NewsBytes: Singapore May 2025
- NewsBytes: Singapore May 2025

News
LegisBytes
Capital Markets
Competition & Antitrust
Corporate Commercial
Corporate Governance
Criminal Law
Financial Institutions
- MAS Proposes Changes to Streamline Margin Requirements for Product Financing by Capital Markets Service Licence Holders
- ACIP Shares AML/CFT Best Practices for FIs on Establishing Customers' SOW and Addressing Wealth Management Risks
- MAS Proposes to Remove Exclusions Exempting FIs from Complying with Financial Advertisement Regulations to Better Protect Consumers
Intellectual Property
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Wealth
Sustainability
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
trade
- Singapore Business Federation Publishes “Navigating U.S. Tariffs Playbook” for Singapore Businesses
- Singapore - India Sign Mutual Recognition Arrangement of Authorised Economic Operator Programmes - to Expedite Customs Clearance for Certified Companies
- Customs Publishes Circulars Outlining Procedures to Claim Preferential Tariff Treatment for Imports and Exports under PASFTA
CaseBytes
- Custodial Sentence for Breach of Directors' Duty to Act Honestly and with Reasonable Diligence under Companies Act: Public Prosecutor v Zheng Jia [2025] SGHC 76
- Staving Off Bankruptcy – What Constitutes "Sufficient Reason" to Stay Bankruptcy Proceedings?
- Anti-Suit Injunctions for Parallel Proceedings – Court Considers Principles for Appeals and Setting Aside
Deals
- Frasers Property Hospitality Trust Holdings Pte. Ltd.’s S$515 Million Acquisition of all Stapled Securities in Frasers Hospitality Trust
- Kiranakart Pte. Ltd.’s Cross-border Amalgamation with its Indian Subsidiary, Kiranakart Technologies Private Limited
- Vietjet Doubles A330neo Order to 40 Aircraft
- Garcha Satinder Singh’s S$80 Million Sale of Duxton Reserve to Lotus One Investment Pte. Ltd.
- Clime Capital and UOB Venture Management’s Series A Equity Investment in Nymble Holdings Pte. Ltd.
Authored Publications
Events
- Rajah & Tann Asia's Regional Data Centre Conference 2025
- Harnessing Generative AI & Transforming Legal Workflow Using Prompting for Legal & Contract Executives
- LearningBytes 2025: The Trump Card in Trade Wars: Legal Strategies for Southeast Asian Business
- Navigating the U.S. IPO Journey: Expert Insights for Aspiring Public Companies
- Borneo Conversations with Rajah & Tann Asia – Optimising Logistics & Supply Chains in Energy-Driven Economies: Challenges, Compliance & Competition
- Update on AML/CFT Legislative Changes

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