Corporate and Regulatory Work

We provide a full range of corporate and commercial legal services from the time a company is being incorporated to its operations, as well as insolvency.

These services include assisting in day-to-day affairs or operations such as shareholders’ agreements, investment and trust structures, franchise agreements, joint ventures, corporate secretarial work, employment contracts, internal investigations and disciplinary matters, and retrenchment.

We also act in contentious matters that may arise, such as derivative actions, breach of a director’s fiduciary duties, shareholders’ disputes, minority oppression, termination of employment, and regulatory offences under the Securities and Futures Act or the Companies Act, and disciplinary matters. In insolvency and restructuring matters, we act for liquidators, judicial managers, scheme arrangers, creditors, “white knights”, or the companies themselves.

Last but not least, we have specialised regulatory services pursuant to which we act for various statutory and professional bodies, as legal assessor and prosecutor in inquiries and investigative proceedings. 

WORK HIGHLIGHTS, representing:

• Clients in the drafting of shareholder’s agreements, sale and purchase agreements, distributorship and franchise agreements, advising on trust structure, trust deeds and corporate secretarial services. 
• An individual who faced charges under the Securities and Futures Act for alleged market manipulation.
• A listed company who was sued by a former director for wrongful termination of employment.
• A listed company who applied for judicial management, which application was heavily contested by former directors who claimed that the company faced multiple debts and could not rehabilitate itself and that the company should be wound up instead.
• The Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board. Cases range from professional misconduct or negligence to breach of the Ethical Code and Regulations.
• The Complaints Committee of the Singapore Nursing Board, Singapore Medical Council, Optometrists & Opticians Board and Singapore Dental Council for cases pertaining to professional misconduct, practising beyond permitted scope of practice, negligence and breach of Ethical Code and Regulations.
• Clients in defending court proceedings for criminal matters, including charges by Public Utilities Board, Ministry of Manpower, National Environment Agency, Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and Central Provident Fund Board.
• Significant shareholders of a listed company in an ownership dispute where the claim exceeds SGD 7 million. This case involves many complex issues including alleged resulting and implied trust as well as illegality and money laundering.

Find out more about our other areas of expertise.