bangkok / sathorn / silom / dual compliance
ai integration, web design, custom apps, erp koppeling and landing pages for bangkok branches of european, american and australian companies. eu plus pdpa compliance native.
we are a brussels-founded, bangkok-resident senior dev shop built for the bangkok branches of western companies. dual eu plus pdpa compliance baked into the architecture from commit one, gdpr article 30 register plus thai pdpa register populated as a deliverable, msa-ready contracting in usd or thb, real bangkok address in asoke for the audit and a real eu vat number on the invoice. fixed price per phase, fixed delivery date, productized in 21 working days for the ai layer.
book a 30 minute call01 . who this is for
the first archetype is the bangkok branch of a european professional services firm. law, audit, consulting, accounting, architecture, engineering. 40 to 200 staff in bangkok, parent company in london, frankfurt, paris, amsterdam or brussels. the buyer here is the bangkok md or the regional digital officer based out of singapore. budget signed in usd or eur. they need pdpa-compliant tools for thai clients, gdpr-compliant tools for eu clients, and a vendor that can write a master services agreement their legal team in europe will sign without 12 rounds of redlining.
the second archetype is the bangkok subsidiary of a us or european fintech, saas or consumer technology company. 60 to 400 staff in bangkok. office in t-one, fyi center or one bangkok. parent company in san francisco, berlin, london or stockholm. the buyer is the local cto or the head of bangkok engineering. they need senior engineering capacity in the bangkok timezone without flying a sf or berlin engineer business class for two weeks. they need someone who can speak to the parent company's security review (soc 2 awareness, iso 27001 alignment, gdpr article 30 register) and to the thai pdpa officer at the same time.
the third archetype is the bangkok regional headquarters serving sea. trading company, manufacturing back office, brand licensing, e-commerce logistics, regional marketing hub. 30 to 150 staff. parent company in europe, japan, australia or the us. the buyer is the regional digital lead or the bangkok-based coo. they need a digital partner who can ship across thailand, vietnam, indonesia, malaysia and the philippines without forcing the parent company to onboard 5 different vendors. dual-compliance posture is the qualifier.
the asymmetric play here is dual compliance plus a physical bangkok studio. the eu and us agencies that bid on these projects from frankfurt or london cannot keep an engineer in bangkok for the duration. the bangkok agencies that bid locally rarely speak fluent gdpr or eu ai act. piexels sits in the exact gap: brussels-founded in 2021 with a six year belgian sme portfolio (enky, hottlet, behva, kymono, momoamo) that operated under gdpr from day one, bangkok studio since 2024 with a real asoke address and the pdpa toolchain in production. one founder, one accountable engagement lead, two regulatory regimes covered as a deliverable rather than a billable hour.
bangkok is structurally underserved on this exact buyer profile. the eu-aware tier of bangkok dev shops counts maybe 8 to 12 names: outsourcify, seven peaks, lexicon, aware, sertis, data wow, primal, move ahead media and a handful of smaller boutiques. of those, almost none lead with eu compliance as a differentiator. they sell on technical depth, design quality or thai-language ux. the dual-regime play is open, the buyer pool of bangkok branches of western companies sits in the thousands across amcham, beluthai, franco-thai, german-thai, australian-thai, british chamber and the regional asean chambers. the addressable annual spend on senior dev capacity from this segment is a material market in greater bangkok.
02 . what we build
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claude integration with eu plus pdpa data flow. claude on the operational layer with explicit data-residency mapping, prompt logging that satisfies both eu ai act and thai pdpa, opt-in flow for any personal data routed into the model, and a per-vendor dpa register. not a demo, the production pattern. 21 working days from kickoff. read about ai integration→
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web design for bangkok branch sites. next.js, framer or webflow for bangkok subsidiary marketing sites, recruitment pages or regional landing surfaces. trilingual english, thai and french or german where the parent demands it, gdpr cookie banner plus pdpa consent in one mechanism, og graph correct per locale. read about web design→
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custom apps with msa-ready contracting. internal tools, client portals, partner dashboards, regulatory-reporting interfaces. typed schemas, row level security, audit log, no vendor lock-in. you own the code, you own the supabase or postgres data, you sign the eu-standard msa with a real eu vat number on the supplier side. read about custom apps→
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erp koppeling across regional offices. sap, oracle, odoo or peak bridged across bangkok, singapore, ho chi minh and jakarta with explicit data-residency mapping. soap, rest, edi or csv connector in production. audit log standard, pdpa-safe data flow, gdpr article 30 register populated as a deliverable. read about erp integration→
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landing pages under fixed deadline. rapid creative for techsauce global summit, bangkok tech week, parent-company product launches in apac, bangkok branch announcements, recruitment campaigns. 7 day delivery on a single high-converting page, ga4 plus meta plus linkedin pixel ready, eu plus pdpa compliant from minute one. read about landing pages→
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soc 2 plus iso 27001 alignment work. we do not certify, we prepare. system description for the parent company's audit team, control mapping for soc 2 type 1 or iso 27001 annex a, evidence collection scaffolding, vendor risk assessment templates. the work that keeps your bangkok build out of the auditor's findings. read about compliance work→
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dual-regime compliance hardening as a service. pdpa register, gdpr article 30 register, cookie consent that satisfies both, data residency mapping, dpa templates per vendor, breach-response runbook tested twice a year. fixed annual fee, no surprise hourly billing when the parent company asks for evidence. read about compliance hardening→
03 . regulated-industry case
04 . the method
phase 01
2 to 4 weeks
interviews with the bangkok md or the regional digital lead, audit of the current stack, technical spec, vendor risk questionnaire pre-filled for your parent company's procurement. paid discovery, refundable on no-fit. dual-regime data flow map drafted as a deliverable. msa template proposed for legal review in week 1 of scoping so the contract is not the bottleneck at signoff.
