Olaf Duensing
Olaf studied law at the
Christian-Albrechts University in
Kiel,Germany where he passed the first
state examination (Erstes Staatsexamen) in
1997. He was then awarded a Certificate on
French Law for Foreigners at the Jean
Moulin University, Lyon, France. He served
as Junior Barristor (“Referendar”) i.e.
civil servant for the state of
Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. In 2000, he
passed the second state examination
(Zweites Staatsexamen). In 2001 Olaf
joined the Hamburg bar association
(Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg) . He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators (FCIArb). He has been
working as a legal advisor and consultant
in Thailand since March 2001. Until 2002,
he worked as an Associate for Lorenz &
Partners in Bangkok. Olaf joined McEvily
& Collins Law Offices at the end of
2002. There, he worked in their Bangkok
and Phuket branches as an associate
partner until 2010.In addition, Olaf
lectured at the summer law program of the
Golden Gate University, San Francisco in
Bangkok in 2004 and 2007. In May 2010,
Olaf co-founded the tax and legal advisory
and services firm, Duensing Kippen.
Nationality: German
Professional Qualifications/Memberships:
- Member of Hamburg bar association
(Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg, Germany)
- American Chamber of Commerce of Thailand Legal
Committee
- American Chamber of Commerce of Thailand Tax
Committee
- Board Member, International Business Association
Phuket
Practice Areas:
- Arbitration / Dispute Resolution
- Tax
- Real Estate
- Corporate / Commercial
- Administrative Law
- Mergers and Acquisition
Sample Publications:
- "Arbitration:
issues with the arbitrators"
- "Arbitration: the
agreement to arbitrate"
- "Your off-shore
entity's rental income tax liabilities"
/ The Phuket News
- "Ill-advised to
use a Thai company to own your holiday home in
Thailand - Part 2" / The Phuket
News, Samui – Phangan Real Estate
Magazine, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
- "Ill-advised to
use a Thai company to own your holiday home in
Thailand - Part 1" / The Phuket News,
Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine, Pattaya
Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
- "When will we see
the end of the house and land tax?" /
The Phuket News
- "The Thai Hotel
'Tax': how it works" / The Phuket News,
The Phuket Insider (website), Samui Express,
Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
- "Arbitration: the
advantages" / The Phuket News, Samui
Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
- "A Thai company
without Thais" / Samui Express, Pattaya
Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
- "Income tax on
personal rental income" / Samui –
Phangan Real Estate Magazine, Exotiq Magazine,
Think Design Magazine
- "Bad Debts - Part
2" / Samui Express, Pattaya Mail,
Chiang Mai Mail
- "Bad Debts - Part
1" / Samui Express, Pattaya Mail,
Chiang Mai Mail
- "The difference
between common knowledge and the law" /
Samui Express, Exotiq Magazine
- "Government fees
and taxes payable upon transfer of immovable
property" / Phuket Post, Pattaya Mail,
Chiang Mai Mail
- "A foreigner can
own some ThaiLAND" / Phuket News, Think
Design Magazine, Samui Express, Pattaya Mail,
Chiang Mai Mail
- "Capital gain and
more tax than your company bargained for"
/ Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine, Pattaya
Trader Magazine
- "Legal Lines:
People Power vs. The Building Permit" /
Tropical Living Magazine
- "What to do about
your company's bad debts" / Director
Magazine
- "The difference
between official opinion and the law" /
Exotiq Magazine, Samui Express
- "Capital gain and
no tax" / Samui – Phangan Real
Estate Magazine, Phuket Post, Pattaya Trader,
Samui Express, Phuket Post, Exotiq Magazine
- "Legal Signs Part
II (Are you required to put Thai on your
business sign?)" / Samui Express, The
Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
- "Legal Signs Part
I (Are you required to put "company, limited"
on your business sign?)" / Samui
Express, The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang
Mai Mail
- "A shareholders
meeting of one?" / Phuket Post,
Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
- "Arbitration,
enforcing contracts outside of Thai courts"
/ The Phuket News, Samui Express, Pattaya Mail,
Chiang Mai Mail
- "Can you name your
company after yourself? Certainly, however..."
/ Phuket Post, Samui Express
- "Assignment' and
'Novation' what do they really mean?" /
Phuket Post, Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang
Mai Mail
- “What does a
building permit have to with legal ownership
of a building?” / Phuket Post, Samui
Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail, Pattaya
Trader Magazine
- “Thailand:
Steuersenkungen geplant” / Zeitschrift
fuer internationales Steuerrecht, (ISTR 5/2002)
Sample Speaking Engagements:
- “Arbitration
– Enforcing contracts outside the courtroom”,
IBAP , Phuket 2011
- “Summer Law
program”, Golden Gate University, San
Francisco, 2004 and 2007
- “Legal Eagles”,
IBAP, Phuket 2005
- “Phuket
International Property Forum”, Provincial
Land Office and Phuket Real Estate Club, Phuket
2005
- “Legal Aspects
of Exporting”, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Thailand, Bangkok 2001
Languages:
- Fluency in German and English
- Conversational French
- Working knowledge of Thai