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Guides for innovative businesses working in Thailand.

Plain-language explanations of how routes, scope and process work for innovative businesses, and of the company services every business uses. Written to inform, not to advise, and dated so you can see how current they are.

For innovative businesses

Sample route mapWhat the first written output of an innovative-business entry assessment looks like.
Services by situationEntering Thailand, digital products, regulation and data, and transactions.
How a matter is scopedThe five stages, who is responsible and how fees are quoted.

In-depth guides

Building a digital business? See the Thai legal requirements by business type.

Entering Thailand with foreign ownership

Which structure fits, and whether a licence or certificate is needed before you operate.

Foreign Business Act: when you need a licence, a certificate — or neither

For 50%+ foreign-owned companies in Thailand: when the Foreign Business Act route is a licence, a certificate (for example on BOI or treaty grounds), or neither — before you operate or sign a lease.

Which Company Setup Fits a Foreign-Owned Services Business in Thailand?

A concise guide to choosing between a standard company, Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion or another permitted route for a foreign-owned services business in Thailand.

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Registering the Thai company

What to decide before filing, what it costs, and whether to file it yourself.

Starting a Company in Thailand: 7 Decisions Before Registration

A practical decision guide for foreign founders: clarify activities, ownership, shareholders, capital, control and address before preparing a Thai company registration.

Thailand Company Registration Checklist: What to Prepare Before Filing

A concise checklist of the ownership, management and business information founders should settle before registering a Thai limited company.

What Does It Cost to Register and Run a Thai Company for the First Year?

A concise first-year budgeting guide covering incorporation, government charges, accounting, compliance, licences and connected setup work.

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Building a digital business in Thailand

Which Thai rules your product meets once Thai users arrive.

Does Your Platform Need to Notify ETDA in Thailand?

When a digital platform must notify ETDA, what the notification contains, the thresholds, and the annual and change reports after it.

Selling SaaS to Thai Customers: The Legal Checklist

Six Thai legal checks for SaaS companies with Thai customers: PDPA, code ownership, online contracts, VAT on e-services, the Foreign Business Act and platform rules.

Launching an AI Product in Thailand: What Thai Law Applies

Thailand has no AI statute in force. What applies to an AI product today: the PDPA, platform rules, copyright and the Foreign Business Act.

Does Thailand's PDPA Apply to Overseas Companies?

When Thailand's PDPA applies to companies outside Thailand, and the duties that follow: representative, lawful basis, sensitive data, transfers abroad, breaches and DPO.

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Fintech, payments and digital assets

Which licence your money or token function needs.

Payment Licences in Thailand: E-Money and Payment Facilitation

Which payment services need a Bank of Thailand licence or registration, who grants it, what counts as e-money and when collecting for merchants is caught.

Is Crypto Legal in Thailand?

Crypto is regulated, not banned, in Thailand: licences for six business types, ICO portal rules, the bar on crypto payments by licensed operators, and a note on tax.

Buying or selling a company

Whether the deal is legally ready, and what has to be checked before terms are agreed.

Buying a Business in Thailand: The Legal Steps

The legal steps for buying a Thai business: share or asset purchase, the share transfer formalities, employees, due diligence, foreign-buyer limits and completion.

Running the company

What falls due each year, and what must be filed after a change.

Thai Company Annual Compliance: Meetings, Filings and Deadlines

The company-law calendar for a Thai private limited company: meetings, audited accounts, DBD filing, auditor, shareholder list and changes during the year.

Documents for use abroad

Which certification steps a document needs before another country accepts it.

Legalising Thai Documents for Use Abroad

How Thai documents are legalised for use abroad: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chain, certification wording, timing, and the Apostille position.

Working with Corporly

Whether Corporly fits your matter, and what happens after you get in touch.

Who Corporly Is For

The business situations we work on in Thailand, starting with innovative businesses: launching, adding regulated features, raising money, and the company work every business needs.

What Happens After You Enquire

The five steps between your first message and delivered work: conversation, scope, quotation, engagement and delivery, and the point at which you commit.

What You Receive

An illustrative, clearly labelled sample scope for a Thai company registration — what is included, what is excluded, and what we need from you.