Reviewed legal guides
Professional legal guides and contract details prepared for your expert assessment, ensuring you have everything needed to evaluate the structure.
Professional access for law firms
A secure alternative for your clients.
A professional alternative to at-risk company structures. Built for expert legal review, our structure provides registered rights and security for a long-term position in Thailand. We offer a fully transparent path that any qualified advisor can verify.
Structural legal opinion: Leading tier-one regional and Thai counselTrustee licensing: Labuan FSA (in progress)Audit: A leading global tax advisory firm
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Why the rules changed in 2026
Register to access our professional briefing and legal summaries. We explain exactly what has changed, why legacy company structures are now at risk, and how our framework provides the long-term protection your clients need.
The four-entity structure
Four partners, one secure solution
We separate the legal title, property rights, security, and funding across four professional partners. This creates a transparent and robust framework designed to protect investors' rights and give them enforceable remedies.
Thailand Investor Network (TIN)
Holds legal title to the property in Thailand.
SPH Trustees
Protects your property rights in a secure offshore Trust.
Clear Blue Security Agents (CBSA)
Your independent protector and enforcement expert.
Siam Venture Capital (SVC)
Offshore lending platform in development; first loan products expected from H1 2027.
Structural legal opinion
Leading tier-one regional and Thai counsel
Tax compliance review
A leading global tax advisory firm
Trustee licensing
Labuan FSA (in progress)
For law firms & advisors
Advanced tools for property law experts
Client conversion workflow
A step-by-step process for reviewing and securing property interests currently held in at-risk or high-risk structures.
CBSA independent enforcement layer
A professional layer of protection mechanisms that ensure all agreements are enforced and your clients’ rights are safe.
Professional partnership
We welcome discussions with professional firms interested in advising on or implementing our leasehold and security framework as it grows.
Market context
A defensible solution for modern property law
New 2025 and 2026 legal requirements have changed the risks for everyone involved in property transactions. Legacy company structures now pose a threat to buyers, investors, and the professionals who advise them. This is a critical time for firms to provide secure, long-term solutions.
Whether your clients are reviewing existing property interests or securing new ones, they need a structure that is legally robust and structured in accordance with Thai law. Better-than-Freehold™ gives professional firms a transparent framework, reviewed by leading Thai and regional counsel, to protect their clients' rights so that their positions can be defended and inherited.
For professional advisors
How your firm can apply the framework
Our framework allows professional services firms to manage structure reviews, legal advice, and the coordination of secure property transitions.
Reviewing existing client holdings
Support clients currently holding property in Thai companies who need a professional review and a safe path to a legal structure.
New buyers and investors
Provide prospective buyers and investors with a fit-for-purpose, documented, secure structure that you can professionally review and approve.
Developer and agent referrals
Handle referrals from developers or agents where the buyer or investor requires a secure and defensible rights framework.
Estate and succession planning
Ensure long-term security and clear inheritance paths for international clients with Thai property interests.
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“What should I recommend to my clients now?”
Register to download our client-friendly explainers and professional advisor guides. We provide the documented legal framework you need to support your clients, offering a secure and defensible alternative now that old company structures are no longer a viable choice.
The coordination layer
CBSA security-agent framework
CBSA provides the essential layer of security and coordination that makes the Better-than-Freehold™ framework so robust. CBSA focuses on maintaining the highest quality in legal documentation standards, disclosure, and implementation.
CBSA is currently collaborating with leading legal experts to set the standards for secure foreign property rights in Thailand.
- Independent Security Management: Protecting the long-term integrity of the structure.
- Standardised Legal Agreements: Ensuring all contracts are professional, transparent, and meet Thai law.
- Technical Resources for Firms: Providing the detailed materials and support your firm needs to implement the model.
- Investor-Friendly Guides: Helping you communicate the benefits and safety of the structure to your clients.
- Transition Processes: Managing the professional move from at-risk company structures to registered rights.
- Ecosystem Coordination: Ensuring all parts of the structure work together perfectly to protect buyers and investors.
