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COMPANY PROFILE
KIMBERLEY &
ASSOCIATES, a leading legal consulting firm formed by the law
school graduates, Thammasat University (1980), who successfully
filled with their diversity of over twenty year experiences in
different legal profession areas especially the international
and commercial laws practice. Kimberley & Associates believes
that diversity in legal experiences enhances the quality of our
professional works. Kimberley & Associates has been providing
both international and domestic clients with a wide range of
legal advice and services. Our firm has established close
professional relationship with its associated law firms in the
United States of America, Japan and several countries in Asia.
SCOPE OF PRACTICE
We are engaged in high quality,
diversified legal practices, with emphasis on all matters
involving commercial transactions, corporate activities,
business planning, domestic and overseas joint ventures,
economic or official regulations, stocks and securities
regulations, real estate, mortgage registration, property
transfer, taxation, banking laws, insurance, intellectual
properties, local and oversea transportation, leasing,
financing, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, labor and
immigration.
Our professional services include the
following areas of practice:
1. General Consultation and Planning
We offer legal information and
advice encompassing all aspects of business transactions
required by our clients, such as enforceable terms and
conditions under the Thai laws and foreign investment laws,
regulations and procedures under the Thai laws. Our services
also cover preparation of joint venture agreements, memorandum,
notice, application and request for privileges and exemption on
taxation under the investment promotion laws. These include
services in obtaining permits and licenses on construction,
factory including all areas of intellectual property and
business transactions. Our policy is to focus on providing
our clients with convenience and legal advice which is simple to
understand and is profitable to their businesses.
2. Corporate Matters
We pride ourself on our close professional
and usually cordial personal relationship with our clients. We
regularly represent our clients on formation of corporation and
business enterprises, including establishment of foreign
representative offices, companies and other business entities.
In many cases, we also represent foreign companies as their
agents on trademark, copyright, licensing and intellectual
property.
3. Labor Relation
We provide legal advice and litigation in
relation to the labor laws of Thailand. We help our clients
create and prepare guidelines and employment regulations aiming
at establishing the most satisfying relationship and good
cooperation with their employees. We also represent our
clients at the labor courts and the labor protection office.
4. Taxation and Audit
We offer tax planning and advice on
taxation. Our senior lawyers with long-term experience in
working with the Revenue Department and the office of General
Auditors are well prepared to provide our clients with advice
and planning on taxation, including necessary negotiations and
taking any legal steps to solve their tax problems. In close
collaboration with our associated reputable auditors who are
specialized in various types of business, our tax lawyers are in
a position to provide consultation and advice which will be most
beneficial to our clients. In addition, we have our own Audit
Department which offers both internal and external audit
services which include accounting planning for our clients who
need special assistance. The Department also offers our clients
the assistance related to the design of accounting systems, both
computer-based and manual, and internal control.
5. Intellectual Property
Our firm has provided an Intellectual Property Work Group to
assist our client to build and shape their intellectual property
assets and successfully leverage these assets in their business
transactions. We maintain our high-quality intellectual
property advice from deep understanding of world wide marketing
and technology competition. We provide our intellectual
property advice not only on our legal expertise, but also on our
long period of experience in the concerning fields such as
management consulting and strategic planning. Our advice is
valued because we also provide insight and judgment regarding
complex trends and tradeoffs. We have closely work with our
corporate and tax lawyers to structure the transfer or license
of the intellectual property rights as optimal for the business
objectives of our clients.
6. Litigation
We represent our clients on litigation, filing lawsuits and
petitions on civil case, criminal case, labor case, tax and
bankruptcy case, including all legal procedures on the execution
and legal enforcement after the judgment. We also provide
services on case investigation, fact finding and information
checking to support our legal representation for our clients.
Kimberley & Associates represented many
international trading firms, investors, construction companies
and business firms at civil courts and have successfully
protected our clients’ benefits under the provisions and
practices of Thai laws. We also have been successful in
developing our international legal practice to service our
clients. Our legal professional service related to the
international practice also includes.
(a)
preparation of the international agreements involving sales,
leasing, technology transfer, joint ventures, acquisitions, real
estate investments, securities issues, etc. for our clients;
(b) advice to our clients on foreign laws and practices
through research or in collaboration with our associated law
firms or prestigious foreign law firms which we maintain close
contact;
(c) providing legal advice to our foreign clients on Thai
laws, regulations and business practices;
(d) representing both local and foreign clients in all
business planning, negotiations and litigation, etc. in
Thailand;
(e) coordinating contacts between our clients and foreign
attorneys whom we appoint to represent our clients in
litigation and negotiations in foreign countries;
(f) preparation and negotiation including filing the
disputes between our clients and opposite parties to the local
and international commercial arbitration;
(g) representing clients on negotiations with authorities
and government body on business policy and political supports.
CLIENTS
We have always
maintained speedy legal service and advice to our clients. Many
of them are Japanese corporations and investors and Japanese
joint ventures. Others include trade associations, non-profit
organizations, foreign firms and individuals.
We also represent and give regular legal services
to many international clients and investors including their
joint venture corporations in Thailand. Besides, we represent
and give services to many construction companies, suppliers and
manufacturers which are formed by international joint ventures
and foreign corporations.
POLICY
For promotion
and protection of our clients’ business activities and benefits,
we have established a close relationship with authorities,
government body and political organization in order to support
ideas and participated in legal and policy decision related with
business activities of our clients. In this connection, we
have created the Political Negotiation Division in our law firm.
This division is strongly supported by a great number of our
associated political advisors.
It is our goal and policy to maintain our firm as one
of the leading international law firms in Thailand in terms of
both local and international legal practices and litigation.
Kimberley & Associates is not the legal firm which
consisting only members listed herein, but also of all our
associated international attorneys, political advisors and law
professors. With this philosophy in mind, we endeavor to
promote a very satisfying share of the professional expertise
between our attorneys and the outside associated legal experts
and advisors.
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