Singapore: Contracts and Commercial Law

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has unveiled significant enhancements to its Patent Prosecution Highway programmes, introducing faster examination timelines, streamlined payment processes, and clarified amendment procedures. These changes aim to reduce administrative burdens and costs while providing greater certainty for patent applicants seeking accelerated examination in Singapore.

Financial regulators around the globe continue to sharpen their focus on operational resilience, driven by the growing digitalisation of financial services, increasing reliance on third-party service providers, and heightened technology and cyber risks.

The Singapore International Commercial Court examined whether successful arbitral claimants could set aside a costs award that denied recovery of third-party funding expenses, testing the boundaries of public policy review...

Prosperity cannot thrive in opacity. When approvals are fast-tracked and counterparties are shielded by layers of proxies and shell firms, risk multiplies

The Singapore Court of Appeal has delivered a significant judgment clarifying the application of the tort of deceit in the context of international trade finance...

Ongoing macroeconomic volatility, rising interest rates and persistent geopolitical undercurrents have widened valuation gaps across Asia's M&A landscape.

All the contracts and legal issues your business may face from start-up to acquisition to listing to liquidation

In recent years, Singapore Courts have had a number of opportunities to consider the scope and applicability of the fraud exception, which has been invoked by banks to resist payment under letters of credit.

Conclusive evidence clauses ("CECs"), often found in banking documents, are essentially clauses providing that a determination of liability (which tends to involve the issuance of a certificate)...