Legal Bulletin September 2020
29 September 2020
Capital Markets
SGX RegCo publishes observations of Catalist sponsors to highlight areas for improvement
Competition
CCCS Guidelines on Price Transparency effective 1 November 2020
CCCS seeks views on proposed changes to six competition guidelines
The great convergence between sustainability and competition law: Recent developments
Corporate / M&A
ACRA to decommission BizFinx portal from 1 October 2020
Corporate Governance Advisory Committee issues statement on directors’ disclosures in rights issues
Dispute Resolution
Singapore Convention on Mediation in force from 12 September 2020
Employment
MOM updates advisory on salary and leave arrangements
MOM announces eligible firms to receive Jobs Growth Incentive automatically from March 2021
Changes to the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 in force from 1 September 2020
Intellectual Property
Real Estate
General
Partial commencement of Cross-Border Railways Act 2018 from 14 September 2020
Regional News
Malaysia
Indonesia
Publications
Singapore Institute of Directors Virtual Conference 2020: Facing the Winds of Change amid Covid-19
The Law Gazette: Virtual Cross-Examination - Boon or Bane?
The Dominance and Monopolies Review 2020
The International Arbitration Review 2020
The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 2020
Deals
US$1.2 billion sale of PT Softex Indonesia to Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Issue of US$1 billion notes by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
Issue of S$800 million fixed rate notes by Housing and Development Board
Issue of US$575 million notes by Flex Ltd.
S$730 million sale of Canadian International School
US$200 million term loan facilities to Olam Treasury Pte. Ltd. and Olam International Limited
Awards & Rankings
Allen & Gledhill and its network firms ranked in ALB M&A Rankings 2020
Allen & Gledhill ranked top tier in Asialaw Profiles and Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2021
Nine Allen & Gledhill lawyers ranked in Who’s Who Legal: Capital Markets 2020 Global Guide