Services to Complement Corporate Department of Legal Firms

Initial Public Offer (IPO) Advisory

i) Pre-IPO review

• Assessment of listing feasibility
• Corporate review and reorganisation
• Strategic planning for listing
• Management structure review
• Financial & management information system review
• Indicative valuations based on prevailing market condition
• Formulation of action plan

ii) IPO preparation

• Compilation of information for prospectus
• Figure crunching/segmental reporting
• Drafting of prospectus

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Advisory

• Financial due diligence for M&A
• Valuation of business
• Fund-raising through private investors
• Search for companies to invest
• Advice on deal structure
• Identification of financing options
• Assistance in negotiation and closing of transaction

Tax Advisory

• Asset protection planning and estate planning services
• Corporate & personal tax advisory
• GST Advisory

Fiduciary Services

• Formation of companies and provision of shelf companies for offshore jurisdictions
• Provision of ongoing company administrative services for offshore companies
• Provision of addresses in Singapore and Hong Kong for offshore companies
• Wealth Management Services

Corporate Services

• Provision of nominee directors and shareholders
• Provision of shelf and tailor-made companies
• All aspects of corporate secretarial work including acting as named secretaries for public listed companies
• Special assignments with respect to re-structuring/deregistration
• Educational seminars to new corporate clients on setting up of proper accounting & payroll administration systems, financial reporting system, accounting for GST, and other topics relating to fundamentals of doing business in Singapore

For legal firms without corporate secretarial departments

• Incorporation
• Companies Act Compliance
• Representative Office/Branch Registration
• Other non-corporate Business Registration
• Application for Government licences
• Statistical returns to government/regulatory bodies
• Provision of registered office facilities

Corporate Recovery & Insolvency

i) Acting as appointment holders for various insolvency assignments:

• Liquidators in court winding up, creditors’ voluntary winding up or members' voluntary winding up
• Receivers/Receivers & Managers
• Judicial Managers
• Scheme Administrators
• Receivers of income
• Agents for mortgagee-in-possession
• Trustees/nominees in bankruptcy

ii) Provision of Monitoring Services for financial institutions and lenders

Cross-border Investment Advisory 

We assist international businesses keen on using Singapore as a gateway to doing business in China and the Asia-Pacific region. We hand-hold and assist them to manage, negotiate and enter the desired markets, and provide advice on regulatory, financial and tax issues:

• Advice on appropriate entry strategy
• Preparation of business plan
• Advice on appropriate corporate structure & jurisdiction
• Application for Government licences (in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, India)
• Linking investors with relevant government bodies, professionals and business partners
• Fund raising from private equity market or financial institutions
• Tax planning for cross border investments and transactions
• Tax planning for expatriates
• Application for Singapore Employment Pass & Permanant Residence
• Assistance in translation of documents

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