Civil and Commercial Code
Contract-for-work and agency provisions frame the scope of a monthly retainer.
Practice area
Monthly Retainer Counsel for Businesses & Expatriates
A standing legal team that knows your business, without hiring in-house staff.
Many businesses need fast, continuing legal answers but are not ready for an in-house department. Our monthly retainer covers day-to-day queries, review of recurring contracts, employment and data-protection compliance checks, statutory deadline reminders, and coordination with our litigation, documentation and certified-translation teams when a matter escalates.
What this practice covers
- Day-to-day legal queries answered within an agreed response window
- Review and improvement of the standard contracts the business reuses
- Employment-law compliance and contract documentation checks
- PDPA practice review for personal data handling
- Statutory deadline and annual filing reminders
- First-line advice when disputes arise with counterparties or staff
- Coordination with our litigation, documentation and translation teams
- For expatriates: visas, work permits, contracts and personal documents
How we work on your matter
- 1Assessing the business, its risks and expected workload
- 2Setting the scope, contact channels and response times
- 3A first-pass review of the contracts and documents currently in use
- 4Starting service with a running record of issues discussed
- 5Periodic review and adjustment of scope against actual use
- 6Escalating to a dedicated matter when litigation or filings are required
Documents to prepare
- Corporate certificate and shareholding structure
- Standard customer and supplier contracts
- Employment contracts and work rules
- Current privacy policy and consent forms
- Relevant operating licences
- Any pending disputes or demand letters
Points to watch
- A retainer covers advice and document review; court fees and litigation work are separate.
- Advice sought after a problem arises leaves fewer options than advice taken early.
- Incomplete information leads to incomplete advice.
- We do not guarantee case outcomes or approvals by state authorities.
Typical timeframe
Service can start within a few working days of agreeing scope; the initial contract review typically takes one to two weeks depending on volume.
Timeframes are indicative only and depend on the authority, the court calendar and the completeness of your documents.
Advice before signing always costs less than repair afterwards
Most disputes begin in a handful of lines: payment terms with no due date, vague termination clauses, or employment contracts inconsistent with the work rules. Having counsel review these routinely removes risk at source instead of letting it become litigation that runs for years.
The advantage of a retainer is cumulative context: answers get faster and more specific over time, unlike one-off instructions where the background must be re-explained each time. When a matter needs notarisation, certified translation or litigation, it all sits in the same office rather than starting over elsewhere.
Laws that govern this matter
Summarised for general understanding only. The application of each provision depends on the facts of your case.
Lawyers Act B.E. 2528 (1985)
Governs lawyers’ status and ethics, including the duty of client confidentiality.
Example situations and how they are handled
These are constructed examples used to explain procedure. They are not client matters, and no outcome is implied or guaranteed.
Illustrative scenario: recurring problems from an unreviewed template
Situation: A company reuses one template with every customer and the same dispute keeps recurring.
Usual approach: Review the whole template set once, fix the root clauses and give the sales team a playbook — usually cheaper than litigating case by case. (Hypothetical.)
Advice for your specific situation
Businesses without an in-house legal team
- Batch weekly questions for consistent, organisation-wide answers.
- A retainer covers advice and document review; litigation and court fees are separate.
Every matter — what to do in the first 7 days
- Gather every original document in one place, keep scanned copies, and note the date you received each one.
- Write a dated timeline — the date you received a notice or learned of the event usually starts the limitation or appeal clock.
- Do not sign a settlement, debt acknowledgement or withdrawal before a lawyer reviews it — it may extinguish existing rights.
- Preserve digital evidence unaltered (full screenshots, original files, emails with headers) — edited files are easy to challenge.
This service in your province
Province pages set out the courts and authorities with jurisdiction locally, and answer the questions people in that area ask.
Frequently asked questions
Is a retainer suitable for a small business?
Yes, where legal questions recur — customer contracts, employment or data protection. Scope can be sized down to match actual use.
How is contact handled?
We agree a primary channel such as email or a team chat, with defined response times so the working relationship is predictable.
Can an expatriate without a business use this?
Yes. It is commonly used for visas, work permits, leases and personal documents needed both in Thailand and abroad.
What if a matter becomes litigation?
We assess the case and propose a separate litigation scope; the team already advising you hands the file to our litigation team in the same office.
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Speak with an attorney about your matter
Tell us the facts and we will explain the options, the documents required and the realistic timeframe before you decide.