When an aerospace OEM or another large multinational offers to bring a Singapore SME into a Partnerships for Capability Transformation (PACT) arrangement, the commercial upside is usually obvious: co-funded capability transfer, capital investment, training, and a foot in the door with a much bigger customer. Less obvious to many SME boards is that a PACT [...]
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When a Singapore court orders a majority shareholder to buy out a minority shareholder for oppressive conduct, most business owners assume that is the end of the story. The company pays, the shares change hands, and everyone moves on. A High Court decision handed down in the middle of 2026, RIC Dormitory (SG) Pte Ltd [...]
The Overseas Networks and Expertise Pass, commonly known as the ONE Pass, was introduced by the Ministry of Manpower in 2023 as Singapore's pinnacle work pass for top talent in business, arts and culture, sports, science and technology, academia and research. A first ONE Pass is issued for up to five years. As the earliest [...]
A Certificate of Residence (COR) is the document a Singapore company needs whenever it wants to rely on one of Singapore's Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) to reduce or eliminate withholding tax on income received from overseas, whether that is dividends from a regional subsidiary, royalties from a licensing arrangement, or interest on a cross-border loan. [...]
When a Singapore company ends up in court, whether that is a section 216 oppression claim, a section 216A derivative action, a winding up application, or a more routine dispute over a shareholders' agreement, two very different workstreams run in parallel. Counsel builds the legal argument, complete with case citations and statutory analysis. The company [...]
On 1 September 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore published a consultation paper setting out proposed legislative amendments to the Payment Services Act 2019 to implement its regulatory framework for single-currency stablecoins. Much of the commentary since has focused on what this means for issuers, exchanges and treasury desks holding payment tokens as an asset [...]
On 31 August 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced a S$220 million commitment over the next three years under the renewed Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Scheme, known as FSTI 4.0. Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, who chairs MAS, framed the renewed scheme as helping Singapore's financial institutions, fintech companies and workforce build [...]