Our Practice
A Practice Built on Patience and Precision
Sukhumvit Heritage was founded on a simple conviction: that inheritance and estate matters deserve unhurried, attentive counsel — not a standardised process.
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Our Story
Sukhumvit Heritage was established in Bangkok to address a gap that its founding practitioners had observed across years of legal work: that families approaching estate and inheritance questions often encountered either highly technical advice delivered without warmth, or reassuring words without the legal rigour their circumstances required. Neither served clients well.
The practice was built around the belief that estate planning is fundamentally a human endeavour — one that involves conversations about family relationships, values, and the future, as much as documents and structures. Thai law provides a clear and workable framework for inheritance and estate administration, but the best outcomes come from engaging with that framework thoughtfully, with attention to the particular circumstances of each family.
Over the years, the practice has worked with Thai nationals planning their estates, expatriates resident in Bangkok with assets in multiple jurisdictions, family business owners considering succession, and clients who wish to incorporate charitable intentions into their arrangements. Each engagement is handled personally by practitioners with direct experience in Thai inheritance law, property matters, and commercial structures.
The office is located in Sukhumvit — accessible from across central Bangkok — with arrangements in place for clients who prefer to meet remotely or at a location more convenient to them.
Our Approach
Mission & Values
Patience in every engagement
We do not rush consultations. Estate matters benefit from careful consideration, and we allow the time that good conversations require.
Discretion as a foundation
Information about your family, assets, and intentions is held in strict confidence. Our obligations in this regard are professional and personal.
Clarity in documentation
We prepare documents that are clear, durable, and suited to the circumstances — not templates adapted in haste, but instruments written with attention to what they need to achieve.
Accessible, bilingual practice
We work comfortably in both Thai and English, and are experienced in advising clients from diverse cultural and national backgrounds who have connections to Thailand.
Our Team
The Practitioners Behind the Practice
Priya Wattanasiri
Principal Counsel
Admitted to the Thai Bar with over fifteen years advising on inheritance, estate administration, and family asset arrangements. Priya founded the practice after working in both Thai law firms and international legal environments.
Krit Charoenpong
Senior Counsel — Business Succession
Krit focuses on family business continuity and succession planning, drawing on a background in Thai commercial law and corporate structures. He has worked with business owners across a wide range of industries.
Nattaya Lertchai
Counsel — Charitable & Foundation Matters
Nattaya advises clients on charitable bequest arrangements and the establishment of foundations under Thai law. She brings both legal precision and genuine care to these often deeply personal conversations.
Standards
How We Work
The following principles govern every engagement — they are not aspirational; they describe what clients actually experience.
Thai Bar Membership
All legal practitioners at the practice hold active membership of the Thai Bar, and all advice is provided in compliance with Thai professional regulations.
Client Confidentiality
Confidentiality obligations apply to all client information from the first point of contact. No details about your circumstances, family, or assets are shared without your explicit instruction.
Document Integrity
All documents are prepared from scratch for each engagement. We do not use template libraries adapted with client names — each instrument is written to reflect actual circumstances.
Bilingual Communication
Consultations and correspondence are conducted in English or Thai according to the client's preference. Documents may be prepared in either or both languages as the situation requires.
Periodic Review
We recommend that clients review their arrangements periodically as circumstances change. We are available to revisit and update documents as family situations, asset holdings, or intentions evolve.
Transparent Pricing
Service fees are discussed and agreed before any engagement begins. There are no retainer requirements and no billing surprises — engagements proceed on clearly stated terms.
Expertise & Context
Estate Counsel in the Context of Thai Law
Thailand's Civil and Commercial Code provides the legal framework for inheritance, succession, and estate administration. The relevant provisions cover statutory heirs and their order of priority, testamentary freedom and its limits, the administration of estates through court-appointed or designated executors, and the treatment of assets held in different forms — land title documents, registered company shares, bank deposits, and personal property.
For clients with assets outside Thailand, or for non-Thai nationals with Thai-based assets or family connections, additional considerations arise. These may involve the interaction between Thai law and the laws of other jurisdictions, the treatment of immovable property under Thai land laws, and the formalities required for documents to be recognised across borders. Sukhumvit Heritage advises on these crossborder dimensions with reference to Thai law, and works alongside practitioners in other jurisdictions where that is appropriate.
Charitable giving in Thailand is supported by a developing framework of foundation law and trust-adjacent structures. The practice has accumulated working knowledge of the practical procedures involved in establishing a foundation or incorporating charitable provisions into a will — including the registration requirements, governance documentation, and the ongoing administrative considerations that clients should understand before committing to a particular structure.
For family business owners, the intersection of inheritance law and company law is a recurring theme in succession work. Thai company law governs the transfer of shares, the role of articles of association, and the rights of minority shareholders — all of which must be considered alongside the inheritance arrangements being put in place. Arrangements that address only one dimension often produce unintended results; Sukhumvit Heritage takes a whole-picture approach as a matter of course.
Next Step
We are happy to answer any initial questions
A preliminary conversation carries no commitment. It is simply an opportunity for us to understand your situation and for you to understand how we work.
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