Company Registration in Sukhothai — 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 Sukhothai
- 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 Sukhothai
Sukhothai runs on two legs — cultural tourism and rice-and-sugarcane farming on the Yom floodplain. The legal work follows: farm-household land and inheritance, debt and enforcement, contracts for accommodation and retail businesses around the historical park, and land-use restrictions inside heritage zones.
Heritage-zone land restrictions are usually discovered only after a stop order has issued, which is far harder to unwind than checking before investing. We check restrictions and permits first, run the file from our Khon Kaen head office and Bangkok branch, and travel to appear at the Sukhothai and Sawankhalok Provincial Courts.
Courts we appear at in Sukhothai
- •Sukhothai Provincial Court
- •Sawankhalok Provincial Court
- •Sukhothai Juvenile and Family Court
- •Region 6 Labor Court (Nakhon Sawan)
Mueang Sukhothai, Sawankhalok, Si Satchanalai, Si Samrong, Kong Krailat, and the areas continuing into Phitsanulok, Tak, and Kamphaeng Phet
Contact our Sukhothai attorneys
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