Directors and shareholders of Singapore companies most often need help with unpaid debts, statutory demands and winding-up applications, shareholder disputes, director duties and restoring struck-off companies. These guides explain the law and procedure in plain English so you know your options before a deadline passes.
Start with these guides
- Letter of Demand in Singapore: How to Write One, Who Should Sign It and the Cost
- Your Company Received a Lawyer’s Letter of Demand: How to Respond Without Making It Worse
- Just Been Served a Statutory Demand in Singapore? Your First 7 Days
- Statutory Demand Singapore: The First Step Before Filing a Winding-Up Petition (2026 Guide)
- Court-Ordered Winding Up in Singapore: When Someone Else Decides to Close Your Company
- Can You Set Aside a Winding Up Order in Singapore? Appeal, Termination and the Limits Once the Order Is Made
- Judicial Management vs Winding Up in Singapore: Which Is Better for a Distressed Company? (2026)
- How to Restore a Struck Off, Cancelled or Dissolved Business Entity in Singapore
- Shareholders’ Agreements in Singapore: The Key Clauses the Model Constitution Leaves Out
- Shareholders’ Agreement vs Company Constitution in Singapore: Do You Need Both, and What Goes Where?
- Minority Shareholder
- Default Judgment Singapore: What to Do When a Debtor Company Ignores Your Claim
- Unlawful Dividends in Singapore: When Directors Must Repay Them
- Voluntary Winding Up vs Striking Off: Key Differences in Process and Documentation
How we can help
Raffles Corporate Services is not a law firm. We handle the corporate secretarial side, such as resolutions, ACRA filings and voluntary closures, and where you need legal advice or representation we can coordinate assistance from advisers at associated law firms.
Official sources: Singapore Statutes Online, Singapore Courts and Ministry of Law.
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- What ACRA Charges a Limited Partnership: The Full Fee Picture
- Closing a Limited Partnership in Singapore: Cessation, Dissolution, and What They Are Not
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- Misled Into a Deal? Misrepresentation in a Singapore Contract, Rescission and Damages
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- Moving CRM Support Overseas: Contract and Access Checks Before the Migration
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- A Course Attendance List Becomes a Sales Campaign: Check the Data’s Purpose First
- Adding a Background Check to Recruitment: Update the Privacy Notice and Vendor Instructions
- Marketing Consent Is Withdrawn After a Deposit: What to Change in Company Records
- Two Customer Addresses Disagree: Check Personal Data Before Debt Recovery
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- Court-Ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitration: Section 12A of the IAA (2026)
- Consolidation of Suits in Singapore: How Companies Combine Related Court Actions Under Order 9 Rule 11
- Changing Your Sole Proprietorship or Partnership Details with ACRA
- Defending a Shadow Director Allegation in Singapore Oppression and Derivative Claims
- Interim Relief, Automatic Stays and Local Winding Up: How Singapore Courts Apply the UNCITRAL Model Law in Cross-Border Insolvency
- Enforcing an Injunction Against a Singapore Company: What Happens When a Court Order Is Ignored
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- Removing a Caveat Lodged Against a Singapore Company’s Property: Applications Under Section 127 of the Land Titles Act
- Friends, Family, and the $450,000 Breakup
- Reverse Takeover of a Singapore Company: Shell Companies, Process and Compliance (2026)
- Court Injunction to Restrain a Singapore Director from Acting (2026)
- Private Examination Under Section 285 IRDA in Singapore Liquidation (2026)
- Liquidator’s Power to Disclaim Onerous Contracts in Singapore (2026)
- Fraudulent Conveyances in Singapore Liquidation: Recovering Company Assets (2026)
- Extortionate Credit Transactions in a Singapore Winding Up (2026)
- Equitable Interests in Singapore Company Shares (2026): Court Enforcement of Beneficial Ownership
- Conflict of Interest and the Duty to Disclose in Singapore Company Law (2026): Section 156 Companies Act Guide
- How to Appoint and Record a Data Protection Officer in Your Company
- Good Faith Requirement in Singapore Section 216A Derivative Action Applications (2026)
- How to Properly Record Directors’ Loans and Guarantees in Corporate Records
- Section 216 Oppression Claims in Singapore Joint Venture Companies (2026)
- Convert Sole Proprietorship to Private Limited in Singapore (2026): Step-by-Step Guide
- Challenging a Singapore Scheme of Arrangement (2026): Grounds for Objection
- Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for Singapore Reporting Financial Institutions: 2026 Compliance Guide
- Listed Companies and Judicial Management Applications in Singapore: SGX & IRDA Interaction (2026)
- Singapore Limited Partnership (LP) Registration & Compliance Guide (2026)
- Opposing a Judicial Management Application in Singapore: Creditor Rights Under Section 94 IRDA (2026)
- Alternative Remedies to Winding Up in Singapore Shareholder Disputes (2026)
- Singapore Court’s Discretion to Refuse a Just and Equitable Winding Up Petition (2026)
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- Loss of Substratum as a Ground for Just and Equitable Winding Up in Singapore (2026)
- Deadlock Between Shareholders: When Singapore Courts Will Wind Up a Company (2026)
- Singapore Winding Up and the Automatic Moratorium on Legal Proceedings (2026)
- Opposing a Winding Up Petition as a Contributory or Shareholder in Singapore (2026)
- Winding Up Petition Against a Singapore Holding Company for Subsidiary Debts (2026)
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- Cross-Default Clauses and Triggering a Winding Up Petition in Singapore (2026)
- Winding Up a Singapore Company on the Balance Sheet Test: Liabilities Exceeding Assets (2026)
- What Is ‘Deemed Unable to Pay Debts’ Under Singapore Law? (Section 125 IRDA Guide 2026)
- Derivative Action in Singapore: Section 216A Companies Act Guide for Minority Shareholders (2026)
- How to Reinstate a Struck-Off Company in Singapore: Court Application Guide (2026)
- Maintaining the Register of Nominee Shareholders: Compliance and Privacy Issues
- Setting Up a Joint Venture Company in Singapore: Structure, Governance and Exit Planning
- How to Plan Your First Year Compliance Calendar Immediately After Incorporation
- Sole Proprietorship vs Partnership vs Private Limited: Which Business Structure Should You Choose in Singapore?
- Removing a Partner in Singapore: Legal Framework, Practical Risks, and Key Case Law Considerations
- Singapore’s New Banking Lockdown: Navigating the Mandatory 24-Hour Cool-Off Period
- What you need to know about Trademark Registration
- What you should know about VAPT
- What is a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) in Singapore?
- Can non-refundable upfront fees be recognised in revenue when received?
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