Due Diligence and Risk

We check what you are buying before you pay for it. That means reading the title documents, the public registers and the company records that describe the asset or the business, and reporting what they show, what they do not, and what is still open before you sign.

What this covers

• Land and title checks: what the deed is, what area it covers, and what is registered against it
• Corporate review of a company you are buying into or investing in
• Partner and vendor assessment
• Whether the intended use needs a permission that has not been obtained
• Whether the person signing has the registered authority to sign
• Compliance risk analysis before capital moves

What you receive

Every engagement produces one document, not a conversation. It contains:

• What was checked, what was found, and what could not be verified and why
• Copies of the title and registry documents obtained, with what each one shows
• The questions to put to the other side before signature
• The points that remain open, so you can decide whether to proceed, renegotiate or walk away

How an engagement runs

• Scoping. A short call: what you are buying, from whom, and by when.
• Quote. A written scope listing the searches to be run, and a fixed fee, before any work starts.
• Checking. We work from documents and registers. Where a document is not produced, the report says so rather than working around the gap.
• Report. You receive it in writing, with the open points set out plainly.

What this does not cover

We do not do financial or tax due diligence, valuation or audit. Those sit with your accountant, and we work with theirs. Physical survey, soil testing and structural inspection are for a surveyor. We do not investigate individuals beyond what public registers and produced documents show. Drafting the agreements that follow is handled under Real Estate and Property or Contracts and Documentation. We describe what the law says about nominee arrangements, and we do not advise on them. We report what the documents say. Whether the deal is a good one stays your decision.

Fees

Fixed fee, quoted in writing after scoping and payable in full before work begins. We do not bill by the hour. Official search fees and copying charges are separate and are paid to the office that levies them.

Related reading

• Land due diligence in Thailand: what to check before you pay
• What Thai authorities examine when they review a company
• Thai property transfer taxes and Land Office fees

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