Clear routes through complex situations.
Legal coordination, company formation, investment, migration and day-to-day support for international clients in Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia — through one point of contact.
Regulated practice is delivered by licensed local counsel we instruct and manage.
BangkokIn their own words
Hear it from the people who went through it.
Short, unscripted, recorded after the matter closed. Nothing rehearsed and nothing edited into a promise.
Client recordings are being filmed now.
Each one is published only with the client's written consent.
Our approach
A problem in an unfamiliar system rarely needs more information.
It needs one person who knows which route actually works, and who will walk it with you. We coordinate the right professionals, translate the complexity into decisions you can make, and stay your single point of contact until it is closed.
Legal clarity.
Local access.
Practical solutions.
Connect
The right people, expertise and local channels, brought together.
Clarify
Complexity translated into options you can actually decide between.
Resolve
Practical action, negotiation and documentation, coordinated end to end.
What you receive
Written route
Options, sequence and who is involved
Cost, in advance
Fixed where scope allows
Delivery model, named
Who is licensed to do what, and where
Where you are now
A notice you cannot read, a deadline you did not set, and three conflicting answers.
Where this ends
One route, priced and sequenced, with a person accountable for each step.
Outcomes depend on the facts of each matter and on decisions of third parties. Nothing here is a prediction of result.
What you need
Five doors in.
Start from what you are trying to achieve, not from a catalogue of services. If none of these quite fits, describe the situation and we will tell you plainly whether we can help.
Not sure which door? Describe your situation instead →
Resolve
Most urgentUrgent legal coordination, dispute support, mediation and negotiation, translations and documents.
Establish
Company registration, operational setup, contracts and applications, staff coordination.
Invest
Investment routes, property and conveyancing, due diligence coordination.
Move
Visa and migration, relocation applications, arrival coordination.
Live
Property and vehicle rentals, concierge requests, recruit and manage staff.
Most matters touch two or three. We work out which on the first call, at no cost.
How it works
From first call to closed matter.
Four stages, each with something in writing at the end of it. Timelines are indicative and depend on the jurisdiction and the matter.
First conversation
You describe the situation in your own words. We tell you plainly whether we are the right people for it.
Route and cost
A written note setting out the options, who is involved in each, and what each one costs.
Coordination
We instruct and manage local counsel, translators and filings. One point of contact throughout.
Close and hand back
Documents, a written summary of what was done, and what to watch for next.
Your matter stays private
Nothing you send is shared outside the practice, and nothing is used as a case study without your written consent.
Where we work
Local knowledge. Regional perspective.
Depth varies by jurisdiction and we say which is which. Where a matter requires regulated practice, it is carried out by licensed local counsel we instruct and manage.
- Resident coordination, not fly-in advice
- Instructions accepted in English, Thai and Khmer
- A trusted local professional network in each market
- Cross-border matters coordinated from one place
Coverage, stated plainly
Speak to a consultant- 2011
- Continuous presence in the region
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- Jurisdictions with resident coordination
- EN·TH·KH
- Languages instructions are accepted in
Licensed local counsel for all regulated practice
Fees
You will know the cost before we start.
Three ways to engage us. Third-party costs — government fees, translation, local counsel — are passed through at cost and listed separately on every invoice.
Fixed fee — Fixed fee wherever the scope can be defined — which is most of the time.
Hourly, capped — Hourly only for open-ended coordination, always with a ceiling agreed in writing first.
Consultation
Resolve · Establish · Invest · Move · Live
Forty-five minutes to establish whether we can help, and what the route would be.
Fixed fee
Quoted on enquiry · credited against the matter if you proceed
- Video call or Bangkok office
- Written summary of the route
- Indicative costs per option
- A plain answer on whether to proceed
Defined matter
Most instructionsCompany registration, conveyancing, a visa route, a dispute with a defined scope.
on scope
Agreed in writing before work starts · no variation without your approval
- Scope and fee fixed up front
- Local counsel instructed and managed
- Translation coordinated
- One named point of contact
- Written summary on close
Retained
For businesses and families with continuing needs across more than one jurisdiction.
