Legal Profession (Law Practice Entities) Rules 2015
Table of Contents
Enacting Formula
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Citation and commencement
2 Definitions
3 Threshold requirements for Singapore law practice
Part 2 LAW FIRMS
4 Application of this Part
5 Licensing of law firm
6 Name of law firm
7 Language of name of law firm
8 Contents of name of law firm
9 Initials and acronyms
10 Name of law firm not to be descriptive of services provided
11 Notification of change of particulars
12 Submission of lodged documents
13 Appeal against decision of Director of Legal Services
Part 3 LIMITED LIABILITY LAW PARTNERSHIPS
14 Licensing of limited liability law partnership
15 Name of limited liability law partnership
16 Primary business
17 Partners
18 Notification of transfer of business
19 Notification of change of particulars
20 Submission of lodged documents
21 Accounts
22 Relationship between client and limited liability law partnership with related law corporation
23 Holding of shares in related law corporation
24 Concurrent appointments in limited liability law partnership and in related law corporation
25 Appeal against decision of Director of Legal Services
Part 4 LAW CORPORATIONS
26 Licensing of law corporation
27 Memorandum and articles of association, or constitution
28 Application for alteration of memorandum or articles of association, or constitution
29 Name of law corporation
30 Notification of transfer of business
31 Notification of change of particulars
32 Submission of lodged documents
33 Accounts
34 Relationship between client and law corporation with related Singapore law practice
35 Concurrent appointments in law corporation and in related Singapore law practice
36 Holding of shares in law corporation with related Singapore law practice
37 Holding of shares in law corporation by foreign lawyer, foreign law practice or regulated non-practitioner
38 Savings and transitional provisions for certain approvals required by person holding shares in law corporation
39 Appeal against decision of Director of Legal Services
Part 5 SINGAPORE GROUP PRACTICES
40 Application of this Part
41 Approval of formation and name of Singapore group practice
42 Purpose of Singapore group practice
43 Description of Singapore group practice
44 Management of Singapore group practice
45 Bank account
46 Separate liability
47 Incapacity or death of sole proprietor
48 Appeal against decision of Director of Legal Services
Part 6 JOINT LAW VENTURES, FORMAL LAW ALLIANCES, FOREIGN LAW PRACTICES, REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES AND FOREIGN INTERESTS IN SINGAPORE LAW PRACTICES
Division 1 — Preliminary
49 Licence required to provide legal services
50 Permitted areas of legal practice
Division 2 — Joint Law Venture
51 Application for Joint Law Venture licence
52 Privileges and conditions relevant to Joint Law Venture licence
53 Transitional provision for foreign law practices
Division 3 — Formal Law Alliance
54 Application for Formal Law Alliance licence
55 Privileges and conditions relevant to Formal Law Alliance licence
Division 4 — Qualifying Foreign Law Practice
56 Application for Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence
57 Privileges and conditions relevant to Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence
Division 5 — Licensed foreign law practice
58 Application for foreign law practice licence
59 Privileges and conditions applicable to foreign law practice licence
Division 6 — Foreign group practices
60 Application of this Division
61 Membership of foreign group practice
62 Approval of formation and name of foreign group practice
63 Purpose of foreign group practice
64 Description of foreign group practice
65 Management of foreign group practice
66 Bank account
67 Separate liability
68 Incapacity or death of sole proprietor
Division 7 — Representative office
69 Notice of establishment, or cessation of operations, of representative office
Division 8 — Foreign interests in Singapore law practices
70 Application for approval under section 176(1) of Act
71 Conditions of approval under section 176(1) of Act
72 Application for, and condition of, approval under section 176(9) of Act
73 Cancellation of approval under section 176(1) or (9) of Act in certain circumstances
Division 9 — General
74 Forms and fees
75 Period of validity and renewal of licence or approval
76 Power to waive or modify conditions or requirements
77 Power to require information, etc.
78 Register
79 Amendment and issuance of certificates, etc.
80 Appeal against decision of Director of Legal Services
Part 7 MISCELLANEOUS
81 Sharing of premises
82 Consultation with Council