Legal Opinions on Thai Subsidiaries

Who this service is for

• Parent companies, group legal teams, investors and transaction professionals requiring review of legal matters concerning a Thai subsidiary.

Typical situations

• A financing or capital-markets project involving a Thai subsidiary
• Group compliance, transaction or project decisions requiring Thai-law analysis
• Post-due-diligence consolidation of Thai-law findings and opinions

Scope of work

• Legal matters concerning Thai subsidiaries
• Corporate governance, authority and company-information review
• Thai-law matters in transaction documents and project materials
• Thai-law matters in financing and capital-markets projects
• Land- or project-related legal opinions
• Thai-law analysis following due diligence
• Cross-border project communication in Chinese or English

Key issues reviewed

• Thai entity status and corporate information
• Governance documents, corporate approvals and signing authority
• Thai-law issues in transaction or financing documents
• Compliance, project or asset matters relevant to the review
• The effect of due-diligence findings on the opinion scope

Process

1. Confirm intended use, recipients and Thai-law scope

2. Agree the document request and conduct the review

3. Communicate assumptions, qualifications and missing items

4. Prepare Thai-law analysis or a legal opinion in the language and format confirmed with you

Documents typically required

• Thai subsidiary registration, constitutional, shareholder and governance records
• Relevant approvals, authorities and transaction documents
• Project, financing, land or due-diligence materials required by the scope

Typical deliverables

• Thai-law analysis or a legal opinion
• Assumptions, qualifications and outstanding-items notes
• Chinese- or English-language project communication where required

Before we begin

We first confirm the intended use and agreed Thai-law scope of the opinion. PRC-law matters require separate advice. Listing, financing and acceptance of the work by regulators or transaction parties are subject to their own requirements and decisions.