Company Registration in Kanchanaburi — End-to-End Incorporation by Suwanvara Law Firm
Thailand offers several legal-entity forms. The most common is the private limited company (Ltd), followed by the limited partnership; the public limited company is used by larger ventures that raise capital from the public. A limited company must have at least the statutory minimum number of shareholders and a registered capital appropriate to the business. The process — name reservation, drafting the memorandum of association, the statutory meeting, and obtaining the certificate from the Department of Business Development — is relatively quick when documents are ready. We structure the shareholding and prepare the paperwork correctly from the start to avoid delays.
Scope of company registration work in Kanchanaburi
- Name reservation and availability check
- Drafting of Memorandum and Articles of Association
- Filing with the Department of Business Development (DBD)
- VAT and social-security employer registration
- Foreign Business Licence (FBL) for foreign-owned ventures
Process
- 1Initial consultation on the right structure
- 2Founder documents, office address, capital preparation
- 3Name reservation with DBD
- 4Statutory meeting and incorporation filing within 1-2 weeks
- 5VAT registration (if turnover exceeds THB 1.8M/year) and social security
Documents to prepare
- •Thai ID or passport of all shareholders and directors
- •Landlord consent for the registered office
- •Map showing office location
- •Office lease agreement or title deed for the registered address
About our team in Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi borders Myanmar at the Phu Nam Ron crossing and combines sugar, mining, and River Kwai tourism. That structure produces several layers of dispute at once: migrant labour and work permits, contractor and transport agreements, environmental impact from mining and factories, and land disputes where holdings abut conservation areas.
Operations relying on large migrant workforces carry labour and criminal exposure at the same time, and getting the paperwork right at the outset costs far less than fixing it after an inspection. We advise on both prevention and litigation, run the file from our Khon Kaen head office and Bangkok branch, and travel to appear at the Kanchanaburi Provincial Court and the Region 7 Labor Court.
Courts we appear at in Kanchanaburi
- •Kanchanaburi Provincial Court
- •Kanchanaburi Juvenile and Family Court
- •Region 7 Labor Court (Kanchanaburi)
Mueang Kanchanaburi, Tha Muang, Tha Maka, Bo Phloi, Sai Yok, Sangkhla Buri, and the areas continuing into Ratchaburi and Suphan Buri
Contact our Kanchanaburi attorneys
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