Deloitte Legal

The firm: Deloitte member firms have a long standing reputation for helping clients to address complex, cross border issues. Skilled and experienced Deloitte Legal* lawyers work together with other Deloitte professionals in tax, consulting and financial advisory to guide their clients through a project in a coordinated way around the world. Deloitte Legal, present in over 75 countries, is able to provide holistic guidance around strategic business decisions as well as offer support services that can increase efficiency and reduce the cost of some routine legal activities.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Jaiyos Advisory Co., Ltd. is part of the Deloitte Legal network. Our legal professionals provide a full range of corporate and commercial legal services relevant to establishing and conducting business in Thailand. The legal services team of Deloitte can not only assist with legal issues but also draw on Deloitte’s multi-disciplinary practice to add value by delivering relevant strategic advice and business solutions to even the most challenging issues.

By combining the skills of our various professionals working within Deloitte’s multi-disciplinary environment we provide comprehensive, cost-effective, global reach and deep understanding of each client’s business to provide “one-stop solutions” to our clients.

Our legal professionals have access to colleagues who can also assist you with our world-class audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services. We have proudly been serving clients in Thailand for over 75 years thereby giving us the ability to offer sound commercial advice based on our deep knowledge of local market.

Our strengths also include the ability to provide ongoing operational advice on such matters as corporate governance issues, and when required, we can advise on liquidation and dissolution issues as well.

With over 1,750 legal professionals in more than 75 countries around the globe and 18 lawyers in Bangkok, Deloitte Legal offers competent yet pragmatic advice in many fields of national and international business law. Our professionals provide tailored solutions for demanding projects and complex domestic and international transactions: Globally and locally. And we offer even more: Multidisciplinary advice incorporating Tax, Assurance, Consulting and Corporate Finance.

Whether family-owned smaller and medium-sized companies, listed stock corporations or international groups of companies – with our Service Lines Commercial, Corporate/M&A, Employment & Pensions, and Tax Controversy, Foreign direct investment and Corporate compliance services we cover those fields of business law that are important for our clients.

Collecting and combining multidisciplinary expertise in our Industry Groups Banking & Securities, Energy & Resources, Manufacturing, Consumer Business, TMT and Real Estate enables us to render interdisciplinary advice which anticipates industry- or sector-specific trends and developments. And thereby help our Clients to face the challenges of an ever-changing regulatory and economic environment.

We understand legal advice not as an isolated component, but as a contribution to a comprehensive solution of the issues that our Clients face. Working together with our Deloitte colleagues, we point our clients to entrepreneurial and tax aspects and help our clients in taking make informed decisions in the context of legal as well as other business considerations.

Areas of practice
Commercial law solutions: Companies are facing an increasing number of business challenges globally including more rigorous regulations and enforcement by local authorities in the countries where they operate. As experienced advisers with a practical focus Deloitte Legal* can help clients meet these challenges and develop commercial solutions. We offer a broad base of commercial business law services in multiple jurisdictions. Our experience and global reach allow us to provide businesses facing complex legal regulations and challenges with personalised, tailor-made services.

Our clients range from large multi-nationals to small Thai owned businesses in many industries, and include many organisations in public sector.

We advise on the legal and commercial aspects of commercial transactions including:

• Contracts of all kinds
• Business relationships such as joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Foreign direct investment
• Infrastructure projects
• International trade law
• Business Finance
• Competition loan and economic regulation

Corporate and mergers and acquisitions services: Deloitte Legal* provides a full range of corporate law services from complex advisory services related to major business life events (including advising in restructuring and mergers and acquisitions processes) through to general secretarial services.

We offer comprehensive advice on structuring, terms, legal due diligence, documentation and implementation of proposed mergers, acquisitions and disposal transactions in Thailand.

Our strengths also include the ability to provide ongoing operational advice on such matters as corporate governance issues, and when required, we can advise on liquidation and dissolution issues as well.

Our Corporate legal services include:

• Company Incorporation
• Legal Due Diligence
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Transactional Documentation
• Shareholders’ Agreements
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Re-Organisation and Restructuring
• Liquidation and Dissolution

Employment and pension solutions: Turbulent economic times require companies to be agile and flexible in their staffing to remain competitive. Complex polices, frequent legislative changes and global operations make managing employee relations and compliance with employment law challenging for businesses. Deloitte Legal* provides businesses with the advice they need to make informed decisions and comply with a multitude of regulatory and procedural requirements.

The legal services team of Deloitte provides comprehensive advice to clients on all aspects of employment law in Thailand. We take a preventative approach in creating solutions for our clients, to ensure the implementation of employment policies that limit the potential for dispute.

For those clients seeking to employ expatiates we provide comprehensive services to assist the expatriate in obtaining the necessary visa/work permit and to fulfill the immigration authorities’ requirement.

We also assist with all aspects of local and expatriate employment such as drafting employment contracts and company work rules. Our local lawyers provides advice and related services on all aspects of Thai Labour Law while being part of our international network of professionals dedicated to providing employment related advice.

We provide advice and representation on:

• Employment agreements
• Expatriate visas and work permits
• Restructuring and redundancies
• Hiring and dismissal procedures
• Development of in-house policies and procedures
• Confidentiality and restraints of trade

Tax controversy solutions: Deloitte Legal* and Deloitte tax professionals offer both domestic and multinational companies controversy assistance.

Foreign direct investment: Investment in a foreign jurisdiction is difficult enough without the added complication of coordinating various advisors. With our access to Deloitte’s Intellectual capital worldwide, we are focused on client service through a global strategy executed locally in nearly 150 countries. Foreign investors can gain significant advantages from our ability to offer a one-stop approach through the delivery of our wide range of service.

In addition, we have proudly been serving clients in Thailand for over 75 years thereby giving us the ability to offer sound commercial advice based on our deep knowledge of the local market. Global business needs global advisors. The legal service team of Deloitte can offer you local client service coordinators in your home jurisdiction, to co-ordinate with other Deloitte professionals throughout the world.

For foreign investors our multi-disciplinary approach can be a real advantage. Given that foreign investment is not just about law, our legal professionals have access to colleagues who can also assist you with our world-class, audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services.

We provide sound commercial advice for foreign investors including;

• Alien Business Law
• Local subsidiary incorporation
• Board of Investment Approvals
• Investment Structures
• Visas and Work Permits for Expatriates
• Regional Operating Headquarters
• Representative Offices and Branches

Corporate compliance services: Thai company law requires ongoing compliance in a number of areas such as maintaining the register of shareholders and the minutes book of the shareholders and directors’ meeting.

The legal services team of Deloitte provides a full range of corporate compliance services to assist companies in meeting these requirements.

We arrange for all required notifications, for example the minutes of the annual general meeting, list of shareholders and adopted financial statements, to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.

Our Services

• Maintenance of the Register of shareholders and list of shareholders
• Maintenance of the minutes book of the shareholders’ and directors’ meetings
• Formal adoptions of the annual financial statement
• Declaration of dividends
• Appointment of an auditor
• Amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Associations
• Alteration of capital structure
• Change of name, registered office or financial year end
• Share transfers and change of shareholder’s list
• Change of directors
• Change of bank signatory

* “Deloitte Legal” means the legal practices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firm affiliates that provide legal services. For legal and regulatory reasons, not all member firms provide legal services.