THAILAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Olaf Duensing, Jerrold Kippen and Weeraya Kippen, Duensing Kippen, Ltd.
Duensing Kippen, Ltd. has a real estate team composed of four partners and four qualified lawyers who combine international transac - tional legal expertise 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 dec - ades of experience in real estate work, both in
Thailand and cross-border transactions involv - ing Thailand. The team regularly assists clients in evaluating, negotiating and closing real es - tate sales and acquisitions, commercial devel - opment structuring and implementation, M&A, joint ventures, and related tax matters. Its real estate work is complemented by its other core practices in construction, hospitality, corporate/ commercial, tax and dispute resolution. Mem - bers 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
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 legal
consultant since 2001. Olaf practises in the areas 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.
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.
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.
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