Our fortunate position as a commercial law firm has provided us with valuable investment and trade connections. If you or your company wishes to enter the Thai market for import/export or foreign direct investment purposes, we can provide you with business-related services to help you along your way.

We maintain relationships with business partners all across East and Southeast Asia, including in the newly-emerging market of Myanmar.


At Korpniti, we pride ourselves on our ability to assist clients overcome their commercial challenges and prosper in the Thai business environment. We have extensive expertise advising foreign clients on all aspects related to doing business in Thailand. We can highlight all the potential barriers to doing business in Thailand relevant to our client’s industry, and help our clients overcome and resolve such situations should they arise.

We invest our time into understanding a client’s business strategy and commercial objectives. We then translate these objectives into the appropriate legal actions and we prioritise the important issues most relevant to their business. We always aim to provide strategic solutions that are aligned with our client’s business goals.

Our lawyers can advise and assist clients interested in operating in Thailand on all the matters relevant to doing business, including:

  • Business structures in Thailand

  • Employment law

  • Foreign business licences

  • Foreign land ownership

  • Government initiatives and incentives available to foreign investors

  • Industrial estates

  • Intellectual property

  • Tax, tax incentives, and remitting profits abroad

  • Work permits, business visas, and immigration services

  • And all other bureaucratic and compliance-related issues that can affect business

In addition, our lawyers have also accumulated considerable familiarity with the commercial challenges related to doing business in neighbouring Southeast Asian countries. In particular, as a result of frequent interactions and engagements, we can assist clients with navigating and understanding business matters in the following jurisdictions:

  • Cambodia

  • Laos

  • Malaysia

  • Myanmar

  • Singapore