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Doing Business in Thailand: Thailand Ranking in World Bank Ease of Doing Business Survey

February 8 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

 

Once again Thailand did surprisingly good in the World Bank last survey of Ease of Doing Business ranking 3rd country in Asia and 17th in the world out of 183 and this despite all problems that have plagued it. The world bank ranking was established based on data collected at end of June 2011.

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Originally posted 2012-01-07 15:47:23.

Corporate: Incorporating a Thai Company Step by Step

January 26 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

Why review the private limited company set-up?

The private limited company is the legal vehicle that is the most commonly used by foreign investors in Thailand that is why we will review hereinafter the formalities of registration of a private limited company.

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Originally posted 2009-07-24 11:17:21.

Business Registration: Thai Commercial Legal Entities

January 24 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

The second option available to a foreign investor who wants to start a business in Thailand is to register a trading commercial legal vehicle (for example a subsidiary under the form of a Limited Company or a branch of a foreign company). [this post is an updated draft that replace one of my first posts]

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Originally posted 2009-10-16 02:09:26.

Thai Corporate Documents – The Memorandun of Association

January 23 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

In a previous post I explained step by step the formalities to incorporate a Thai Limited Company. Many readers have contacted me to request whether I could also post the english translation of Thai Limited Company documents for information. Today and the next few days I will post the translations of the main corporate documents of a Thai Private Limited company. Please note that this is an unofficial translation only.

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Originally posted 2009-09-03 14:40:40.

Company Criminal Liability: May a Company be Prosecuted?

January 22 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

While companies are juristic persons and cannot be as such subject to the punishment of imprisonment it does not mean that a company may not be prosecuted for a criminal offence in Thailand. To the contrary, companies may be prosecuted the same way as individuals.

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Originally posted 2009-12-15 10:20:04.

Business Registration: Company Registration Step by Step

January 22 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

The private limited company is the legal vehicle that is the most commonly used by foreign investors in Thailand and we will hereinafter review the formalities of registration of a private limited company. In this article we will only review the conditions of incorporation of a Private Limited Company to the exclusion of nominees and Thai/foreign shareholders ratio which are discussed in other posts. [This post replace our previous post on the subject “How to register a company step by step”.

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Originally posted 2009-10-20 07:09:45.

Corporate: Disclosure requirement of Thai shareholders

January 19 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

What is the disclosure requirement?

The disclosure requirement was one of the measures taken by the Thai Government to avoid the use of Thai nominees by foreign investors. Since August 14th 2006, the Department of Business Development is compelled to require at time of incorporation of a company that the company Thai shareholders justify the source of their investment if certain circumstances are met.

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Originally posted 2009-07-24 10:40:28.

Thai Corporate Documents – The Statutory Meeting

January 18 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

In a previous post I explained step by step the formalities to incorporate a Thai Limited Company. Many readers have contacted me to request whether I could also post the english translation of Thai Limited Company most important documents for information. After the Memorandum of Association (please see previous post) please see below a translation of the Minutes of the Statutory Meeting. Please note that this is an unofficial translation only.

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Originally posted 2009-09-04 07:35:27.

Business Registration: Characterisitics of a Limited Company

January 15 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

The Private Limited Company is the most common legal vehicle used by foreign investors in Thailand, it is therefore useful to review its main characteristics. Note that this post do not deal in an exhaustive manner with the matter of the characteristic of a Private Limited Company. There is a lot more to say. In this post we limited ourselves to the characteristics which are a matter of concern for foreign investors.

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Originally posted 2009-10-19 02:22:16.

Thai Private Limited Company: Shareholders Voting Rights

January 15 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

In this post we will discuss the voting rights of shareholders at the shareholder meeting of a Thai limited company depending of the amount of their shareholding.

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Originally posted 2009-11-23 04:47:10.