Episode 85: Noel Ng | Goodwins Law Corporation
Patent Grace Period Considerations in Australia, Japan, South East Asia and the U.S.
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The Corporate Service Providers Bill (CSP Bill) and the Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (CLLPMA Bill) were passed by the Parliament of Singapore on July 2, 2024. The CSP Bill seeks...more
Sometimes a very small change in the law can lead to big and unintended consequences. Singapore’s migration to digital may have inadvertently changed the way in which title passes in a share transfer....more
In Foo Kian Beng v OP3 International Pte Ltd (in liquidation) [2024] SGCA 10 (OP3 International)1 the Singapore Court of Appeal considered the trigger for when the director's duty to consider the interests of creditors is...more
Registration of Business Entities - Unless exempted, business entities must be registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) via their business filing portal: BizFile+. A foreigner residing...more
Following four rounds of public consultation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) formally launched the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy (the Taxonomy) at COP28 on 3 December 2023. The Taxonomy is not designed to be an...more
New legislation strengthening the compulsory acquisition regulatory framework in the Companies Act 1967 is welcome news for minority shareholders. On 9 May 2023 the Parliament of Singapore passed the Companies, Business...more
A corporation's purpose, the role and makeup of its board of directors, shareholder rights and disclosures, and measuring executive performance are globally recognized as critical factors in corporate governance. How can a...more
OP3 International Pte Ltd v Foo Kian Beng [2022] SGHC 225 is a good illustration of the approach taken by the court in considering directors’ duties when a company is in a financially parlous situation and whether a director...more
The Singapore Parliament recently passed the Corporate Registers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, which seeks to amend the Companies Act 1967 and the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 to strengthen Singapore’s corporate...more
World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Venture Capital Guide that covers more than 30 jurisdictions on investment approval processes, typical investment sectors and investment structures on Venture...more
The Variable Capital Company (VCC) is a new corporate entity structure under which several collective investment schemes (whether open-end or closed-end) may be gathered under the umbrella of a single corporate entity and yet...more
The SGX has amended the voluntary delisting regime. Among other things, exit offers must be both fair and reasonable and the offeror and parties acting in concert with it may not vote. The changes are intended to afford...more
The Singapore Exchange on July 11 announced immediately effective changes to the delisting rules for both the Mainboard Rules and the Catalist Rules in an effort to shift the balance in favor of minority shareholders. ...more
The Takeover Code has been amended to provide that where changes in the number of votes of multiple vote shares in a dual class shares company results in a shareholder coming under an obligation to make a general offer for...more
The SGX is proposing various amendments to the voluntary delisting regime. In a separate consultation, it is also proposing removing the power of the Listings Advisory Committee to look into applications not referred to it....more
The Singapore Exchange Regulation has proposed new rules for the delisting process in order to better align the various interests of offerors and shareholders, including by lowering the approval threshold for resolutions to...more
SIC Consulting on the Application of the Takeover Code to Dual Class Shares Companies - The SIC’s consultation proposes that where changes in the number of votes of multiple vote shares in a dual class shares company...more
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has proposed amendments to the SGX-ST Mainboard Listing Rules to implement a framework for the listing of companies with a dual class share structure. Feedback received from the earlier concept...more
Perennial (Capitol) Pte Ltd v Capitol Investment Holdings Pte Ltd [2018] SGCA 11 involved an application to wind up three companies, Capitol Investment Holdings Pte Ltd, Capitol Hotel Management Pte Ltd and Capitol Retail...more
The Singapore Exchange has introduced amendments to the Mainboard and Catalist listing rules—including in relation to the electronic transmission of documents to shareholders, exemptions for insurance coverage and indemnities...more
The MAS Consultation Paper is proposing to update parts of the Singapore Code on Take-Overs and Mergers in view of market innovations and evolving international practices. On 6 July, the Securities Industry Council...more