Bangkok

One-stop provision of borderless and practical advice to meet legal needs in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand
The office opened as the first large Japanese law firm in 2013. In 2019, the office merged with SCL Law Group, a local law firm led by Chavalit Uttasart, a Thai law attorney who has over 40 years of experience in the field of international corporate legal affairs. As a comprehensive Thai law firm, we have established a system to respond to the diversifying legal needs of our Japanese and Thai clients, including not only inbound and outbound transactions between Thailand and Japan, but also multilateral transactions between Thailand and Vietnam and other Asian countries, not limited to Japan.
In collaboration with our Tokyo office and other offices in Japan and overseas, we provide highly specialized, detailed legal services in a wide range of fields, ranging from client expansion and development to withdrawal, to companies considering entering markets in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries and to domestic and overseas clients who may have difficulties after entering the market due to legal and cultural differences.
People
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With more than forty years of experience, Chavalit is highly regarded as a leading figure in Thailand. His areas of s...
Chavalit UTTASART
- Partner
- Bangkok
- Bangkok Office Co-representative
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Tokuhiro Matsunaga has handled a wide variety of cross-border M&A transactions in Asia and other regions. Recentl...
Tokuhiro MATSUNAGA
- Partner
- Bangkok
- Bangkok Office Co-representative
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Since joining the firm in 2003, he has gained experience mainly in the corporate field. Following a one-year secondme...
Hideshi OBARA
- Partner
- Bangkok
- Bangkok Office Co-representative
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He advises on a wide range of merger-and-acquisition transactions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, genera...
Jirapong SRIWAT
- Partner
- Bangkok
- Bangkok Office Co-representative
News
Recent Work
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- 2025.5
- Provided Tax advice and Implementation Services to a Renewable Energy Business
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- 2025.4
- Tax and Legal Advice on Family Property Management
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- 2025.3
- SPARX Group Co., Ltd. - Acquisition of SNT Corporation
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- 2024.12
- Tax Advice and Implementation Services to a Leading Luxury Shopping Mall Group
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- 2024.12
- Tax Plan for Business Restructuring via Entire Business Transfer
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- 2024.12
- Tax Advice for Leading Private School
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- 2024.12
- Tax Opinion for Submission to the SEC of Thailand
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- 2024.10
- Medeze Group PCL: Listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand
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- 2024.5
- Provided tax advice on tax planning for outbound investment and a joint venture in the Philippines
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- 2024.5
- Tax and Legal Advice on an Employee Stock Option Structure
Awards & Rankings
Seminars
Publications
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Thailand’s Competition Law Under Review: Insights from the OECD Peer Review of the Trade Competition Act B.E. 2560 (2017)
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New Royal Decree Places Hire-Purchase and Leasing of Cars and Motorcycles under Financial Institutions Business Act
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New 400-Baht Minimum Wage to Apply in Bangkok and to Selected Businesses
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