The latest edition of How to Hire and Fire, a guide to the rules and regulations governing employment relationships around the world, has been published by Multilaw. Chinachart Vatanasuchart, a partner in Tilleke & Gibbins’ corporate and commercial department, contributed the Thailand chapter of the guide, in which he expounds on important issues related to labor and employment law in Thailand. The chapter covers the following main topics:

Michael K. Lee, Annika Svanberg, and Kien Trung Trinh, lawyers in the Vietnam corporate and commercial group at Tilleke & Gibbins, have authored the Vietnam chapter to Multilaw’s How to Hire and Fire 2014, a guide to labor and employment law in 98 jurisdictions worldwide. They delve into such issues as the forums for adjudicating employment disputes, legal requirements for employment agreements, secrecy and confidentiality, ownership of inventions, and outsourcing and sub-contracting.

The 2014/15 edition of Practical Law Company’s Q&A-style, multi-jurisdictional guide to Insurance and Reinsurance has been released. The guide presents readers with in-depth analysis of insurance and reinsurance markets around the world, covering a total of 18 jurisdictions. Contributing the Vietnam chapter of the guide, Vinh Quoc Nguyen and Jim Dao, senior associate and registered foreign attorney respectively in Tilleke & Gibbins’ Vietnam insurance team, provide a high-level overview of the following main topics:

The latest edition of Practical Law Company’s multi-jurisdictional guide to Insurance and Reinsurance has been published. Following a country-specific Q&A format, the guide provides detailed overviews of insurance and reinsurance law and practice in 18 key jurisdictions worldwide.

Thailand is a highly attractive market for businesses engaged in direct sales, with most of the top global companies present. The result is a 70-billion-baht industry with an annual growth rate of 8.3%. With many new companies eager to join the fray, this article provides an introduction to the legal requirements necessary to proceed with a direct-sales venture.

The Computer-Related Crimes Act (CCA) of Thailand came into force in July 2007. It was followed a month later with the publication of a Notification of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology providing more detail relative to the scope and application of the law.

The patent system is designed to protect innovation and, in the same vein, offer an instrument guaranteeing that the fruits of innovation, such as genetic profiling, pharmacokinetics, and gene therapy, will be beneficial for all groups in society.Given the diverse array of national objectives, however, developing countries such as Thailand often face difficult questions regarding how far they should go in promoting pharmaceutical patents versus obstructing patents in favor of increasing access to medicine for patients.

On February 8, 2014, a few days after the Lunar New Year, Vietnam’s first-ever McDonald’s opened in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. Situated on a major transportation axis, but away from tourist areas and the downtown core, the new restaurant boasted 24-hour service and a drive-thru—for both cars and motorbikes—which was also purported to be the first in Vietnam.