In June, we published our annual Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI) report, providing an authoritative overview of the complexity of establishing and operating businesses around the world.

In this day and age, relocation for the modern international family is a common issue that flows from expatriate families. It is recently compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic...

As Singapore's National Vaccination Programme is not mandatory, employers should not make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for employees unless the exception for higher risk employment settings applies.

As Singapore moves past the circuit breaker and into the new phases implemented by parliament, we are far from resuming our pre-pandemic lives.

Since the announcement of the Unity Budget a month ago, the global Covid-19 crisis has engulfed even economic heavyweights such as the United States. While Singapore is not in a position to steer the current global economic situation...

National authorities across Asia Pacific are at very different stages in their digital transformation journey – and this has been particularly apparent during the COVID-19 crisis, writes Edmund Lee.

Due to the evolving 2019 novel coronavirus (the "2019-nCoV") situation, the Ministry of Health (the "MOH") and the Ministry of Manpower (the "MOM")

With the growing spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease ("COVID-19"), businesses around the world are activating their business continuity plans to ensure that operations continue with ...

In this article, we provide a brief update on how individual countries are coping and recovering from the latest wave of infection in this region.

The ASEAN region has a combined population of 650 million people and an area of over 4.5 million square kilometers, making it effectively the third largest market in the world after China and India.

In a bid to support businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Singapore Parliament has enacted the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 (the "Act"), while the Monetary ...

In our Stop Press of 22 July 2020, we summarise the Ministry of Finance's proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act ("ITA") and Stamp Duties Act.

2022 will see continued focus on financial regulation, corporate governance and employment law as Singapore seeks to strengthen its status as a global business hub and ensure a sustainable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic rapidly evolving, the Singapore government has moved swiftly to pass the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 (Act) on 7 April 2020.

In light of the easing of Singapore's circuit breaker, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat presented the S$33 billion Fortitude Budget to the Singapore Parliament on 26 May 2020.

Market Readiness Assistance is a government grant that aims to support Singapore's small and medium enterprises ("SMEs") to expand their business profile into the international market. It can be said that the MRA grant...

With the onset of COVID-19 cases, employers in Singapore have been advised to take appropriate precautionary measures in order to continue running their business operations while working to...

Following the update to the travel restrictions imposed and travel advisories issued by the Ministry of Health of Singapore ("MOH") in light of the COVID-19 outbreak

As the COVID-19 virus continues to wreak havoc around the world, most countries have imposed restrictions of some kind on their residents and businesses, in some cases, imposing lockdowns

Digital platforms have experienced significant growth and popularity in Singapore in recent years and COVID-19 has accelerated its proliferation.