SME Practice

How often has your business put off seeking legal help because you think it is costly and time-consuming?

Or how many commercial incidences or disputes are consequences of your business’ failure to obtain formal legal advice at the onset? Here at Trident Law, our experienced lawyers will be your single point of contact to provide specialist commercial legal advice that is affordable, understandable, and accessible.

Our lawyers do not believe in the “one size fits all” approach. We invest the time to understand your business’ DNA, familiarise ourselves with your business growth strategies, evaluate your competitors, and target your customers to deliver the service you need, namely:

Business Structures and Arrangements

Do you recall the day when you and your business partners debated on the business framework to incorporate?

Is your current business framework having a wide-ranging impact on your business relationships, ventures, and liabilities? Here at Trident Law, our lawyers accept that business frameworks are not bullet-proof. We will look at what matters to you, the best way to foster the collegial culture, dynamic governance, and incorporating flexible mechanisms to manage future changes.

Drafting Custom Contracts / Policies / Corporate Documents

While it might be tempting to use free templates that can be found online for your contracts, policies and/or corporate documents, there is a serious risk that such templates might not adequately protect the interests of your organisation. Every deal is different and so are the risks arising from those deals. As your lawyers, we will identify such risks and tailor your contracts, policies and/or corporate documents so that your organisation is well protected and not exposed to unnecessary liabilities.

Employment and Human Resource Advice

Employment law issues are almost imminent for every employer.

With the government being the loudest proponent of fair employment, Singapore’s primary labour legislation is constantly reviewed and improved. Has your business done something which leads you down the rabbit hole such as dismissing an employee and wondered if it amounts to unfair dismissal or including restrictive covenant clauses to prevent any issues from your previous employee?

The cost of a human resource mistake can be high especially when actions are emotionally dictated. As your integrated in-house counsels, you can pick up your phone and easily speak with our Trident team to get personalised employment legal advice and support to prevent any breach of employment rights or to enforce your rights.

Intellectual Property

Has your business lost market share because of the failure to adequately protect your valuable assets, goods, and / or services?

Our lawyers have the experience in the entire spectrum of intellectual property (“IP”) law in particular: – copyright, trademarks, patents, and design rights. Our IP lawyers provide high levels of customer service to protect your ideas, interests, and concepts by obtaining time-limited monopolies and exclusive compliance rights to increase your market share. A well-informed business with appropriate IP rights protection may hold on to the “first mover” advantage.

Debt Recovery

O$P$ – looks familiar?

This is because every business has been placed in a situation of unpaid invoices which indirectly affects the growth of your business, disparage your reputation, or delayed salary payments. Businesses will end up spending unnecessary time to get what is owed.

Let our dedicated debt recovery team that has worked closely with a wide spectrum of clients in the management of debt portfolios meet and exceed your expectations. As a full-service commercial law firm, our specialised debt recovery team works closely with our litigation and insolvency teams that handle business debt claims and recovery.

At the end of the day, we see ourselves as your in-house legal partners. We will steer and navigate your business in the legal landscape, add value by assisting in strategic business decisions that will bring your business to the next level. Rome was not built in a day and it sure was not built alone – so speak with one our lawyers on our integrated SME practice and let us work together to grow together.