Contracts & Commercial Agreements

Contract Drafting

Agreements written for your transaction, in Thai, English or bilingual form — drafted around what happens when things go wrong, not only when they go right.

Talk to us

Tell us the situation and we will tell you what we think you should do — and what it will cost.

Who this is for

  • Businesses closing a deal that deserves better than a handshake
  • Startups building their first proper contract set
  • Parties dealing with a cross-border counterparty and needing bilingual documents
  • Individuals in significant transactions — loans, sales, settlements

What we handle

Scope of work

Bespoke agreements drafted from your transaction, not from a template

Bilingual versions with a prevailing-language clause that settles conflicts

Standard templates for contracts your business signs repeatedly

Schedules, annexes and the amendment instruments that keep them current

Guarantees and security documents drafted alongside the main agreement

Renewal and termination instruments prepared before you need them

How it works

How we run the matter

  1. Understand the transaction and the risks each side carries
  2. Agree the structure, language and key commercial terms
  3. Deliver the first draft with plain-language notes on the choices made
  4. Revise through your comments and the counterparty’s
  5. Finalise both language versions in step
  6. Prepare the signing — method, witnesses and any registration

Documents to prepare

  • A plain description of the deal — parties, subject, money, timing
  • The counterparty’s details and, for companies, the affidavit
  • Any term sheet, quotation or correspondence already exchanged
  • Existing related contracts the new one must fit with
  • Deadlines — signing dates and when performance starts

Common questions

Either can be valid between private parties. Practically, a contract that may face a Thai court, registrar or government office works best with a Thai text; a bilingual version with a prevailing-language clause serves both sides. What matters most is that the two texts actually say the same thing — that check is part of our drafting, not an afterthought.
Foreign templates are written for foreign law — they lean on concepts and remedies that do not map onto the Thai Civil and Commercial Code, and they miss what Thai law does require. The result reads impressively and enforces poorly. A short contract written for Thai law beats a long one borrowed from another system.
The deal in plain words: who the parties are, what is being exchanged, the money and the timing, and what you are worried about. Turning that into terms is our job. Indicative turnaround once we have the facts: CONTRACT_TURNAROUND.
For most private contracts, yes — electronic signatures are recognised under the Electronic Transactions Act. But some documents and registrations still require wet ink, witnesses or filing with an authority, and signing convenience should never cost enforceability. We tell you which category your document is in before you choose.
Readable. Length is not protection — clarity is. A contract both sides understand gets performed; one nobody reads gets litigated. We keep every clause there for a reason you can ask about.

Official sources

The Thai authorities and legislation this work is carried out under. Requirements change; we confirm the current position for your matter.

  • Civil and Commercial Code — obligations and contracts
  • Unfair Contract Terms Act B.E. 2540 (1997)
  • Electronic Transactions Act — electronic signatures
  • Office of the Consumer Protection Board — standard-form consumer contracts

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Legal problems are easier to manage when addressed early.