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Asia Newsletter (December 2019)

The new Thai Trade Competition Act was enacted on 7 July 2017 and came into force on October 5 of the same year, replacing the previous Trade Competition Act. The 2017 Act established the Thai Trade Competition Commission as a new independent enforcement authority, and aimed to establish a more robust trade competition regime. In this newsletter, we introduce three rulings recently declared by the Thai Trade Competition Commission, which are worthy of attention from Japanese companies doing business in Thailand.

Contents

I. Nishimura & Asahi has acquired Thailand’s SCL Group
II. Active Law Enforcement by Thai Trade Competition Commission (Jun Katsube、Metas Sansuk)

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勝部 純

Jun is a partner in our corporate crisis management practice, who handles domestic and overseas corporate crisis management matters, including conducting internal investigations, responding to relevant authorities and stock exchanges, the media, handling labor disputes, representing companies in relevant legal proceedings in relation to various corporate misconduct matters, such as quality falsification issues by manufacturing companies, financial fraud issues, etc. Jun has experience as a member of an investigation committee on corporate misconduct. Jun was previously seconded to a global trading company, and he has extensive experience in handling cross-border corporate crisis management matters and establishing global compliance programs. Jun is also a partner in our energy and natural resources practice, where he mainly advises utility companies, including providing advice on domestic and overseas investments, contracts, regulations, and disputes in relation to energy and natural resources.