Please see an overview of the process for setting up a law practice in Singapore:

a) Apply via LSRA e-Services for a law practice entity licence.

b) Upon receiving in-principle approval from LSRA, you will have 3 months to register the business entity with Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority ("ACRA") and obtain a Singpass for the law practice.

c) Purchase the professional indemnity insurance for the law practice.

d) Submit a copy of the purchased professional indemnity insurance policy and the UEN details via LSRA e-Services.

e) Submit a copy of the ACRA business profile of your law practice via Contact Us @OneMinlaw.

f) Thereafter, the law practice licence will be issued.

g) Apply via LSRA e-Services for a Certificate of Registration for the foreign lawyers who will be practising in the law practice. Singapore solicitors should apply to Supreme Court for their Singapore practising certificates via eLitigation.

h) Apply to the Ministry of Manpower for a work pass for the foreign lawyers who will be practising in the law practice.

i) Commence operations of the law practice within 6 months of the licence validity date.

Estimated processing time is 30 working days. Applications with incomplete supporting documents/information, submitted during the peak period from December to April, and/or that are complex, will take longer to process. Complex applications include those involving concurrent appointments, foreign interests in Singapore law practices and/or collaborations between Singapore law practices and foreign law practice entities.

For more information, please refer to our website.