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| In Thailand, the firm is known as International Legal Counsellors Thailand, or "ILCT". With ten (10) resident partners and, as of this writing 29 associate lawyers, plus 14 trained paralegals, most of whom are multilingual, together with other support staff, we are 87 in number. With its over 42-year history, ILCT was one of the pioneer law offices engaging in the business law practice in Thailand. We have earned our reputation by consciously practicing in a group format and using personnel of diverse educational backgrounds and nationalities to form teams to deal with each matter by applying maximum diversified expertise. By this method and through our inter-office matrix system, we have developed an internationalist approach and, indeed, the overwhelming majority of our clients have an international connection, whether by their makeup or by the type of transactions in which they are engaged.
We are a full-service law firm. Among the types of matters
handled by our lawyers in Bangkok are the following:
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 Alien Business
Banking and Finance
Competition / Anti-Trust / Anti-Monopolies
Contract Negotiations
Corporate
Corporate Recovery Service
Entertainment Industry
Expatriate Services
High Technology
Hotel & Hospitality Business
Information Technology Services
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Internet Banking.
We have assisted many well known banks to establish Internet Banking System, drafted and reviewed terms and conditions of internet banking services and advised legal exposure of electronic financial transactions. In addition, we represent many well-known financial institutions and provide legal advice on commercial and business transactions through E-Commerce and Internet.
General Electronic Commerce Transactions.
Our attorneys regularly handle sophisticated legal matters related to E-Commerce transactions which are fast increasing in Thailand. These include auction website, financial website, shopping on-line, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Digital Signature, insurance on Internet, taxation on Internet, venture capital on dot com company, Merger & Acquisition on Internet, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Value Added Network (VAN), Y2K, etc.,. Among our major accomplishments was drafting and finalizing the SANOOK.COM Website Purchase Agreement which is regarded as the first merger & acquisition of a Thai website. Furthermore, we also represent the first national provider of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in Thailand to establish an infrastructure of EDI system in Thailand for Value Added Networks (VANs) and end users.
Computer Crime and Domain Name Dispute.
Our litigation team has handled a number of computer crime cases, i.e., hacker,spamming, domain name dispute, gambling on Internet, etc.,. Cases of special interest handled by our litigation team were website hackings (www.sanook.com and www.narak.com) and domain name dispute with respect to www.tsutaya.com, the latter being the first domain name case in Thailand. The case was recently brought to the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court in Thailand to stop the cybersquatter from using the infringing domain name. We also serve as informal consultant of the Computer Crime Investigation Division of the Royal Thai Police.
Our attorneys working with governmental authorities in drafting E-Commerce legal legislations.
(a) Mr. Jayavadh Bunnag – Sub-Committee of Electronic Fund Transfer Law appointed by National Electronics and Computer technology Center (NECTEC), the Ministry of Science Technology & Environment.
(b) Mr. Paiboon Amonpinyokeat - Sub-Committee of Electronic Fund Transfer Law appointed by NECTEC, the Ministry of Science Technology & Environment.
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Infrastructure and Privatization Projects
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Labor
Litigation & Arbitration
Mergers, Take-Overs and Acquisitions
Mineral Resources and Energy
Promotion of Investment
Real Estate
Securities
Taxation
Transportation
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