If an overseas company would like to open a regional office or a representative office here in Thailand, we can help client prepare the paperwork and complete the registration with the relevant authority in Thailand. A regional office and a representative office are other forms of business organization which are not separate legal entities from their company. Both regional office and representative office are not allowed to generate any income in Thailand.

The activities of a regional office are limited to the following:

1. Communicating, coordinating and directing, on behalf of the head
    office, the operation of branches and affiliates that are located in
    the region;
2. Providing services in consulting and management;
3. Training and personnel development;
4. Financial management;
5. Marketing control and sales promotion planning;
6. Product development; and
7. Services in research and development.

In order to set up a regional office in Thailand, a foreign company must have at least one other branch or affiliate company in Asia.

The activities of a representative office are limited to the following:

1. Sourcing goods or services in Thailand for the head office;
2. Checking and controlling the quality and quantity of goods
    purchased or hired to be manufactured in Thailand by the
    head office;
3. Giving advice pertaining to goods of the head office sold to
    agents or consumers;
4. Propagation of information pertaining to new goods or services of
    the head office; and
5. Reporting on business trends in Thailand to the head office.