Employment
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Thailand
Band 1
Email address
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+66 2056 5555About
Provided by Tilleke & Gibbins
Business conditions, labor sentiment, and new opportunities evolve swiftly in the growing economies of Southeast Asia. Tilleke & Gibbins’ first goal is to help employers formulate long-term, yet flexible, strategies on critical employment issues
and adapt to quickly changing labor laws in Thailand and across the region. We work with domestic and multinational clients across industries to manage a full range of employments needs, from recruitment of new staff, to the termination of employment contracts, and all stages in between. When conflict cannot be avoided, we are regularly engaged to represent our clients in bringing or defending employment claims in courts ranging from provincial labor courts to the Supreme Court. Combining the expertise of our market-leading employment attorneys with the strength of our dispute resolution and litigation team, we offer the following contentious and non-contentious employment services.
Chambers Review
Tilleke & Gibbins has a comprehensive employment law offering spanning transactional, advisory and litigation mandates. The legal team assists clients with employment contracts, employee terminations and transfers, as well as unfair dismissal and labour union disputes. The firm represents many international corporates with interests in Thailand, including leading names in the insurance, manufacturing and TMT sectors. Clients include POSCO, Rightsify Group and The Jelly Belly Candy Company.
Work Highlights
- Tilleke & Gibbins advised China International Capital Corporation (International) on preparing a comprehensive employment law guide for the Thai market.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tilleke & Gibbins have very high experience and they understand situations very well."
"They have a lot of local knowledge and experience."
"Tilleke & Gibbins have very high experience and they understand situations very well."
"They have a lot of local knowledge and experience."
Notable Practitioners
Pimvimol Vipamaneerut leads the firm's non-contentious employment law offering in Bangkok, advising a wide range of international clients on workforce restructuring, employee terminations and other advisory issues.
Chusert Supasitthumrong handles a range of employment matters, including matters relating to labour unions, workforce reduction and termination issues, as well as employment litigation.
"He has a high level of knowledge, asks the right questions and understands the situation clearly."