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DFDL Legal and Tax Leading international law firm specializing in developing markets and featured in the world's leading legal directories

DFDL was established in 1994 and founded on a unique vision: create an integrated legal and tax advisory ๏ฌrm, with in-depth knowledge of the developing Southeast Asia region. Our team has the knowledge and expertise to guide clients through the rules and challenges of rapidly changing legal and tax environments. We offer clear, commercially relevant, and innovative advice based on extensive busine

ss experience and expert local knowledge. Our expertise and coverage include:
- 10 countries & 12 offices: Bangladesh, Cambodia*, Lao PDR, Indonesia*, Myanmar, Malaysia*, Philippines*, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam (*collaborating firms).
- 5 desks: China, EU, India and the US.
- 14 Practices and Sectors: Anti-Trust and Competition, Aviation and Logistics, Banking and Finance, Compliance and Investigations, Corporate Advisory, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Energy Natural Resources and Infrastructure, Investment Funds, Real Estate and Hospitality, Restructuring, Technology, Media and Telecoms, and Tax and Transfer Pricing.

FINAL CALL FOR REGISTRATION!DFDL's Powering Thailand and Beyond brings together DFDL legal and regulatory experts and re...
10/06/2026

FINAL CALL FOR REGISTRATION!

DFDL's Powering Thailand and Beyond brings together DFDL legal and regulatory experts and reputable industry specialists as guest speakers for four hours of sharp insights, critical discussion, and an in-depth look at what is reshaping power in Thailand and across the region.
๐Ÿ“… 12 June 2026 | 8:30 AM โ€“ 12:30 PM
๐Ÿ“ The Sukhothai, Sathorn, Bangkok
Full agenda:
๐ŸŒฑ A Green Ambition? The Thai Toolkit for Renewable Energy Development
๐Ÿ” Myths and Realities of the 2026 Thai Power Sector
๐Ÿ“„ Direct PPAs in Thailand: Are We Finally Getting There?
๐ŸŒ Power Across Borders: Cross-Border Projects, Regional Integration and Energy Security Considerations
Joining us as guest speakers:
โœฆ Hanh Le, Founder & CEO โ€” Empacte
โœฆ Franck Constant, CEO โ€” Constant Energy
โœฆ Jack Kneeland, Partner โ€” Vector Energy Advisory
Together with 6 DFDL legal experts: ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ž, ๐Š๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฅ, ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐›๐ฒ, ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Š. ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ and ๐“๐š๐ฆ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐“๐ž๐จ
Designed for Executives, General Counsels, CFOs, and professionals navigating the energy transition โ€” in Thailand and across the region.
๐Ÿ”— Secure your seat: https://lnkd.in/gvczKZDf

๐Ÿ’ก On 20 May 2026, the Office of the Board of Investment issued BOI Announcement No. Por. 8/2569 Re: Guidelines for Proje...
09/06/2026

๐Ÿ’ก On 20 May 2026, the Office of the Board of Investment issued BOI Announcement No. Por. 8/2569 Re: Guidelines for Project Progress Report, which replaces BOI Announcement No. Por. 5/2569 dated 20 April 2026 on the same subject.

The BOI Announcement establishes a new standard quarterly reporting cycle for all BOI-promoted persons, replacing the biannual reporting condition previously indicated in investment promotion certificates.

๐Ÿ“– To read the full alert, click here: https://www.dfdl.com/insights/legal-and-tax-updates/thailand-boi-project-progress-report-requirements/

๐Ÿ’ผ We are looking to recruit a ๐“๐š๐ฑ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ to be based in Ho Chi Minh office, Vietnam. โžค Tax Adviser: https://apply.worka...
08/06/2026

๐Ÿ’ผ We are looking to recruit a ๐“๐š๐ฑ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ to be based in Ho Chi Minh office, Vietnam.

โžค Tax Adviser: https://apply.workable.com/dfdl/j/BBDE81F443/

๐Ÿ’ผ We are looking to recruit a ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ to be based in Ho Chi Minh office, Vietnam. โžค Legal Assistant: https://app...
08/06/2026

๐Ÿ’ผ We are looking to recruit a ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ to be based in Ho Chi Minh office, Vietnam.

โžค Legal Assistant: https://apply.workable.com/dfdl/j/EC48C4DC23/

๐Ÿ’ก As part of the public services reform, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a New G...
05/06/2026

๐Ÿ’ก As part of the public services reform, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a New Guideline on Procedures for the Issuance of Construction Permits and Certificates of Occupancy No. 291 DNS/KHTT, dated 04 February 2026. This Guideline came into effect from 4 February 2026.

