Company Registration in Nan — 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 Nan
- 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 Nan
Nan borders Laos at the Huai Kon crossing and has an unusually high proportion of forest and mountain. What comes through the door reflects that: land and cultivation-right disputes overlapping forest zones, administrative cases between residents and state agencies, agricultural-land inheritance, and contract work for a tourism sector that has grown quickly.
Land cases overlapping forest zones only become clear once title documents, possession history, and the agency's boundary lines are read together. We check all three before advising whether to sue, defend, or negotiate, run the file from our Khon Kaen head office and Bangkok branch, and travel to appear at the Nan Provincial Court.
Courts we appear at in Nan
- •Nan Provincial Court
- •Nan Juvenile and Family Court
- •Region 5 Labor Court (Chiang Mai)
Mueang Nan, Pua, Tha Wang Pha, Wiang Sa, Chiang Klang, Bo Kluea, and the areas continuing into Phayao and Uttaradit
Contact our Nan attorneys
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