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Business Registration, Licensing & Investment

Business Registration, Licensing & Investment

Sithisak Law Office is a one-stop legal partner for investors entering and expanding in Cambodia. Known for our regulatory insight and government connections, we streamline registrations, licenses, and approvals so that clients can establish and operate businesses with confidence and speed.

Key Services

  • Incorporation of companies, branches, subsidiaries, and representative offices.
  • Licensing and permits in regulated industries (banking, healthcare, telecom, education, tourism, real estate, F&B, logistics).
  • Investment approvals from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC).
  • Structuring SEZ and joint venture investments.
  • Advising on land ownership restrictions,long-term lease arrangements and land holding.
  • Corporate amendments, share transfers, and governance filings.
  • Annual declarations and corporate compliance support.
  • Compliance with various regulatory authorities.

Track Records

  • Registered companies for investors and advised them across logistics, education, energy, F&B, real estate, manufacturing.
  • Supported multiple investors in securing CDC approvals and compliance certificates.
  • Retained legal advisor for real estate developers, car dealers factories, logistics, F&B, and education companies.
  • Advised a various companies on e-wallet, employees’ benefit and equity scheme and its tax implication.
  • Assisted a French investor in establishing a PPP private security company with the Royal Government.
  • Structured and registered a payment service provider (PSP) for a regional fintech investor, obtaining NBC approvals and licenses for cross-border remittance and payment processing.
  • Advised an Economic Land Concession for a Australian dairy farm project, having land size of 8,000 hectares and initial investment fund of nearly USD 30 million.
  • Structured a USD 30 million joint venture in Kampot real estate and a USD 70 million land development project in Phnom Penh near National Road No. 6, and a USD 100 million high-rise building development in Phom Penh, and advised on various other joint venture projects in Phnom Penh.
  • Advised and assisted a leading Thai retail group on its acquisition of one of Cambodia’s largest convenience store chains and assisted with the registration of additional branches nationwide.
  • Provided corporate compliance for multinationals and SMEs.
  • Advised a Singapore-based F&B company on structuring its franchise business to optimize tax efficiency and ensure full regulatory compliance.
  • Managed the business name change of a Japanese life insurance company across all relevant Cambodian authorities, aligning the process with the group’s global rebranding schedule.
  • Provided ongoing corporate compliance and annual filings for numerous local and international companies, including share transfers, business detail changes, and director appointments.
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