Monthly
Set against expected volume · reviewed every six months
- Everything in Defined matter
- Priority response, same working day
- Multiple jurisdictions coordinated
- Renewals and deadlines tracked
- Quarterly written review
Is someone detained, or is a hearing imminent?
Call rather than write. Fees are settled after the immediate step is handled.
Get in Touch →Case studies
What these matters actually involved.
Three matters, described as they ran. We name the situation and the coordination rather than the result, because the result was never ours alone to give.
A competing claim surfaced after deposit
A purchaser discovered a second claim to a land title after paying a deposit but before transfer.
Title search through local counsel, direct negotiation with both claimants, and a revised transfer sequence conditional on the earlier claim being released.
Deposit recovered in full and the purchase completed on a clean title nine weeks later.
Described with the client's written consent. Outcomes depend on the facts of each matter and on decisions of third parties; nothing here is a prediction of result.
A licence the structure could not support
A regional operator had signed a lease and hired staff before establishing that its activity required a Foreign Business Licence.
Reclassification of the activity with counsel, a revised shareholding structure, and a staged application that let the existing lease stand.
Operations continued uninterrupted while the licence was determined.
Described with the client's written consent. Outcomes depend on the facts of each matter and on decisions of third parties; nothing here is a prediction of result.
A family relocation on a fixed school deadline
Three visa routes were open, each with a different processing time, against a non-negotiable start of term.
Route comparison with indicative timelines, document translation, and sequencing of the applications so the dependent visas did not lag the principal.
All permits issued before term began; one route was abandoned partway on our advice.
Described with the client's written consent. Outcomes depend on the facts of each matter and on decisions of third parties; nothing here is a prediction of result.
In their words
What clients say afterwards.
The written route arrived when they said it would, and the cost at the end was the cost quoted at the start.
I was dealing with a deadline in a language I do not read. Having one person accountable for the whole thing was the difference.
They coordinated four different offices without me having to chase any of them.
They told me on the first call which of my three options was a waste of money. Nobody else had done that.
Quotes are published with written consent and attributed by role and city rather than by name, at our clients' request.
Questions
The ones people actually ask.
If yours is not here, ask it directly. You will get a plain answer about whether this is something we handle.
Are you a law firm?
We coordinate legal work rather than practise it in every jurisdiction. Where a matter requires regulated practice, it is carried out by licensed local counsel we instruct and manage on your behalf. The delivery model is stated on each service page.
Can a foreigner own a company outright in Thailand?
In some activities, yes. In others the Foreign Business Act requires a licence or a Thai shareholding structure. Which category your business falls into is the first question we answer, because it determines everything that follows.
How quickly can you act if someone is detained?
Same day in Bangkok and Phuket, and usually same day in Phnom Penh and Jakarta. Call rather than write — you will reach a person, not a queue.
What will it cost?
Fixed fee wherever the scope can be defined, which is most of the time. Hourly only for open-ended coordination, and always with a ceiling agreed in writing first. Third-party costs are passed through at cost and listed separately.
Do you work outside Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia?
On request, through extended network facilitation arranged case by case. We do not present the wider region as equal operational depth, because it is not.
What happens on the first call?
You describe the situation in your own words. We tell you plainly whether we are the right people for it, and if we are not, we say so.
Search
Can’t find what you are looking for?
Search the site, or ask the question directly. Either way you will get a plain answer about whether this is something we handle.
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Regional intelligence
What changed, and what to do about it.
Regulatory updates publish here as they are verified.
Each one is checked against the issuing authority before it appears, and dated to the source.
Consultation
Complex situation. Clear next move.
Forty-five minutes on a video call or at the Bangkok office. You leave with a written summary of the route and what it costs — whether or not you instruct us.
“Complex situation. Clear next move.”
For business owners
Structure, licensing and the applications that follow, coordinated in one place.
For property buyers
Title checked and the transfer sequenced before any money moves.
For families relocating
Visas, schooling paperwork and arrival logistics on one timeline.