Company Registration in Phrae — 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 Phrae
- 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 Phrae
Phrae has long been the North's teak and wooden-furniture centre and sits on the transport corridor linking the upper North to the Central plain. The timber trade creates its own issues — permits, proof of source, and agency inspections — alongside the sale-contract, trade-debt, land, and inheritance work typical of a mid-sized province.
Timber and permit cases usually carry a criminal and an administrative dimension at the same time, and the two have to be separated from the start. We frame the case before acting, run the file from our Khon Kaen head office and Bangkok branch, and travel to appear at the Phrae Provincial Court as scheduled.
Courts we appear at in Phrae
- •Phrae Provincial Court
- •Phrae Juvenile and Family Court
- •Region 5 Labor Court (Chiang Mai)
Mueang Phrae, Sung Men, Den Chai, Long, Rong Kwang, and the areas continuing into Nan, Uttaradit, and Lampang
Contact our Phrae attorneys
We serve clients across Thailand. Initial consultation.
Further reading — related guide
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