Proviso | Legal & Compliance Advisory for Foreign-Owned Businesses in Thailand

Practice Areas

How we serve our clients

We advise foreign-owned businesses on the full range of legal and compliance matters they face in Thailand.

Corporate Compliance & Governance

We review your company structure against the same criteria Thai authorities use. We identify every gap, fix it, and put proper governance in place. This covers shareholding, capital documentation, board procedures, and regulatory response.

Corporate & Commercial

Company formation advisory, Foreign Business Act analysis, share transfers, director changes, and commercial agreements. We handle the legal side of setting up, running, and restructuring a business in Thailand.

Contracts & Documentation

Legal agreements drafted for your specific situation. Shareholders agreements, directorship agreements, partnership agreements, employment contracts, service agreements, NDAs, MOUs, and loan documentation.

Real Estate & Property

Land purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements and registration, construction contracts, and property transfer documentation. We support every stage of a real estate transaction in Thailand.

Due Diligence & Risk

Pre-investment corporate due diligence, partner and vendor assessments, and compliance risk analysis. You get a clear picture of what you're dealing with before you commit capital or sign anything.

Ongoing Advisory

Retained legal counsel, company secretary services, annual compliance reviews, and priority advisory access. We stay with your business long-term and keep things current as regulations change.

Featured Practice

Corporate compliance is our foundation

Most foreign-owned Thai companies have structural gaps. Missing documents, unclear shareholding arrangements, undocumented capital. These issues sit quietly until regulators come asking. By then, your options are limited.

We built Proviso around solving this problem. Our compliance practice uses the same assessment criteria as the DSI and DBD. We evaluate your company structure, identify every vulnerability, and build a complete governance framework with proper legal documentation.

Structure review against DSI/DBD assessment criteria
Shareholding and capital documentation
Complete legal agreement suite
Board governance and meeting frameworks
Ongoing compliance monitoring

Book a Compliance Review

Corporate compliance consulting Thailand

How We Work

A structured approach to every engagement

Clear process. Fixed fees. No surprises.

Consultation

We discuss your situation, understand your business, and identify what needs attention.

Assessment

We review your company structure, documentation, and legal position against regulatory requirements.

Roadmap & Delivery

You receive a compliance roadmap with fixed fees. We then draft all required legal documentation.

Ongoing Support

We handle implementation and execution guidance. We continue to advise as your company evolves.

About the Firm

Built for this market

Proviso is a legal and compliance advisory practice focused on foreign-owned businesses in Thailand. We understand the Foreign Business Act, Thai corporate structures, and the practical realities of operating a business here as a foreign investor.

Our clients are business owners who need things done properly. Some need to fix a company structure that was set up years ago without proper documentation. Others need agreements drafted to protect their position. Others need legal support for a real estate transaction or a new business venture.

We work directly and efficiently. Every engagement produces clear deliverables. Every document is drafted specifically for your situation. We do not use templates.

Recent Matters

Work we have done

A selection of recent engagements. Client details stay confidential.

Villa purchase in a private name

A foreign buyer acquired a Koh Samui villa in their own name. We prepared the 30-year lease over the land and the sale agreement for the house, and took both through registration at the Land Office.

Registered property rights

Foreign investors in a residential development wanted a right held in their own names. We prepared Sap-Ing-Sith agreements for each unit, a registered and transferable 30-year property right under Thai law.

Compliance assessment

We reviewed a foreign-owned trading company against the criteria Thai authorities apply, then prepared the documents it was missing: a shareholders agreement, capital contribution records and board procedures.

Co-investment documentation

Several investors entered a Thai development project together. We documented the arrangement with shareholders, loan and directorship agreements, so each investor's position is recorded and enforceable.

Legal counsel for foreign-owned businesses in Thailand