Getting Started

Last updated on October 24, 2017

Setting Up a Business

Getting Started
  1. How to Choose an ACRA-Approved Name for Your Business
  2. Company Seals vs Rubber Stamps in Singapore: When to Use What
  3. Legal Checklist for Setting Up a Restaurant in Singapore
  4. Do You Need a Licence to Sell Home-Baked Goods in Singapore?
  5. 3 Types of Business Insurance Every Singapore Business Needs to Buy
  6. 8 Tips on Choosing the Best Virtual Office in Singapore for Your Business
  7. Want to Busk in Singapore? Here's How to Get Your Busking Licence
  8. How to Change the Name of Your Singapore Company
  9. How to Apply for Halal Certification for Your Singapore Restaurant
  10. Guide to Writing Website Terms and Conditions in Singapore
  11. How Businesses Can Import Food into Singapore
  12. Applying for a Public Entertainment Licence: All You Need to Know
  13. How to Open a Corporate Bank Account in Singapore
  14. How to Change the Registered Address of a Singapore Company
  15. Payment Services Act: Does Your Fintech Business Need a Licence?
  16. How to Apply for a Liquor Licence to Sell Alcohol in Singapore
  17. How to Decide and Change Your Financial Year End (FYE) in Singapore
Incorporation and Formation
  1. Guide to Registering a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) in Singapore
  2. Why and How to Set Up a Subsidiary in Singapore (with FAQs)
  3. Should You Set Up as a Company Limited by Guarantee in Singapore?
  4. Why and How to Set Up a Branch Office in Singapore (with FAQs)
  5. Starting an Exempt Private Company in Singapore: Benefits and Process
  6. How to Set Up an Offshore Company in Singapore
  7. Registering a Business in Singapore: Do I Need to and How?
  8. Forming a Sole Proprietorship in Singapore
  9. Forming a Partnership in Singapore
  10. How to Register a Company in Singapore
Choice of Business Structure
  1. Why and How to Convert Your Singapore Sole Proprietorship into a Pte Ltd Company
  2. Deciding Your Business Structure: A Sole Proprietorship, Partnership or a Company?
Setting up a Business for Foreigners and Foreign Companies
  1. Redomiciliation: Why and How to Convert Your Foreign Company into a Singapore-Registered Company
  2. Singapore Representative Office: How Can a Foreign Company Set Up?
  3. Singapore Entrepreneur Pass: Who is It For? How Do I Obtain One?
  4. How Can Foreigners Set Up Businesses in Singapore?
  5. Foreign Companies Setting up in Singapore
Legal Documents
  1. Do you need a Partnership Agreement when setting up?
  2. Do You Need a Shareholder Agreement When Setting Up?
Office Rental
  1. Commercial Lease Disputes in Singapore
  2. Moving to a New Office: A Legal Checklist for Singapore Businesses
Industry Tips
  1. Legal Tips: Starting an Online Business in Singapore