ADDENDUM As an addendum to our legal update dated March 2015, we set out certain key revisions to the Companies Act applicable to foreign companies. (1) Fewer agents required Currently, a minimum of 2 agents, natural persons and resident in Singapore, are required when a foreign company is registered in Singapore, for acceptance of service
Read MoreUPCOMING REVISIONS TO THE COMPANIES ACT On 8 October 2014, the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014 (the “Bill”) was passed by Parliament, and on 1 December 2014, the Bill was gazetted as the Companies (Amendment) Act 2014. The Companies (Amendment) Act 2014 seeks to introduce various revisions to the existing Companies Act when it comes into
Read MoreJTJB Seminar On Protecting Your Company’s Data: Legal & Technical Measures JTJB’s first Seminar of 2015 was conducted on Thursday 26th February 2015 by JTJB’s new Head of Corporate Compliance and Data Protection, KK Lim on the topic, “Protecting Your Company’s Data: Legal & Technical Measures”. Mr. Shaun Lee from Stone Forest IT Pte
Read MoreIS PROTECTING YOUR CUSTOMERS’ DATA REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? In the movie “Black Hat”, a convicted prisoner was freed from prison to help to apprehend a hacker who had destroyed a nuclear plant. The real reason behind all these was to manipulate the stock market involving millions of dollar by members of the underworld. For those
Read MoreJTJB’S NEW DEPUTY MANAGING PARTNER We are delighted to announce the appointment of John Sze as Equity Partner and Deputy Managing Partner with effect from 1 January 2015. John started his legal career with JTJB as a pupil in 2003. He has moved up
Read MoreFORMATION OF THE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COURT At the opening of the legal year on 5 January 2015, the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) was officially launched by the Chief Justice of Singapore, Mr Sundaresh Menon. The launch of the SICC aims to further promote Singapore as a neutral forum for international dispute resolution, alongside
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