Principle
Verified before introduced
Ownership, licensing, financial standing and trading history are examined before a name reaches you.
ArabiaThai
One corridor.
Both directions.
ArabiaThai advises companies moving products, services and capital between the six GCC states and Thailand. We identify counterparties, verify them, make the introduction, and remain engaged until the arrangement is operating.
6
GCC states
Treated as six separate markets, not one region.
5
Sectors
Real estate, F&B, food supply, hospitality, trading.
2
Offices
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. Bangkok, Thailand.
3
Working languages
Arabic, Thai and English, in the room.
The firm
A firm constituted on both sides of the transaction.
Cross-border introductions usually fail for one reason: the person making them has no standing in the market they are introducing you to. ArabiaThai was formed to remove that problem by placing principals on both ends of the same firm.
What we do
We act for a single client on each mandate. We establish what you are looking for, search and vet counterparties in the destination market, convene the introduction with one of our own partners present, and carry the relationship through terms, documentation and first execution.
What we do not do
We do not sell lists of contacts, take mandates outside our five sectors, or act for both sides of the same transaction. We are not lawyers or tax advisers; where a matter requires either, we appoint and coordinate local counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.
Principles
How we hold ourselves to it.
Six commitments that govern every mandate, stated here so a client can hold us to them.
Principle
One client per transaction
We never act for both sides. Conflicts are disclosed at the outset or the mandate is declined.
Principle
Depth over breadth
Five sectors only. We decline work outside them rather than run a mandate thinly.
Principle
Present in both markets
Our partners hold their positions in these markets rather than servicing them from outside.
Principle
Terms stated in advance
Scope, fee basis and exclusivity are agreed in writing before any work begins.
Principle
Accountable after the meeting
We remain through terms, documentation and first delivery until the arrangement operates without us.
Partners
The businesses behind the firm.
Our partners are not advisers between mandates. They run operating businesses in the sectors we act in, which is where the relationships and the judgement come from.
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Services
The corridor runs in both directions.
The work differs depending on which way a client is travelling. Both routes are handled by the same firm, with the partner resident in the receiving market leading.
Gulf into Thailand
Asset and developer introductions, sourcing agreements, franchise routes, hospitality partners, company structure and BOI pathways.
Thailand into the Gulf
Distributor and joint-venture partners across six states, halal certification and import routes, franchise placement, buyer channels, licensing and registration.
Sectors
Five industries, taken on their own terms.
We decline mandates outside these. Depth in a small number of industries is worth more to a client than breadth across all of them.
Real estate
Residential, hospitality and mixed-use assets — Gulf capital into Thai developments, and Thai developers seeking a credible GCC buyer channel.
Food and beverage
Restaurant groups, café concepts and franchise systems crossing between the markets.
Food supply
Thailand is among the world's largest food exporters; the Gulf imports most of what it consumes.
Hospitality
Hotel and resort operators, villa portfolios and serviced residences.
Trading
Goods and commodity flow between Thai suppliers and Gulf trading houses.
Enquiries
Send an outline.
We will respond with whether we can act, which partner would lead the mandate, and what the first stage would involve. There is no charge for an initial discussion, and enquiries are treated as confidential.