phase 02
6 to 14 weeks
fixed price per phase, milestone-billed in usd or thb. weekly demos plus a monthly steering call with the parent company's stakeholder. you own the code from commit one. one engagement lead per project, no offshore handoff. next.js, framer, webflow, supabase or postgres depending on the scope. dual-regime compliance work tracked as a separate workstream with its own deliverables, not bundled.
phase 03
2 to 3 weeks
fixed deadline. lighthouse 95+ on mobile as acceptance criterion. security review with your parent company's appsec team if required, sast scan output included, audit log tested for erp bridges. pdpa register and gdpr article 30 register populated and signed off. wcag 2.1 aa accessibility. dns or cutover with your it partner present on the call.
phase 04
90 days, included
weekly uptime check, performance triage if needed, bugfixes without limit, monthly compliance review with the registers updated, two workflow-tuning rounds for ai builds. annual compliance refresh available on a fixed retainer post the 90 day window, priced separately and transparently.
05 . questions from bangkok branch buyers
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can you support the work permit and visa side of an engineer secondment to bangkok?
we do not draft work permit applications ourselves. what we do: introduce you to two bangkok-based legal partners who handle b visa, work permit, and thai entity setup for foreign-headquartered companies. for piexels engagements we bill cross-border in usd or eur, so no thai work permit is required for the professional service itself. if the engagement needs onsite engineers in bangkok for extended periods, the legal partners handle the visa side cleanly.
02
how do you handle pdpa plus gdpr dual compliance for a bangkok branch?
every build ships with both regimes covered. pdpa b.e. 2562 (sections 19, 23 to 29, 37, cross-border per section 28) register tracks thai data subjects. gdpr article 30 register tracks eu data subjects. cookie consent satisfies both standards in one mechanism with separate granular controls. data residency mapping documents where customer data physically lives, with aws region of your choice and an eu region available for eu-resident data. dpa templates signed with every subprocessor. all of this is a deliverable line item with a fixed price, not a billable-by-the-hour ambiguity.
03
is there a belgium-thailand tax treaty consideration on the invoices?
yes. the belgium-thailand double tax treaty has been in force since 1980 and prevents double taxation on professional services rendered between the two jurisdictions. for a thai-resident buyer paying piexels (a belgian or us-domiciled supplier), the treaty article on independent professional services typically eliminates thai withholding tax. for an eu-headquartered parent company paying piexels (eu supplier) into a bangkok branch operating account, the standard intra-eu treatment applies. your thai accountant or tax partner will confirm the exact filing path for your structure.
04
do you bill in usd or thb?
primary billing is usd via stripe for thai ltd entities with multi-currency capability or wise transfer for clients who prefer it. thb billing is possible through a bangkok-based partner accountant for thai-domestic invoicing requirements. eur billing is available for eu-headquartered clients invoicing piexels through the european operating hub. the choice is yours at contract stage, not a constraint we impose. fx and admin uplift on thb-only invoicing is transparent on the sow.
05
thai entity or foreign entity, which one runs the engagement?
for a bangkok branch of a western company, the cleanest path depends on where the project's revenue and data live. if the deliverable serves thai customers or thai staff, run it through your thai ltd or thai branch with usd or thb invoicing from piexels. if the deliverable serves a parent-company global stack with no thai-resident user base, invoice your eu or us hq directly. we help our clients evaluate boi activity 8 promotion eligibility for their digital products. if that path is open, we build with it in mind from scoping.
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do you communicate over line, email or whatsapp?
default is email for project artefacts, contracts and msa signoff (audit trail, attachments, formal communication). whatsapp business or microsoft teams for in-day operational chat with the bangkok team. line oa for any thai-staff-facing channel where line is the standard. we are physically in bangkok so face-to-face at your sathorn, asoke or silom office for kickoff, monthly steering and go-live is the default, not the exception.
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how do you compare to the big 4 digital practices in bangkok?
honestly, those practices win the engagements where the buyer wants a 50 to 200 person team and a 12 to 18 month delivery window. deloitte (via appsynth), pwc, ey and kpmg field deep benches in bangkok. we field a senior team built around the founder plus one bangkok-based senior engineer plus a remote ops partner, which means lower fixed cost, faster response, and a single accountable engagement lead. for a project under usd 200k where the buyer wants speed, ownership, ai-native stack and a real eu vat number on the invoice, that is a structural advantage. for a usd 1m+ engagement with regulatory weight requiring 12 named consultants, big 4 is the right answer.
06 . keep going
ready to brief?
start a project or ask for a 30 minute call. we answer within 24 hours, back to you with a first scope sketch or an honest no. brussels hq, bangkok studio, six years in. usd, eur or thb invoicing per buyer setup, dual eu plus pdpa compliance native. last updated 2026-05-19.