Restoring a Struck-Off Singapore Company: The New National Security and Unlawful-Purpose Refusal Grounds

Striking off a dormant Singapore company has long been treated as a clean, low-cost way to close a chapter: file the application, let the notices run their course, and the entity disappears from the register. Many directors also assume the position is reversible, that if a struck-off special purpose vehicle or old holding company is [...]

By |2026-09-13T00:28:10+08:00September 13th, 2026|Running a Company|

MAS Stablecoin Regulatory Framework: Governance and Compliance Duties for Singapore Companies

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 [...]

By |2026-09-12T00:28:59+08:00September 12th, 2026|Running a Company|

Anti-Dilution Provisions in Singapore Shareholders’ Agreements: Full Ratchet vs Weighted Average Explained

When a Singapore company raises a new round of funding at a lower valuation than the previous round, existing investors who paid a higher price per share can find their percentage ownership, and the value of their stake, quietly eroded. Anti-dilution provisions are the contractual mechanism that shareholders' agreements use to guard against exactly this [...]

By |2026-09-11T00:21:16+08:00September 11th, 2026|Running a Company|

Converting a Singapore Private Company to a Public Company: Section 18 and Section 32 Mechanics

Most Singapore incorporations start, and stay, private companies limited by shares. But a growing number of scale-ups, pre-IPO groups and companies planning an employee share scheme with a wide participant base eventually bump into the ceiling that Section 18 of the Companies Act 1967 places on every private company. When that happens, directors and their [...]

By |2026-09-11T00:18:53+08:00September 11th, 2026|Running a Company|
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