The digital economy is an integral part of our daily lives. We spend a significant amount of our time on social media services, e-commerce marketplaces and other online apps and platforms, but how much do we know about the policies and regulations that keep us safe and businesses honest? Additionally, the ubiquity of data-driven technologies, such as online search services, digital advertising and artificial intelligence, has prompted the need for regulations to safeguard consumer interests and expectations of privacy. As data is also an asset and important input for innovation and competitiveness, business-to-business tensions over access to and use of data are starting to froth.

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The second edition of Corporate Governance – Practice and Issues is a book on corporate governance written in a practical manner and intended to provide guidance to directors, executives, managers, company secretaries, professional advisers, including lawyers and auditors. It draws on the three decades of experience of the author in the field of corporate governance, stressing the single most important element of integrity, the courage to act on that integrity and basically to do the right thing in the right way at all times. This edition updates the law over the last ten years, and discusses the evolution in corporate governance and whether there has been an improvement.

Taking an out-of-the-box approach, the book (a) looks at the history and evolution of corporate governance over the last three decades; (b) discusses environmental social governance; (c) studies the division of power in the company, looking specifically at whether it is the shareholders, the management or the Board, whether as a whole or through individual directors, who wield power; (d) discusses the traditional concerns about director roles, duties, responsibilities and ensuing liabilities, and the importance of transparency achieved through disclosure and more; (e) reviews the board committees, the need for them, the roles they play and their effectiveness; (f) studies key issues relating to remuneration, the entitlement issues, and how it is to be set; (g) reviews internal control and risk management issues and how these should be handled; and more.

Also included are practical discussion points, and a dedicated chapter focusing on nominee directors and the issues that plague them. Another unique aspect of the book is a chapter dealing with governance concerns of the boards or councils of statutory bodies, which are typically regulated by Acts of Parliament.

The recurrent theme in the book is that corporate governance is not just about structures and processes, but about having the right people do the right thing through the right means all of the time; that is, the structures and processes may be the building blocks of corporate governance, but it is the collection of individuals who provide the foundation.

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Legal professional privilege is of fundamental importance to both providers and users of legal services, but remains in many respects a technical and often overlooked area of law. The comprehensive treatment afforded to the subject in this book makes it a valuable resource for all practising lawyers, in-house counsel, courts and arbitrators, both in Singapore and in other common law jurisdictions.

This second edition is revised and updated to reflect the 2020 Revised Edition of Acts, the new Rules of Court 2021 and the Singapore International Commercial Court Rules 2021, as well as a number of important local and international judgments handed down since the publication of the first edition.

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The guiding philosophy of the youth justice system in Singapore is that youth offending is best contained and prevented through rehabilitation of the youth offender. This involves re-integrating the youth offender with his family and the community, and necessitates the youth offender taking responsibility both for his wrongdoing as well as his future.

This book sets out and analyses the relevant laws and procedures, case-law and court processes in the youth justice arena. In addition to the legal materials, the book explores the roles played by various parties in the rehabilitation of the youth offender, including probation officers, social workers, institutional staff, family members, and school personnel. It sets out key youth justice programmes, practices, relevant research, and case studies.

Containing a wealth of useful information, insights and analysis, this book is an excellent guide and resource for anyone working with youths, from lawyers to youth workers, educators to parents, and more generally, anyone who is interested in learning more about the youth justice system in Singapore.

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Date & Time: 7-8 August 2024 (Day 1 & 2: 9.30am - 5.00pm)
Venue: SAL, Stamford 1 & 2, The Adelphi #08-08, 1 Coleman Street S(179803)

Corporate Module 1: Deal Structuring

This module is designed for junior lawyers to be able to understand the fundamentals of deal structuring legal transactions; develop skills to analyse the features, merits, and drawbacks of common deal structures in various practice areas and to advise clients on deal structures confidently. Participants will be able to:

• Distinguish between deal types, such as asset sale and share sale transactions, and grasp the unique provisions needed for each
• Address cross-border complexities, encompassing governing law, jurisdictional considerations, and contractual provisions like warranties and indemnities
• Explore the various stages of deal progression, incorporating preliminary agreements to facilitate negotiation and due diligence processes effectively
• Examine different business frameworks, including the function of holding companies, and consider the contribution of transactional lawyers in facilitating deals

Corporate References is a subscription service that includes the following:

1. Commercial Precedents

2. SAL Clause Bank

3. Guides & Toolkits

Corporate References aims to provide a set of quality basic precedent templates and to provide guidance for corporate counsel, young lawyers starting out in practice, and law practices that are occasionally involved in commercial work. The 126 precedents are curated and contributed by leading law firms with subject matter expertise, and updated regularly for currency. The Guides & Toolkits provide Practice Notes and Checklists to navigate commercial transactions with confidence. The SAL Clause Bank encompasses boilerplate clauses for significant standard clauses in commercial agreements and provides guidance on how to use these and implications of the clauses.

Date & Time: 30 -31 July 2024 (Day 1 & 2: 9.00am - 5.15pm)
Venue: SAL, Stamford 1 & 2, The Adelphi #08-08, 1 Coleman Street S(179803)

This 2 day programme will help you to gain insights on the managerial and business aspects of the legal profession. Understand strategy in a law firm and how you can contribute to it. Through interactive and workshop-based sessions, participants will learn to:

• Identify five key behaviours that the participants can deploy to display leadership in their firms.

• Develop their, individual medium-term aspirations in terms of objectives and key results.

• Develop self-awareness about their preferred conflict resolution style;

• Develop awareness of alternative conflict resolution styles and to practice same.

• Understand the key strategic choices firms make to position themselves in an industry

• Develop an appreciation of business valuation techniques and approaches in M&A transactions.

• Develop understanding of how to contribute to firm strategy:

• Explore their ability to make more substantive contributions to firm strategy.