Thai Will & Estate Lawyer for Foreigners in Si Racha — Drafting, Probate, Cross-Border Estates
Foreigners with assets in Thailand — a condominium, a Thai bank account, a vehicle, an interest in a Thai company — should have a separate Thai will covering those assets. Trying to administer Thai-situs assets via a foreign will is possible but takes longer, costs more, and routinely fails when documents need translation/legalisation that the foreign executor cannot easily produce. A short, properly drafted Thai will sidesteps all of that. We draft Thai wills for foreign residents, coordinate with home-country counsel for the rest of the estate, and handle probate at the Thai Court when the time comes.
Scope of Thai will and estate lawyer for foreigners work in Si Racha
- Thai will drafting — bilingual English/Thai with witness and registrar protocols
- Coordination with home-country wills to avoid contradiction or revocation issues
- Executor appointment, including non-resident executor letters
- Probate at the Thai Court — application as administrator/executor
- Condominium and bank-account transfer to heirs
- Cross-border estate coordination — Thai property + foreign property allocation
Process
- 1Initial consultation — asset map, dependants, existing foreign wills
- 2Draft bilingual will and review with you
- 3Sign in front of witnesses (or register at the district office for added evidentiary weight)
- 4Store originals safely; provide certified copies to nominated executor and counsel
- 5On death: Thai probate filing, asset transfer, final tax matters
Documents to prepare
- •Passport and any Thai visa or residence document
- •Asset list — condo title, bank accounts, vehicle registration, company shareholdings
- •Family information — spouse, children, dependants
- •Existing wills from any other jurisdiction
About our team in Si Racha
Si Racha hosts Thailand's largest Japanese community outside Bangkok and the Pinthong and Saha Group industrial estates. Legal work here is factory work: employment contracts and work rules that have to cover Thai staff and foreign management alike, sub-contracting and automotive supply-chain agreements, work permits and visas for foreign staff, and the leases and condominium purchases of families posted here for years at a time.
We cover the Eastern seaboard from our Bangkok branch — meeting clients at the plant and appearing regularly at the Chonburi Provincial Court. We work in Thai, English and Chinese, which suits factories where management and HR do not share a first language.
Courts we appear at in Si Racha
- •Chonburi Provincial Court
- •Region 2 Labor Court
- •Chonburi Juvenile and Family Court
Si Racha, Laem Chabang, Bo Win, Nong Kham, and central Chonburi
Past matters in Si Racha
- Termination dispute for production staff at the Pinthong estate
- Reviewing sub-contracting terms for an auto-parts maker
- Work permits and visas for expatriate plant management
Contact our Si Racha attorneys
We serve clients across Thailand. Initial consultation.
Frequently asked questions — Thai will and estate lawyer for foreigners in Si Racha
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