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Corporate Crisis Management Newsletter (February 2020) Franchise Guidelines under Thailand’s Updated Trade Competition Act

Recently, there has been much discussion in Japan concerning various affects of the Antimonopoly Act on franchising, including application of the Antimonopoly Act to the franchisors and franchisees of convenience stores. However, Japanese companies operating franchises in Thailand need to be aware of another point of discussion as well: the guidelines issued by the Thai Office of Trade Competition Commission, under the updated Trade Competition Act, came into effect on 4 February 2020. Amongst other things, these guidelines place emphasis on preventing franchisors from exploiting franchisees, a fact worthy of attention from Japanese companies doing business in Thailand.

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Franchise Guidelines under Thailand’s Updated Trade Competition Act (Jun Katsube, Siriwan Nopareporn)
 

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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.