Singapore Flip Structure: How to structure a flip structure for Singapore Companies with India/China founders

翻转结构: 如何为印度、境内启动公司的发起人在新加坡设立境外的控股公司 Singapore Flip Structure: Many startup founders decide to raise offshore funding when expanding in large markets like China or India and it is at this stage, founders realise that they have local PRC/India legal obligations that they need to comply with.  In fact, not many people know that Flipkart the largest ecommerce player […]

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SME Founder : Why enter into Buy-Sell Agreements

SME Founder: Have you heard of a situation whereby two SME Founders start a successful business and then the business falls apart after one of the two founders passes away?  One reason for this is that the children of one founder (from their inheritance) have different ideas on running the business from the remaining founder. 

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知识产权控股公司: 如何在新加坡设立知识产权控股公司 /How to set up a Singapore intellectual property holding company

Singapore is a member of the Berne Convention which protects Copyright across member countries that are signatories to such treaty.  It is also a major hub for multi-national companies and as a national policy is focused on the protection of intellectual property rights for intellectual property rights owners.  Singapore is also a member of the

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Startup Founder : Trade sale options for startup founders

Startup Founder: Every year we see eye-popping merger and acquisition transactions and in this period of tech startups. For example In December 2020, Salesforce the Global MNC SAAS company acquired Slack for 27.7 billion and Chipmaker Nvidia in Sept 2020 acquired UK Chipmarker Arm for $40 billion.  Any potential sale transaction poses many legal issues

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Share Purchase Agreement Singapore : 5 Key Legal Issues To Note

Share Purchase Agreement Singapore : 5 Key Legal Issues To Note Share Purchase Agreement Singapore : Starting and growing a company is the dream of many an entrepreneur in Singapore but many at the point of selling their company (as a seller) are quite mystified with the legal concepts of a sale of shares.  This

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收购新加坡上市公司 – Acquiring a Singapore listed company (RTO Singapore)

收购新加坡上市公司 – Acquiring a Singapore listed company (RTO Singapore) 收购新加坡上市公司: Singapore is a global financial hub and has many listed companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST).  Singapore is also one of the largest private banking centres in the world after Switzerland.  Many companies come to Singapore to list on the SGX-ST

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Understanding term sheets for Singapore Startups

Singapore Startups need to understand term sheets when negotiating each new funding round.  This article will set out a few key terms that a startup founder needs to know when reading term sheets from VCs.  #1: Board Representation for a Singapore Startup When a startup negotiates a term sheet, one of the most important thing

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RTO: How to list your SME company on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited via a reverse takeover transaction

Updated on 22 March 2026 There are 4 ways for a business to be listed on the Singapore stock exchange (SGX). Listing by way of introduction, listing by way of an initial public offering, via a backdoor listing (also known as a reverse takeover) and SPAC de-merger exercise. In practice, reverse takeovers (RTOs) are no

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资产保护信托: 在新加坡设立资产保护信托的法律须知

新加坡是一个世界金融中心而有许多国际投资者选择来新加坡设立家庭办公室和在家庭办公室结构上面会有一个新加坡资产保护信托来保护资产。新加坡资产保护信托近几年来变了很受欢迎而许多国际投资者开始在新加坡设立家族信托。 #1: What is a trust? 新加坡资产保护信托的简单慨念 新加坡的法律制度是国际化而新加坡的法庭依法审案。新加坡是一个政治稳定的国家而许多国际投资公司来新加坡设立投资管理部门来管理他们国际投资资产。 在一个信托,委托人会转知产进入信托而信托人会帮受益人持有资产。 #2: A Trust is not a contractual arrangement unlike in China but is governed by a separate line of law in Singapore (equity) | 新加坡资产保护信托来之英国法律系统而跟中国的合同法不一样 新加坡的信托法律来之英国的法律系统而跟中国的合同法不一样。就应为是来之英国的法律系统所以信托法律要看信托官司的案例来了解。   #3: Trustee has strict obligations to protect the assets 新加坡信托法律对于资产保护是很在乎的 新加坡法律对于信托人的法律责任很看得重而新加坡法律对于信托人对于保护资产的法律责任看的很重所以在新加坡设立信托相当安全。 #4: Corporate Trustees in Singapore have a Trust

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SG Startup Business : 7 Tips to note when negotiating a term sheet with venture capital investors

SG Startup Business: The economics of negotiating a deal with venture capital investors is always different when negotiating with angel investors.  At the venture capital funding stage, the VC investors would want to see traction with users and a minimum viable product.  Some VCs will tag investment into several stages depending on whether the start

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