Service
Last Will & Testament.
A coherent will set across the jurisdictions you actually touch.
Who this is for
People who typically come to me about this.
Persona 1
Expats with Thai-situated assets
Hold a Thai condo, vehicle or local accounts and want them to pass to the right person without years of Thai probate.
Persona 2
Holders of a single global will
Have one will written in the UK that purports to cover everything, and have never had it checked against Thai law.
Persona 3
Blended cross-border families
Children from a prior relationship and a Thai partner, and want clarity on exactly what passes to whom.
What's involved
How the work actually plays out.
Assets in the UK and assets in Thailand sit under two very different probate systems. This is one of the most common avoidable causes of delay, additional legal cost and estates becoming tied up across multiple jurisdictions.
Where assets are held in more than one country, you will often need a Last Will & Testament in each jurisdiction. Separate wills are coordinated with solicitors in each jurisdiction and drafted carefully so one document never revokes another by accident.
The two-will structure
A Thai will scoped to Thai-situated assets and a home-jurisdiction will scoped to the rest, drafted to refer to each other and not contradict. The risk to manage is one document accidentally revoking the other, which is a drafting matter, handled with the solicitors.
Planning, not drafting
I do not draft wills. The work is the planning around long-term-resident status, situs and probate sequencing, coordinated with the UK and Thai solicitors who do the drafting, so the documents and the plan agree.
Common mistakes
Where this most often goes sideways.
Relying on one global will for Thai assets.
Thai courts treat foreign wills inconsistently. A single document covering both estates routinely produces months of administrative limbo.
Letting two wills revoke each other.
A later will with a standard revocation clause can silently void an earlier one in another jurisdiction. The set has to be drafted to talk to each other.
How I work on this
The process, in three steps.
01
Map residence and situs
Your long-term-resident position under the post-April-2025 test and what is situated where, set out in writing.
02
Design the will set
The structure agreed, then coordinated with your UK and Thai solicitors for drafting.
03
Document for the family
A plain-English summary so the executors know what exists and in what order it is dealt with.
Fees and what to expect
Plain-English fee transparency.
I am paid through commission on the products arranged and an ongoing fee on the assets managed. Every cost, and what it pays, is set out in writing before you decide.
You may ask what any recommendation pays me, and the figures that apply are agreed in writing in the engagement letter before you proceed.
A first 30-minute consultation costs nothing and obliges you to nothing.
Client assets are held in your own name on FCA-regulated platforms or SEC-licensed brokers, never by me.
Questions
Questions about this.
Begin a conversation.
Thirty minutes, by Zoom or in person at the Bangkok, Hua Hin or Pattaya office. Free, and without obligation. You leave with a clearer view of what is in front of you, whether or not the work proceeds.
Book a meeting
Choose a time that suits you.
Thirty minutes with Richard Knight, ACSI directly. By video, phone, or in person. No obligation.
