BOI & Foreign Business Setup Lawyer in Ang Thong — Incorporation, FBL, Treaty of Amity, EEC
Setting up a foreign-controlled business in Thailand routes through one of several systems: a Thai limited company with up to 49% foreign ownership (the default under the Foreign Business Act), a BOI-promoted company that can be 100% foreign-owned for promoted activities, a Foreign Business Licence (FBL) for activities outside BOI scope, the US Treaty of Amity (for US persons), or an EEC-zone structure. Each carries different timelines, costs, tax positions, and ongoing reporting. We help foreign investors pick the right path before anyone signs a lease, and we then run the incorporation and post-incorporation compliance.
Scope of BOI and foreign business setup lawyer work in Ang Thong
- Pre-incorporation structuring — match the right vehicle to your industry, ownership, and tax goals
- Thai limited company incorporation (with or without foreign minority)
- BOI application — eligibility review, business plan, post-promotion compliance
- Foreign Business Licence (FBL) application for non-BOI activities
- US Treaty of Amity registration for qualifying US-controlled entities
- EEC-zone setup for manufacturing and S-curve industries
- Post-setup: tax registration, work permits, employment compliance, accounting setup
Process
- 1Free structuring consultation — review business model, activities, ownership goals
- 2Choose the right vehicle and draft the constitutional documents
- 3Reserve name and incorporate at the Department of Business Development
- 4Apply for BOI promotion, FBL, or Treaty of Amity registration as applicable
- 5Set up tax registration, VAT, social security, work permits, and bank accounts
Documents to prepare
- •Passport(s) of foreign founder(s)
- •ID and household registration of any Thai co-founder(s)
- •Business plan / activity description (for BOI / FBL applications)
- •Proof of registered office address — lease agreement and landlord consent
- •Proof of paid-up capital (minimum thresholds vary by structure)
About our team in Ang Thong
Ang Thong is a small province on the Chao Phraya plain, its economy resting on farming and mid-sized food-processing plants. The most common case by far is inherited land held jointly by heirs across several generations with no agreement on how to divide it. After that come agricultural debt and crop-purchase agreements, and family cases — which here usually arrive attached to a land division.
Inherited-land cases here are rarely stuck on the law — they are stuck on heirs who cannot talk to each other. So we start by establishing the title record and the order of heirs, so everyone knows their actual share, then propose a division that can really be executed. Only if that fails do we file — which usually proves faster and cheaper than starting in court.
Courts we appear at in Ang Thong
- •Ang Thong Provincial Court
- •Ang Thong Juvenile and Family Court
Ang Thong, Wiset Chai Chan, Pa Mok, Pho Thong, and the areas continuing into Sing Buri, Suphan Buri, and Ayutthaya
Past matters in Ang Thong
- Dividing inherited land held jointly across generations
- Appointing an estate administrator and transferring land to heirs
- Dispute over a crop-purchase agreement
Contact our Ang Thong attorneys
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Further reading — related guide
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