Treasury shares are an often-misunderstood but powerful corporate finance tool for Singapore companies. When a company buys back its own shares and holds them rather than cancelling them, those shares become treasury shares. Directors should understand how treasury shares work, when they can be used, and the compliance obligations that come with them — particularly [...]
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is one of the most significant tax obligations for Singapore businesses. Whether GST registration is mandatory or voluntary depends on your company's annual taxable turnover — and getting the timing wrong can expose your business to back-taxes, penalties, and interest charges from IRAS. This guide covers the 2026 rules for [...]
Every decision made by a Singapore company's directors or shareholders must follow a defined legal process — and at the heart of that process is the resolution. Whether your company is opening a corporate bank account, allotting new shares, changing the company name, or approving audited financial statements, the law requires a properly passed resolution. [...]
Drag-along, tag-along and shareholder agreements — Timeline and processing benchmarks. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA compliance. P...
Striking off and members' voluntary winding up — Timeline and processing benchmarks. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA compliance. Pra...
Capital reduction (court vs solvency) — Timeline and processing benchmarks. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA compliance. Practical 20...
A nominee shareholder arrangement is commercially common in Singapore: a person holds shares on trust for a beneficial owner who does not wish to appear on the company's share register. The arrangement is lawful, widely used in private equity structures, family holdings, and by foreign investors who wish to maintain confidentiality. But when the relationship [...]
A nominee director is one of the most common — and most misunderstood — corporate arrangements in Singapore. Foreign founders setting up a Singapore private limited company, family offices structuring holding entities, and entrepreneurs wishing to maintain privacy of involvement all encounter the nominee director arrangement. Yet it is frequently implemented without proper legal documentation, [...]
Getting a Singapore government grant approved is a milestone — but the real compliance work begins after the letter of offer arrives. Many businesses focus heavily on applying and lightly on what comes next: claiming disbursements correctly, maintaining eligible expenditures, surviving an audit, and meeting post-grant reporting obligations. Errors at this stage can trigger clawback [...]
Drag-along rights are one of the most consequential — and most frequently misunderstood — clauses in any Singapore shareholder agreement. When structured correctly, they allow majority shareholders to compel minority shareholders to join a sale, preventing deal blockers from derailing an acquisition. When poorly drafted, they create litigation, destroy deal value, and expose directors to [...]