Insurance and Reinsurance, published by Practical Law Company, provides a Q&A-style overview of insurance and reinsurance law in 38 jurisdictions worldwide.

The Practical Law Insurance and Reinsurance Global Guide 2018 presents a Q&A-style overview of insurance and reinsurance laws and practices in major jurisdictions around the world. The Thailand chapter of the guide was written by members of Tilleke & Gibbins’ regional insurance practice, including Aaron Le Marquer, Athistha Chitranukroh, and Kitti Thaisomboon. The chapter provides details on the following subjects:

Members of Tilleke & Gibbins’ regional insurance practice, including Dino Santaniello, head of the firm’s office in Laos, and Saithong Rattana, attorney-at-law, have contributed to the debut Laos chapter in Insurance and Reinsurance, published by Practical Law Company.

Members of Tilleke & Gibbins’ regional insurance practice, including Aaron Le Marquer, Pichrotanak Bunthan, and Sophea Sin, have contributed to the firm’s debut Cambodia chapter in Insurance and Reinsurance, published by Practical Law Company.

With Thailand’s accession to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) in November 2017, the Thai government is moving forward in supporting international registration of trademarks in the nation. In early January 2018, the Ministry of Commerce organized an opening ceremony for its new Madrid Application Receiving Office at the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP), with the event witnessed by the Deputy Minister of Commerce, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Director Gen

The Laos chapter of Global Guide 2018: Doing Business In…, a guide published by Practical Law in association with Lex Mundi, presents a comprehensive Q&A-style overview of doing business in Laos.

Laos has attracted substantial foreign investment in recent years, which has contributed to a surge in the establishment of legal entities, both local and foreign. However, the Lao government has noted that a number of legal entities have not actually been operating business activities in the country, nor have they fulfilled minimum requirements set out in relevant regulations.

It has been reported that the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) of Vietnam will begin accepting requests on April 2, 2018, for the final year of its Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program with the Japan Patent Office (JPO).As the number of requests is limited, if you wish to file any PPH requests, please let us know as soon as possible. The requests should be prepared well in advance so they can be filed in the morning of April 2, 2018.