If you are a foreign entrepreneur looking to start a business in Singapore and manage it personally, the EntrePass is designed for you. Unlike the Employment Pass (EP), which requires a sponsoring employer, the EntrePass allows you to incorporate your own company, hold equity in it, and obtain a work pass to manage it directly. [...]
A company's country of incorporation is not necessarily permanent. Many multinational businesses, family-owned enterprises, and investment structures have re-examined their domicile in recent years — driven by regulatory reform, shifting tax treaty networks, increasing investor preference for transparent and stable jurisdictions, and the desire to access Singapore's world-class banking and financial infrastructure. Singapore law expressly [...]
If you are a founder, investor, or director of a Singapore private company, you have almost certainly encountered the term "drag-along rights" in the context of a shareholders' agreement. These rights are one of the most consequential — and often most contentious — provisions in any investment agreement or shareholders' agreement, yet many business owners [...]
On 6 May 2026, key provisions of the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 commenced operation in Singapore. This is one of the most significant updates to the Companies Act in recent years — and if your company has not yet reviewed its governance arrangements, you are already behind. The changes are not incremental. [...]
Singapore's EntrePass is one of the most strategically important visas the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) offers — yet it remains one of the least understood. Designed specifically for foreign entrepreneurs who want to found and operate a business in Singapore, the EntrePass opens a pathway that the Employment Pass (EP) or Personalised Employment Pass (PEP) [...]
The Corporate Service Providers Act 2024 ("CSP Act") came into force on 9 June 2025, fundamentally reshaping how corporate service providers in Singapore must operate. If you are a business owner using a corporate secretarial firm, accounting practice, or any provider offering company incorporation, nominee director, or registered office services — you need to know [...]
For decades, when a Singapore company's statutory audit was completed, the audit report was signed in the name of the firm — "Ernst & Young LLP", "Deloitte & Touche LLP", or any of the hundreds of smaller audit practices registered with ACRA. The individual public accountant who actually conducted and was responsible for the engagement [...]
Singapore's Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 commenced 6 May 2026. Director fines now up to S$20,000. AML disqualification, audit partner naming rules explained.
One of the more technical introductions in the first tranche of the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025, which commenced on 6 May 2026, is a new statutory mechanism for selective off-market acquisition of shares. In plain terms: a Singapore company can now buy back shares from one or more identified shareholders, off-market, with [...]
When founders and investors negotiate a Singapore shareholders' agreement, two clauses tend to dominate the exit discussion: drag-along rights and tag-along rights. Of the two, drag-along is by far the more contentious — and the more powerful. A well-drafted drag-along clause can be the difference between a clean 100% sale of your company and a [...]