Someone legally present in Thailand on your behalf.
For businesses with no Thai entity, and foreign-owned Thai companies run from abroad: the representative, address and compliance services Thai rules can require, as one subscription.
Start your matterYou have obligations in Thailand, but no one there.
- You offer goods or services to people in Thailand, or monitor their behaviour online, from outside Thailand.
- You sell electronic services or run a digital platform with users in Thailand.
- You need a Thai address where letters and legal documents can be received for you.
- You own a Thai company and want its annual filings, registers and changes handled from abroad.
- Your products need Thai FDA registrations, and you don’t want them held by your distributor.
- You want your Thai trademarks watched and renewed on time.
Choose the services you need.
Combine them in one subscription, with a fixed fee agreed in advance. A first review confirms which Thai obligations apply to your business.
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PDPA representative
Your appointed representative in Thailand.
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- Written appointment as your representative under the Personal Data Protection Act, and a point of contact in Thailand for that role.
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E-service VAT and platform notification
For electronic services and digital platforms.
- Includes
- A check of whether registration or notification applies, support with the simplified e-service VAT registration, and representation for platform notification where a representative is required.
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Registered address
Correspondence and service of documents.
- Includes
- A Thai correspondence and service-of-process address, with receipt and scanning of documents and prompt notice to you.
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Company secretary and annual compliance
For foreign-owned Thai companies.
- Includes
- Registered office, annual filings, shareholder and director changes, and a single point of contact for the authorities.
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FDA licence holding
Your registrations, under your control.
- Includes
- Food, cosmetic, supplement and medical-device registrations held by our licensed partner, a Thai company with the required licences, independent of your distributor.
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Trademark watch and renewals
Protecting the brand in a first-to-file country.
- Includes
- Watching for conflicting filings and managing renewals. Disputes move into the Commercial Desk.
How subscriptions are quoted is explained on Fees & process.
One contact for every obligation.
- Our case teamYour representative and address services, and your single point of contact.
- Our legal teamLicensed Thai lawyers: advice on which obligations apply, company-secretarial and trademark work.
- Our licensed partnersFDA licence holding, through a Thai company holding the relevant licences.
- Our accounting teamAnnual accounts and filings for your Thai company.
For each matter we assign the lawyer or specialist best suited to your needs. The responsible lawyer and their credentials are named in your engagement letter. Who you work with
Thai obligations for businesses abroad.
- Does the PDPA apply to companies outside Thailand?
- It can. The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019), fully in force since 1 June 2022, applies to companies outside Thailand that offer goods or services to people in Thailand or monitor their behaviour there (s.5).
- Do they need a representative in Thailand?
- Such companies must appoint a representative in Thailand in writing (s.37(5)). Exemptions issued by the Personal Data Protection Committee may apply, for example to small-scale processing without sensitive data.
- When must a foreign digital service register for VAT?
- Since 1 September 2021, foreign providers of electronic services and digital platforms selling to non-VAT-registered customers in Thailand must register through the simplified e-service VAT system once their Thai revenue exceeds THB 1.8 million a year, and remit VAT, currently 7%.
- Do digital platforms have to notify anyone?
- Under the Royal Decree on Digital Platform Service Businesses Subject to Notification B.E. 2565, in force since 21 August 2023, platforms serving users in Thailand must notify the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA), and foreign operators must appoint a representative in Thailand. Categories and thresholds are subject to applicable rules and regulations.
- Who can hold Thai FDA registrations?
- Only a Thai entity with the relevant licence and premises. A foreign brand without a Thai company usually depends on its importer, so changing distributor can mean registering again.
- How long does a Thai trademark last?
- Registrations last 10 years and are renewable. Thailand is first-to-file, and has been part of the Madrid Protocol since November 2017.
Frequently asked questions
We have no office in Thailand. Do we really need a PDPA representative?
If you offer goods or services to people in Thailand or monitor their behaviour there, the PDPA can apply to you from abroad, and a written appointment of a representative in Thailand is required unless an exemption applies. Our first review tells you which applies.
Can our FDA registrations stay with us if we change distributor?
Not if the distributor holds them: Thai FDA registrations sit with a licensed Thai entity, and changing distributor can mean registering again. Having our licensed partner hold them independently keeps control with your brand.
Can you be the official address for legal documents?
Yes. We provide a registered correspondence and service-of-process address, receive and scan what arrives, and tell you promptly so deadlines are not missed.
Related services
Tell us where your business sells and operates.
Start with your company name and any Thai parties involved, for our conflict check. If an authority has written to you or a deadline is running, include the date in your message.