Company Registration in Ranong — 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 Ranong
- 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 Ranong
Ranong is a maritime crossing to Kawthaung in Myanmar and a fishing and cold-storage base with one of the country's highest reliance on migrant labour. The cases that arise are migrant labour and work permits, fisheries and vessel licensing, customs procedure and seized goods, seafood supply contracts, and debt recovery between operators on both sides.
Fishing and cold-storage operations can be inspected on labour, licensing, and customs at the same time, and answering one front at a time without the whole picture tends to produce statements that contradict each other. We align the entire response, run the file from our Khon Kaen head office and Bangkok branch, and travel to appear at the Ranong Provincial Court.
Courts we appear at in Ranong
- •Ranong Provincial Court
- •Ranong Juvenile and Family Court
- •Region 8 Labor Court (Phuket)
Mueang Ranong, Kra Buri, La-un, Kapoe, Suk Samran, and the areas continuing into Chumphon and Phang Nga
Contact our Ranong attorneys
We serve clients across Thailand. Initial consultation.
Further reading — related guide
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