Materials for review
Access expert legal resources
Registered firms are invited to review our professional materials, built for expert evaluation:
- Legal Structure & Compliance: A full look at the architecture reviewed by leading Thai and regional counsel.
- Expert Legal Summaries: Key findings from independent legal and tax reviews.
- Contract Overviews: The legal agreements that protect your clients’ property interests.
- Safe Transition Paths: How to move investors from risky models to a secure structure.
- Investor Briefing Tools: Professional materials to help you explain the benefits to clients.
- Security & Enforcement: The role of CBSA in maintaining the structure’s integrity.
- Professional Setup Process: A clear guide to implementing the structure for your clients.
Access process
How to access the framework
Our professional review process is simple and secure. Access to detailed materials is provided in five clear steps.
- 1.Register for the legal framework briefing.
- 2.Access our professional review and learning materials.
- 3.Assess the fit for your firm and your property investors.
- 4.Attend a private professional briefing (by invitation).
- 5.Discuss further participation or partnership separately.
Optional, by invitation
Partnering with Better-than-Freehold™
As our network grows, we are looking to add selected firms to take on more active roles in advising and supporting our clients. We welcome discussions on how your firm can participate in our secure property ecosystem.
At this stage, the structure of these partnerships is not yet fixed. Viewing this information does not create any legal rights to fees, referrals, or shared business interests. Any future arrangement will be handled through a separate, written contract.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Clear, direct answers to help you understand our secure structure. Please note that this page is a professional summary and does not constitute legal advice.
CBSA is intended to act as the security-agent and professional coordination layer within the Better-than-Freehold™ structure. Its role may include supporting security documents and enforcement processes, step-in rights, and contractual controls where applicable. The exact role depends on the transaction documents and client matter.
No. CBSA is not a regulator, government authority, or public approval body. Its role is contractual and framework-based.
No. The materials are for professional review only. Each firm remains responsible for its own legal, tax, regulatory, and client-specific advice.
No. Better-than-Freehold™ is intended to provide an alternative framework for suitable clients rather than relying on nominee-company structures.
No. Suitability depends on the buyer, property, objectives, tax position, financing needs, succession planning, and risk tolerance.
Some may be suitable for review and possible transition. Others may not. Each case must be assessed independently.
Qualified firms can register to access professional learning and review materials. Access is selective and subject to review.
No. Firms should register and review the learning materials first. Suitable registered firms are later invited to a professional briefing.
No. Early participation does not guarantee referrals, equity, shareholder rights, TIN participation, exclusivity, revenue, or commercial outcomes.
Potentially, but nothing is promised or implied. Any CBSA shareholder participation or TIN-related participation would be considered separately and require suitability review, approvals where required, and written agreement.
No. CBSA provides framework materials, security-agent coordination, and process support. Each firm remains responsible for its own advice and professional obligations.
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Is your client concerned about their property structure?
Register to access our professional portal, where you'll find everything you need to advise your investors with confidence:
- How It Works - a clear guide to our professional partners and how they work together to protect your clients’ property interests.
- Legal & Tax Made Simple - easy-to-read summaries of the legal and tax reviews behind the structure, with the scope of each review stated.
- Your Project Roadmap - a stage-by-stage guide from first inquiry to final registration, including timelines and requirements.
- Professional Resource Centre - helpful articles, guides, and answers to common questions about property laws and secure foreign property rights in Thailand.
- Full Expert Opinions - complete legal and tax reports from leading tier-one regional and Thai counsel and a leading global tax advisory firm (available on request).
- Advisor Compliance Pack - a briefing on the latest legal risks and how to protect your practice under the current rules.
- Client Transition Playbook - a professional path for moving clients out of at-risk company structures.
This page summarises Better-than-Freehold™ and the CBSA professional coordination framework for qualified advisors. It is not legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Registration does not guarantee access to briefings, participation roles, referrals, equity rights, shareholder participation, TIN participation, or commercial structures. Nothing on this page implies government approval, regulator endorsement, law firm endorsement, or guaranteed client outcomes. For any client matter, independent legal and tax advice should be obtained.