Real Estate 2026

THAILAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Olaf Duensing, Jerrold Kippen and Weeraya Kippen, Duensing Kippen, Ltd.

Duensing Kippen, Ltd. has a real estate team com - posed of four partners and four qualified lawyers who combine international transactional legal exper - tise and experience with a keen awareness of local custom and culture. The firm’s offices are located in Bangkok and Phuket, the two largest markets in Thailand, but the firm services clients throughout Thailand. Its clients include international investors ranging from individuals and multinational corporates to multibillion-dollar, NYSE-listed companies. The practice draws on its partners’ multiple decades of experience in real estate work, both in Thailand and

cross-border transactions involving Thailand. The team regularly assists clients in evaluating, negoti - ating and closing real estate sales and acquisitions, commercial development structuring and implemen - tation, M&A, joint ventures, and related tax matters. Its real estate work is complemented by its other core practices in construction, hospitality, corporate/com - mercial, tax and dispute resolution. Members of the real estate team regularly publish legal articles and are frequently invited to speak on Thai real estate- related matters.

Authors

Olaf Duensing is a senior partner at Duensing Kippen, a licensed German attorney and an internationally certified arbitrator (FCIArb) who has worked in Thailand as a consultant since 2001. Olaf practises in the areas

legal consultant in Thailand since 2003. Jerrold has extensive experience assisting clients with their real estate, construction, hospitality, corporate/ commercial and dispute resolution (particularly arbitration) matters in Thailand and Asia. He has published hundreds of legal articles in Thai professional and industry periodicals and newspapers.

of real estate, hospitality, corporate/commercial, tax and alternative dispute resolution. He was a guest lecturer at the summer law programme of the Golden Gate University, San Francisco in Bangkok. His articles are frequently published in local newspapers.

Weeraya Kippen is a partner at Duensing Kippen and is also an internationally certified arbitrator (FCIArb). Weeraya specialises in high-end complex real estate transactions. She is also an accomplished litigation and arbitration counsellor.

Jerrold Kippen is a senior partner at Duensing Kippen and a licensed California attorney. He is also an internationally certified arbitrator (FCIArb) who has been working as a

Duensing Kippen, Ltd. Suite 1605 Chartered Square Building 152 North Sathorn Road Silom Bangkok 10500 Thailand Tel: +66 0 22 675 424 Email: contact@duensingkippen.com Web: www.duensingkippen.com

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