This edition of the Conyers SGX Mainboard & Catalist Public Companies Report summarises selected key transactions involving companies listed on the Main Board and Catalist Board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) in the second half of 2025.

While recent events have put a temporary halt on global mobility, as the pandemic dissipates it seems likely that there will be increasing interest from high-net-worth individuals and their families in having their primary or secondary residence in an offshore location.

For those unfamiliar, Airbnb provides an online platform for homeowners, or ‘hosts' to rent out their homes, rooms or apartments to others.

In Bermuda, a money judgment constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's land (Cates and Panchaud v Dill [1956] Bda LR 1 SC). The lien runs with the land and will not be extinguished...

Remember learning about the Boston Tea party in history class and the rallying cry, "no taxation without representation"?

Since the Cayman Islands were added to the EU AML list in February 2022, Walkers has moved multiple CLO deals to Bermuda, with the first such deal closing in late March that same year.

In Deslauriers v Guardian Asset Management Limited [09.11.2017] (on appeal from the Court of Appeal of Trinidad & Tobago), the Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council considered whether the respondent, ...

It may seem obvious to practitioners that where there is no mortgage on a property, the legal owner is entitled to retain the title deeds to the property.

Bermuda's new "Economic Investment Certificate and Residential Certificate Policy" allows non-Bermudian individuals who make a "qualifying investment" of at least BM$2.5 million in Bermuda to receive the right to live and work ...

In recent years, the rise of Airbnb and vacation rentals has provided a much needed boost in short-term guest accommodation given the limited number of hotel rooms presently available in Bermuda.

On 23 March 2018 Bermuda brought into operation legislation requiring all Bermuda companies, except those that are exempted, to obtain information regarding their beneficial owners...

While the Government encourages international business and local enterprise, it also maintains policies aimed at ensuring sustainable development, fair access to housing, and preservation...

On March 31, 2023, the Bermuda Government replaced its previous tool intended to attract capital to the island, through residency incentives, with the Economic Investment Residential Certificate programme.

The Land Title Registration Act, 2011 (the "Act"), as recently amended, is likely to come into full effect in August.

Condominium ownership has become increasingly popular in Bermuda over the last 15 years.

Condominium ownership has become increasingly popular in Bermuda over the last 15 years.

Even if no money is paid, stamp duty is payable based on open market value and calculated on a sliding scale of up to seven per cent. If a home's open market value is $1 million...

After agent guidance there can be some haggling over price and then the terms and conditions are written and signed.

Stamp duty in Bermuda is a tax applied to documents, known as "instruments" under the tax. Any instrument signed in, or brought into, Bermuda is potentially liable to stamp duty, unless specifically exempt.

In each case, they are restricted to purchases of fractionals, tourist accommodation/hotel residences and higher-end residences/condominiums.