The regulatory environment continues to evolve with complex regulations and legislations across the Southeast Asia region. The prudence of investing in durable and effective internal compliance programs cannot be overstated and companies worldwide are rapidly waking up to their value and cost-cutting potential when integrating them into their day-to-day activities. Being compliant as a business necessitates a broader understanding of the different types of compliance that fits your organization and this can often be a daunting task. This is where we come in, with our extensive experience covering the full-range of services at all levels of the organization, we have the depth and breadth of expertise you need to pierce through the regulatory fog, implementing compliance mechanisms and policies that you can rely on. We have a proven track record of acting on some of the region’s highest profile domestic and multi-jurisdictional investigations, anti-corruption, anti-bribery other financial and white-collar crime matters.
At DFDL, the Compliance and Investigations Practice works side-by-side with on-the-ground compliance specialists to conduct innovative, practical and proactive compliance reviews, develop effective compliance programs to control risk, train employees, devise monitoring and auditing procedures, and formulate tailor-made strategies for effective remedial action.
The Law on Competition (2018) (“Law”) is effective, but it is not fully implemented due to the lack of appointed regulatory authority. Hence only the Law’s merger provisions have been enforced through the regulator under the now repealed Law on Competition 2004, the Vietnam Competition and Consumer Authority, under the authority of Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (“MOIT”). This lack of properly appointed regulatory authority has also resulted in very little guidance on the interpretation and implementation of the Law.
Legal Expert Guide to Data Breaches & Ransomware Attacks in Southeast Asia
In this series, our experts guide you through the best practices and processes to put in place to prevent, prepare and ready oneself for ransomware attacks and data breaches.
Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act
This video discusses how organizations in Thailand can adapt their practices and stay in compliance with this new piece of legislation while collecting, processing, transferring and disclosing the personal data of their clients to third parties.
Our expert provides an insightful overview on the appointment and roles of the Data Protection Officer within an organization, and whether such appointment should be made internally within the organization, or be outsourced to third-party data privacy service provider.
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Partner, Lao PDR Managing Director & Co-Head of Regional Compliance & Investigations Practice |
Thailand Tax Director & Co-Head of Regional Compliance & Investigations Practice |