SERVICES
Services
Eighteen areas of work in five groups. Each one sets out what it covers, what it needs from you and how it proceeds.
CORPORATE
Formation and licensing
Everything that has to be in place before a business may lawfully open.
- 01
Company incorporation
Incorporating a Thai private limited company with the Department of Business Development: name reservation, memorandum, shareholding structure, VAT registration and social security enrolment.
- Checking and reserving the company name in Thai and English
- Structuring the shareholding and registered capital against the work permits the company will later apply for
- Drafting the memorandum of association, articles and objects clause
- Holding the statutory meeting and filing with the Department of Business Development
- 02
Foreign business licences
Businesses in the schedules to the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 need permission first. We work out which list a business falls in and which route to permission is genuinely open to it.
- Analysing whether the business falls in List 1, 2 or 3 of the Act, or outside the schedules altogether
- Applying for the Foreign Business Licence at the Department of Business Development
- Foreign Business Certificates under the Thai-US Treaty of Amity and under free trade agreements
- Certificates for BOI-promoted companies and operators in industrial estates
- 03
BOI investment promotion
Applications to the Board of Investment: tax privileges, full foreign ownership in promoted activities, and the one-stop route to visas and work permits.
- Checking which promoted activity a project fits, and whether applying is worth it at all
- Preparing the application and the supporting project documents
- Preparing for the interview with the officers and the sub-committee
- Post-certificate work: opening the project and drawing down the privileges
- 04
Operating licences
Sector-specific permits, from factory and FDA approvals to health establishments, tour operators, and the permits attached to premises and the environment.
- Factory licences and the building-related permits that go with them
- FDA approvals for food, cosmetics and medical devices
- Tour operator and guide licences
- Health establishment and entertainment venue licences
- 05
Corporate changes and secretarial work
The filings that arise across a company's life: directors, capital increases, address, objects, share transfers, shareholder meetings, and dissolution and liquidation.
- Changes of directors and of the directors' signing authority
- Increases and reductions of registered capital
- Moving the registered office and amending the objects
- Share transfers and updating the shareholder register
IMMIGRATION
Visas and work permits
Getting your people into Thailand, and lawfully into work once they are here.
- 01
Visas and immigration
Non-Immigrant B and dependent visas, one-year extensions of stay, ninety-day reporting and re-entry permits.
- Non-Immigrant B visas, obtained abroad or converted inside Thailand
- Dependent visas for spouses and children
- One-year extensions of stay at the Immigration Bureau
- Single and multiple re-entry permits
- 02
Work permits
Obtaining, renewing and amending work permits under the Emergency Decree on Managing the Work of Aliens, including notifications and the employer's own duties.
- First applications, and renewals in step with the visa cycle
- Checking the registered capital and the Thai-to-foreign employee ratio before filing
- Amending the permit on a change of position, workplace or scope of work
- Notifying the authority of hirings and terminations within the time limits
DISPUTES
Litigation and arbitration
When a matter reaches a court or a tribunal, for claimants and respondents alike.
- 01
Civil and commercial litigation
Civil and commercial advocacy at every level of the Thai courts, from pre-action negotiation to the Supreme Court.
- Claims on loan agreements
- Breach of sale and service contracts
- Suretyship, mortgage and pledge
- Tort claims for damages
- 02
Contract disputes
Drafting and reviewing contracts before signature, and litigating when the other side does not perform.
- Drafting and reviewing business contracts before signature
- Works and construction contracts
- Distributorship and franchise agreements
- Joint venture and shareholders' agreements
- 03
Labour and employment
Acting for employers and employees alike on dismissal, severance and contractual disputes.
- Unfair dismissal
- Severance pay and special severance pay
- Pay in lieu of notice
- Unpaid wages, overtime and holiday pay
- 04
Bankruptcy and rehabilitation
For creditors and debtors, from petitions and proofs of debt through to rehabilitation plans.
- Petitions to adjudge a debtor bankrupt
- Defending a bankruptcy petition
- Proofs of debt to the official receiver
- Objections to another creditor's proof of debt
- 05
Administrative cases
Disputes with state agencies, administrative contracts, and the revocation of administrative orders.
- Applications to revoke an administrative order
- Challenges to unlawful subordinate legislation
- Administrative contract disputes
- Agency inaction or unreasonable delay
- 06
Arbitration
Arbitral proceedings, including enforcement of awards and challenges to them.
- Construction and works contract disputes
- Joint venture and shareholders' agreement disputes
- Insurance and reinsurance disputes
- International sale of goods disputes
RECOVERY
Enforcement and cross-border work
Turning a judgment into money, and doing business across a border.
- 01
Enforcement and asset recovery
Tracing, seizure, attachment and execution, so that a judgment becomes money.
- Tracing a judgment debtor's assets
- Seizure and sale by public auction
- Attachment of wages, bank deposits and receivables
- Third-party claims to seized property
- 02
Cross-border transactions and investment
Due diligence, investment structuring, and BOI applications.
- Legal due diligence before a transaction
- Company incorporation and amendment of the memorandum
- Shareholding structures compliant with Thai law
- Foreign business restriction analysis
BUSINESS-SUPPORT
Business support
The services a business needs alongside the legal work itself: accounting and tax that run continuously, intellectual property, and documents that need translating and certifying.
- 01
Tax and accounting
Bookkeeping and financial statements to Thai Financial Reporting Standards, monthly and annual reporting, tax filings, and handling enquiries and assessments from the Revenue Department — for ordinary businesses and BOI-promoted projects alike.
- Bookkeeping and financial statements to Thai Financial Reporting Standards, monthly, quarterly and annual, with management analysis for the board or head office
- Adjusting the Thai financial statements to IFRS or PRC GAAP for consolidation into an overseas group's own reporting
- Tax filings and ongoing compliance, and acting for the company in Revenue Department audits and assessments
- Maintaining compliance with the tax privileges of BOI-promoted projects and businesses in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)
- 02
Intellectual property
Trademark clearance and registration in Thailand and through the Madrid system, oppositions and cancellations, patents, petty patents and industrial designs, and copyright recordal.
- Trademark clearance and similarity searching before filing, to reduce the risk of refusal or opposition
- Filing trademark applications in Thailand and through the Madrid system for protection in other countries
- Oppositions, revocations and invalidation actions, and managing a brand's portfolio strategy and renewal deadlines
- Applications for invention patents, petty patents and industrial designs, including filings through the PCT and in other countries
- 03
Notarisation and certified translation
Certified translation by qualified translators with a legal declaration, notarial services by a Notarial Services Attorney, and legalisation of documents through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thai embassies abroad and foreign embassies in Thailand.
- Certified translation of corporate documents such as company certificates, articles of association and board resolutions
- Certified translation of contracts, intellectual property documents and litigation papers such as judgments and court orders
- Certified translation of bank and tax documents, birth and marriage certificates, education certificates and powers of attorney
- Notarial services performed by a Notarial Services Attorney
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