Thailand's corporate lending environment presents specific and well-documented challenges for foreign-owned businesses and cross-border operators. Private credit has become the dominant solution for this segment.
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Donald Klip | Co-Founder, Global Mortgage Group | Head, GMG Capital Advisory
30 years of institutional finance. Former hedge fund founder. Senior roles at top global investment banks. GMG Capital Advisory arranges private credit and special situations finance of $10M–$100M for operating companies across Asia Pacific.
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For operating companies in Thailand, private credit has become the most reliable source of corporate capital when banks cannot serve the full structure.
The Banking Environment in Thailand
Thailand's banking system is centralised and conservative. The major banks make corporate credit decisions through centralised committees with limited regional mandate. For foreign-owned businesses, the challenges are structural: the Land Code restricts foreign ownership of land, and the Business of Foreigners Act limits foreign ownership in many business categories. These restrictions, combined with domestic banks' unfamiliarity with cross-border structures, make meaningful bank credit inaccessible for most foreign-operated businesses in Thailand.
The Private Credit Opportunity
Private credit for Thai operating companies is primarily structured through offshore holding entities. Singapore-incorporated holding companies with Thai operating subsidiaries are the most common structure, enabling cleaner security registration and access to international private credit capital. Thailand is one of GMG Capital Advisory's most active markets. We have arranged private credit for hospitality and hotel businesses, real estate developers, manufacturing operations, and service businesses across Thailand.
GMG Capital Advisory in Thailand
GMG Capital Advisory has deep experience in Thai private credit transactions and maintains established legal relationships across the country. We are one of the few private credit arrangers with genuine in-market expertise in Thailand's specific legal and regulatory environment for cross-border corporate finance.
Collateral in Thai private credit transactions commonly includes Thai real property held through appropriate structures, equity in Thai operating companies, contracted revenues from international customers, and personal guarantees from foreign business owners.
About GMG Capital Advisory
Donald Klip | Co-Founder, Global Mortgage Group | Head, GMG Capital Advisory
Donald Klip has 30 years of institutional finance experience spanning hedge fund management and senior roles at the world’s top global investment banks. GMG Capital Advisory specialises in arranging and structuring corporate debt financing of $10M–$100M for operating companies, asset owners, and project sponsors where conventional bank lending is unavailable, insufficient, or too slow. We operate across 23+ jurisdictions in Asia Pacific.
www.gmg.asia | [email protected] | +65 9773 0273 | Singapore · Hong Kong
The Debt Desk
Corporate private credit intelligence for Asia Pacific’s $10M–$100M middle market. Published by GMG Capital Advisory. Part of the Private Credit Asia content series.
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