baker & McKenzie’s tax group is an important part of its full service offering to clients. Tax partners often advise multinationals on tax efficient structures for inbound mergers and acquisitions, as well as representing Thai companies on outbound investments. Bakers’ international network is a huge asset to clients when it comes to these types of cross-border tax issues. Chinawat Assavapokee is known as a leading partner in the practice.

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The tax practice at The Legists has experience on energy and infrastructure projects and often represents clients on tax issues relating to these practice areas. The team is also able to advise on immigration issues concerning employee relocations across ... [more]

The tax practice at The Legists has experience on energy and infrastructure projects and often represents clients on tax issues relating to these practice areas. The team is also able to advise on immigration issues concerning employee relocations across Southeast Asia, and on matters relating to the transfer of technology. A great deal of the work in the practice is geared towards providing tax planning advice for foreign, inbound investors. This includes representing the Thai operations of foreign companies.

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Practice leader Sriwan Puapondh has over two decades of experience on tax matters in Thailand, including spending 10 years with Thailand’s Revenue Department. Puapondh’s experience has led to the creation of a practice with deep experience in interpreting ... [more]

Practice leader Sriwan Puapondh has over two decades of experience on tax matters in Thailand, including spending 10 years with Thailand’s Revenue Department. Puapondh’s experience has led to the creation of a practice with deep experience in interpreting Thai tax law, and one that is able to advise on a wide range of matters. These include excise tax, customs duties, transfer pricing, petroleum income tax, double taxation treaties and tax planning.

This past year, Tilleke’s tax team represented global furniture retailer Inter IKEA Holdings Services S.A. on Thai import legislation. The team also advised on ASEAN-China Free Trade Area tax issues and analysed multiple scenarios for sales and catalogue supply for the company’s Thai franchisee.

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The tax practice at ILCT serves as a standalone practice and bolsters the firm’s M&A team. The firm recently represented Bruck in its acquisition of Packages Global, and helped make sure that tax considerations were structured efficiently. The tax team ... [more]

The tax practice at ILCT serves as a standalone practice and bolsters the firm’s M&A team. The firm recently represented Bruck in its acquisition of Packages Global, and helped make sure that tax considerations were structured efficiently. The tax team also advised Amway on taxes in connection with staff performance bonuses and inventory and stock invoices prepayments.

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DLA Piper Chanvitaya Suvarnapunya and Supreedee Nimitkul are leading partners in DLA Piper’s tax practice, which advises international and local corporations as well as individuals on transaction tax issues. They are supported by professional tax expert ... [more]

DLA Piper

Chanvitaya Suvarnapunya and Supreedee Nimitkul are leading partners in DLA Piper’s tax practice, which advises international and local corporations as well as individuals on transaction tax issues. They are supported by professional tax expert Mitsuru Nishiuwatoko, who has experience advising multinational corporations looking to invest in Thailand on transfer pricing and procedure issues.

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