

Grants for Startups/SMEs to help you get off the ground!
Photo courtesy of SPRING Singapore While FirstCOUNSEL can help you on your business journey with legal support services like company incorporation, tailor-made legal templates, and your own on-demand in-house counsel, there is another valuable resource that can help you get started: government grants! We all know that Singapore is vying to be the everything hub in Asia, and one of the ways that it is trying to secure that title is by giving businesses in Singapore a head star


FirstCOUNSEL at the World's Largest Fintech Festival
Photo courtesy of e27.co Last week, Singapore hosted the world’s largest Fintech Festival November 13-17, and FirstCOUNSEL was right in the middle of all the action at the conference and lab crawls. Co-founder/CEO Azmul Haque was front and center at the conference, where his law firm Collyer Law’s clients represented 6 of the exhibitors and 3 finalists at the Awards Night! COO Linda Schindler attended the lab crawls, including at Lattice80 and DBS. The panel discussion on 201


FirstCOUNSEL in the News - Asia Business Law Journal "Legal begets AI"
By Leo Long for Asia Business Law Journal Law firms, in-house teams and individual lawyers are all struggling to stay abreast of legal technologies, and while some are faring better than others, the ways in which tech is reshaping traditional practice are beginning to take shape. Leo Long reports on how tech is reshaping the legal industry: https://www.vantageasia.com/legal-begets-ai/


COO Linda Schindler moderates UK DIT panel for Global Entrepreneurship Week
"Best panel of speakers I've heard in 2 years of conferences" - Audience member Yesterday FirstCOUNSEL COO Linda Schindler moderated a panel of outstanding speakers at the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) Global Entrepreneurship Week event held at the British High Commission. What made the day stand out were all the personal stories shared. They highlighted how "successful entrepreneurs, they're just like us!" while at the same time showing how different their mind


Silicon Valley's Leading Investment Conference, Global Technology Symposium (GTS) taps FirstCOUN
. FirstCOUNSEL/Collyer Law was a marketing partner this year at the Global Technology Symposium (GTS), which is Silicon Valley's leading investment conference on global venture capital and entrepreneurship. For more than a decade, GTS has brought business leaders, policymakers, and cutting-edge international startups together to explore how to leverage globalization and identify compelling ideas from all over the world before they become trends. The conference was held on Oct


Upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs (November)
Singapore has such a dynamic ecosystem that sometimes the number of events offered can be overwhelming. Here at FirstCOUNSEL, we're going to help you out by putting together a curated list of upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs for the month of November: Nov 9 – DrinkEntrepreneurs @ The Commons, The Working Capitol ($5/$10) Nov 11 – TED x Singapore 2017: Growing Up Nov 13 – Global Entrepreneurship Week Singapore – Opening Ceremony (Free) Nov 13