Company Registration in Samut Prakan — 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 Samut Prakan
- 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 Samut Prakan
Samut Prakan is the industrial base of greater Bangkok, home to the Bangpoo and Bang Phli estates near Suvarnabhumi airport and the port. Matters center on factories — labor and termination, environmental and safety, customs, and logistics.
We act for factories and operators across the Bangkok-Samut Prakan estates with a bilingual team specializing in labor cases and factory compliance.
Courts we appear at in Samut Prakan
- •Samut Prakan Provincial Court
- •Samut Prakan Juvenile and Family Court
Samut Prakan, Bangkok, and Chachoengsao
Contact our Samut Prakan attorneys
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