Introduction

A non-competition clause1 is an important contractual provision which employers in many sectors use to protect their legitimate commercial interests in the event an employee, usually at an executive or managerial level, leaves their company. A common style of non-competition clause seeks to prevent a departing employee from entering into work or trade in competition with the employer in a certain geographical area for a certain period of time.

By Rawat Chomsri, Sumit Masrungson and Phatcharapon Sunlakawit © November 2018