About Us

LawPlus Ltd. is a full-service law firm operating in Thailand and Myanmar (LawPlus Myanmar Ltd.) with a team of lawyers holding the core values of being professional, practical, prompt and proactive. The objective of the Firm is to provide clients with accurate and pragmatic legal advice in a timely manner, while adding value to the client’s business activities at a reasonable cost. LawPlus Ltd. and its founder Kowit Somwaiya have been ranked as leading, highly recommended and recommended in several areas of practices by international legal directories, such as the Legal 500, the Asia IP Experts, the In-House Handbook, the IFLR1000, the AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers and the Asia IP Profiles.

Our specialized practice areas include banking and finance, corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, securities, information technology, telecommunications, joint venture, employment, foreign direct investment, real property, debt restructuring, insolvency and litigation and dispute resolution.

Some of the accolades given to us by clients through surveys and researches by international legal directories include:-

• “Corporate and M&A has long been a focus area at LawPlus Ltd. and the firm has continued to invest heavily in the corporate department with a number of hires and promotions in 2017 and 2018.” The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2019.

• “LawPlus was established in Bangkok in 2003 and the firm’s core litigation strengths are in the areas of commercial and transactions, labour and employment, intellectual property and insolvency.” Benchmark Litigation, 2019.

• “Top 10 law firms of Thailand for Copyright.” Copyright Survey 2019, Asia IP.

• “LawPlus takes a rigorously commercial approach to the practice of law.” WTR1000, 2018.

• “LawPlus Ltd. handles a huge variety of corporate transactions and commercial contracts for Thai corporate and well know multinationals.” The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2018.

• “LawPlus is quickly becoming an extremely astute choice for foreign companies with Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) needs in Thailand and Myanmar. Word of the firm’s straightforward, detail-oriented service is spreading to clients in China, Europe, the United States and other Asian countries.” The IAM Patent 1000, 2018.

• “Shortlisted [amongst 5 law firms of Thailand] for the Patent Firm of the Year 2017.” Asia IP Profiles 2017.

• “An IP Star by the World IP Survey 2017.” Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2017.

• “LawPlus Ltd. handles all aspects of financial services regulatory matters, bank lending and project finance, disputes concerning commercial, property and employment matters, IT and telecoms matters for Thai and foreign companies.” The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2015.

• “Highly recommended practice areas: banking & finance, corporate/M&A, intellectual property.” Asialaw Profiles, 2015.

• “Intellectual property is a central pillar at this admired firm, which continues to make significant strides on the Thai trademark scene. It is a favourite among pan-continental heavyweights, including US, UK and Japanese market leaders.” WTR 1000, 2014.

• “Dynamic, proactive and astute.” WTR 1000, 2013.

• “Recommended'' for merger & acquisitions, banking and project finance, restructuring and insolvency.” IFLR1000, 2008 through 2012.