What should a Speaker Engagement Agreement include under Thai law?

1. Definitions and Interpretation
2. The Session
3. Materials and Content
4. Fee and Expenses
5. Taxes
6. Recording and Publicity
7. Image, Voice and Artificial Intelligence
8. Personal Data
9. Cancellation and Changes
10. Liability
11. Termination
12. Notices
13. Governing Law and Disputes
14. General

• A speaker engagement is generally treated as a hire of work (Instrument 4 of the Stamp Duty Schedule). Duty is 1 THB for every 1,000 THB or part of 1,000 THB of the Fee. On the Fee you entered, the duty on the original is the amount the system calculates from the figures entered, and each counterpart carries the amount the system calculates from the figures entered.Because the Fee is in …, convert it to Thai Baht at the exchange rate on the date of signing and calculate the duty on the Baht amount.
• The Speaker pays the duty (Clause 5.3). For electronic signing, use the Revenue Department's e-Stamp Duty system within 15 days after signing. An unstamped agreement cannot be used as evidence in a Thai civil court until the duty and a surcharge are paid.

• A Thai company that pays a speaker's fee usually withholds tax. The rate depends on whether the Speaker is an individual or a company, and whether it is resident in Thailand; fees paid to a speaker abroad follow the rules for non-residents, and because you ticked gross-up, the Client bears that tax on top of the Fee. Ask an accountant before paying (Clause 5.2).

Visa and work permit

• A foreign Presenter who speaks in Thailand may need a suitable visa and a work permit or other permission, even for a single session (Clause 2.4). Start at least one month before the Session and keep the Client's invitation letter with the travel documents.

• Send the slides … days before the Session (Clause 3.1). The Client checks them only for legal, code-of-conduct and brand issues.
• Tell the Client before the Session about any paid relationship with a product you will mention (Clause 3.3).
• Keep all travel and hotel receipts; the Client reimburses up to … … (Clause 4.2).

• The Session may not be recorded or streamed (Clause 6.2). Ask the Client to announce this to attendees.- The recording may be shown only to attendees and the Client's employees, behind a password, for … months (Clause 6.2).- The Client may publish the recording on its own channels for … months (Clause 6.2). The Speaker receives a copy within 30 days (Clause 6.3).
• No one may use the Presenter's image, voice or recording to train AI, create an avatar or synthetic voice, or dub the talk in a synthetic voice without a separate agreement signed by the Presenter (Clause 7.1). If you find such use, send a written notice at once and keep screenshots with dates.

• If the Client cancels, it pays …%, …% or …% of the Fee depending on the notice date (Clause 9.1). A Thai court may reduce a charge that is excessive, for example if the Speaker takes another paid engagement on the same date.
• If the Presenter falls ill, send a medical certificate within 24 hours and offer an online session or a new date (Clause 9.2).

• Keep the signed PDF, Schedule 1, the approved slides, travel receipts, payment slips and withholding tax certificates. A Thai court works in Thai, so English documents need a certified Thai translation in a dispute.

Compiled from the notes that accompany the English contract templates on this site, published by Phuwara Krobtaku (ภูวรา ครอบตะคุ), Thai attorney-at-law, licence no. 477/2558. The short answer and summary at the top of this page are put together by the site from the template's clause headings and notes. Statutes are quoted only in the official Thai text: Thai is the only official language of Thai legislation, and an unofficial translation can mislead. Article registry OKC-950FB5. If you reuse this content, please credit the author and link to the original.