Professional Services/Legal

Revised CCS rules to cut merger review time, ease regulatory burden

A new track will cut Phase 1 assessment from 30 to 25 working days.

Tiger Woods-backed Sun Day Red trademark upheld in Singapore dispute with Puma

IPOS dismissed Puma’s challenge, ruling Tiger logo is not likely to confuse consumers with Puma design.

High Court bars Standard Chartered and BSI from BVI winding-up applications

The liquidators may pursue pre-UNCITRAL transactions claims.

US-based Reddit fails to block ‘Reddio’ trademark in IPOS ruling

The ruling found that the two marks were “more dissimilar than similar.”

Rajah & Tann Singapore names new deputy managing partner

Abdul Jabbar Bin Karam Din was the former head of the Corporate & Transactional Group.

Court dismisses claims against Standard Chartered, BSI over 1MDB deals

It rules Singapore’s insolvency regime cannot apply to pre-2017 transactions.

Capital Asia Investments directors arrested over suspected money laundering

The Police also seized more than $160m in assets, MAS said.

Ministry of Law sets GenAI guidelines for legal sector

The framework applies to lawyers, students, and tech developers.

Vibrant Group unaware of ex-CEO's dismissed appeal, 13-month jail term

The company had earlier announced that Eric Khua resigned due to health reasons.

CCS seeks feedback on revised passenger airline guidance

Stakeholders are invited to comment by 11 March 2026.

Design Power Index tackles firms’ design value blind spot

Singapore’s new DPI framework aims to quantify design’s financial and social outcomes.

Seatrium contests Petrobras counter-claim of $107.5m in P-54 vessel conversion case

The dispute concerns a 2004 contract for the conversion of the P-54 floating production storage and offloading unit.

PropNex unit hit with $367k lawsuit over alleged misrepresentation

Board says case unlikely to materially affect FY2026 results.

CPF launches two new security measures to combat scams

The new Trusted Contacts and Safety Switch give members extra control and protection.

MinLaw makes SIP 2.0 permanent with $2m threshold for simpler insolvency

Revamped programme reduces the complexity for companies.