For developers, investors, and construction companies operating in Cambodia, the Guideline represents a significant step toward greater regulatory predictability, reduced project timelines, and improved cost certainty in the construction permitting process.

๐Ÿ“– To read the full alert, click here: https://www.dfdl.com/insights/legal-and-tax-updates/cambodia-new-construction-permit-regime-faster-approvals-greater-certainty-for-investors/

๐Ÿ’ก Vietnamโ€™s merger control framework is evolving.Recent regulatory developments, including Resolution No. 66.18/2026/NQ-...
05/06/2026

๐Ÿ’ก Vietnamโ€™s merger control framework is evolving.
Recent regulatory developments, including Resolution No. 66.18/2026/NQ-CP and Decree No. 102/2026/ND-CP, are expected to reshape merger control procedures and enforcement in Vietnam, with significant implications for businesses, investors and M&A transactions.

๐Ÿ“– To read the full alert, click here: https://www.dfdl.com/insights/legal-and-tax-updates/vietnam-raises-merger-filing-thresholds-and-revises-merger-control-enforcement-framework/

๐Ÿ“– DFDL's ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ for June 2026 is now available! ๐Ÿ’ก It includes all the latest ASEAN legal and tax development...
04/06/2026

๐Ÿ“– DFDL's ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ for June 2026 is now available!

๐Ÿ’ก It includes all the latest ASEAN legal and tax developments, publications, and newly released articles.

๐Ÿ”Ž Read all the latest insights from across Southeast Asia: https://mailchi.mp/dfdl/monthly-alert-june-2026

๐Ÿ“ข DFDL Vietnam is pleased to announce its latest round of promotions, reflecting the firm's continued investment in deve...
04/06/2026

๐Ÿ“ข DFDL Vietnam is pleased to announce its latest round of promotions, reflecting the firm's continued investment in developing senior legal talent across the region.

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ: Tu Can, Patrick Keil and Bao Ngoc Nguyen bring deep technical expertise across their respective practice areas. Their promotion to Counsel recognises sustained excellence in legal advisory and client service.

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ: Le Thu Uyen, Minh Anh Tran and Khanh Le have demonstrated consistent performance and growing leadership within their teams.

๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ง๐š๐ฆ
MyAnh Do has been appointed to lead Business Development and Marketing for DFDL Vietnam. In this role, she will drive the firm's client development strategy and regional market positioning, working closely with Vietnam and regional leadership.

Commenting on the promotions, Hanh Tran, Partner and Managing Director of DFDL Vietnam, said:

"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด."

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Congratulations to all our promotees on this well-deserved achievement.

DFDL's Powering Thailand and Beyond brings together DFDL legal and regulatory experts and reputable industry specialists...
30/05/2026

DFDL's Powering Thailand and Beyond brings together DFDL legal and regulatory experts and reputable industry specialists as guest speakers for four hours of sharp insights, critical discussion, and an in-depth look at what is reshaping power in Thailand and across the region.

๐Ÿ“… 12 June 2026 | 8:30 AM โ€“ 12:30 PM
๐Ÿ“ The Sukhothai, Sathorn, Bangkok

Full agenda:

๐ŸŒฑ A Green Ambition? The Thai Toolkit for Renewable Energy Development
๐Ÿ” Myths and Realities of the 2026 Thai Power Sector
๐Ÿ“„ Direct PPAs in Thailand: Are We Finally Getting There?
๐ŸŒ Power Across Borders: Cross-Border Projects, Regional Integration and Energy Security Considerations

Joining us as guest speakers:
โœฆ Hanh Le, Founder & CEO โ€” Empacte
โœฆ Franck Constant, CEO โ€” Constant Energy
โœฆ Jack Kneeland, Partner โ€” Vector Energy Advisory

Together with 6 DFDL legal experts: ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ž, ๐Š๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฅ, ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐›๐ฒ, ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Š. ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ and ๐“๐š๐ฆ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐“๐ž๐จ

Designed for Executives, General Counsels, CFOs, and professionals navigating the energy transition โ€” in Thailand and across the region.

๐Ÿ”— Secure your seat: https://lnkd.in/gvczKZDf

We are delighted to share that ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ž will be speaking at the Southeast Asia Forum organized by the Auvergne-Rhรดn...
30/05/2026

We are delighted to share that ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ž will be speaking at the Southeast Asia Forum organized by the Auvergne-Rhรดne-Alpes French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCE) on June 30, 2026, in Lyon.

๐Ÿ“… June 30, 2026
๐Ÿ“ Auvergne-Rhรดne-Alpes Regional Council Building โ€“ Lyon
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Registration: https://lnkd.in/eN9hA6va

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