The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact globally, affecting the lives and livelihoods of potentially millions of people, accompanied by a growing impact on the global economy and businesses which is still unfolding. As the pandemic develops at a rapid pace, governments worldwide have reacted by closing borders, restricting movement of its citizens and placing curbs on how businesses can operate, in an attempt to slow down the spread of the virus.
We understand these turbulent times may have had an impact on you and your business and that you may be concerned about what the future holds. We appreciate that, with the rapidly developing landscape, it may be difficult to keep track of legal developments as they happen.
At CNPLaw, our COVID-19 Response Team has consolidated legal developments in our COVID-19 Resource Centre and will analyse the legal implications and issues that arise. Our COVID-19 Response Team includes lawyers across our different practice areas who are closely monitoring this area. If you should have any questions about legal issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, please feel free to reach out to our COVID-19 Response Team.
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Guidance on the Conduct of General Meetings Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
On 23 September 2020, in view of the relatively low number of COVID-19 community cases, the Ministry of Health issued an advisory on “Resuming More Activities Safely” (“MOH Advisory”). The MOH Advisory provides, amongst others, that work-related events within workplace premises that are business-oriented (including general meetings) will be allowed to resume, for up to 50 persons with strict adherence to safe management measures.
CNPupdate Articles
Arbitration
Commercial Contracts
- Is your contract affected by COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020?
- How to use the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act to protect you and your business from an economic downturn
- An update: COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020
- COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020
- COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Bill
- Contractual terms: Does the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak constitute a force majeure event in Singapore?
Corporate Advisory
Corporate Finance – Capital Markets
- Guidance on the Conduct of General Meetings Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
- COVID-19 relief measure: Duration of alternative arrangements for meetings to be extended to 30 June 2021
- MAS, SIC and SGX RegCo: Offer documents may be disseminated electronically for rights issues and take-over or merger transactions
- SGX RegCo: Automatic extension for the release of full year unaudited financial statements for issuers with financial years ending in February, March and April 2020
- SGX Regulator’s Column: Issuers’ disclosures during the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 Update: Alternative arrangements for meetings for companies
- Extension of time to hold annual general meetings (“AGMs”) and issue annual reports for listed companies
- Measures to support issuers amid challenging COVID-19 business climate
- Updates on the holding of AGMs for companies listed on the SGX
Corporate Governance, Compliance and Regulatory
Corporate Real Estate
Corporate Restructuring
- Corporate Insolvency, Restructuring, and Recovery in the COVID-19 world – Part 2
- Ministerial statement providing further support for businesses and workers
- Corporate Insolvency, Restructuring, and Recovery in the COVID-19 world – Part 1
- Fortitude Budget – Rental Relief Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises in Singapore
- Fortitude Budget to help businesses and individuals adapt and build resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic
- Structuring your business for survival – Developing a sound strategy for post-pandemic growth
- A New Economic Normal – Assessing the immediate and longer-term prospects for Asian economies post COVID-19
- How to use the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act to protect you and your business from an economic downturn
- Solidarity Budget: COVID-19 supplementary relief programmes
- Resilience Budget: COVID-19 supplementary relief programmes
- Unity Budget: COVID-19 relief programmes
Data Protection and Security
Employment
- Updated requirements for safe management measures at the workplace
- Ministerial statement providing further support for businesses and workers
- Changes to Singapore work pass requirements
- Resumption of business at the workplace after circuit breaker period
- Circuit Breaker measures for employees
General Litigation
Insolvency
- Corporate Insolvency, Restructuring, and Recovery in the COVID-19 world – Part 2
- Corporate Insolvency, Restructuring, and Recovery in the COVID-19 world – Part 1
- Structuring your business for survival – Developing a sound strategy for post-pandemic growth
- How to use the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act to protect you and your business from an economic downturn
