Entrepreneurial families
Seeking a clearer governance framework for business, family and long-term arrangements.
FAMILY OFFICE
Family Office:start with what the family actually needs to address
A Family Office may involve more than company setup. It can include corporate governance, asset-holding arrangements, long-term family planning and coordination with external professionals. Evereach primarily handles Singapore corporate matters and project coordination, involving the appropriate professional firms where needed.
Investment management, fund management, legal, tax and other regulated professional matters should be handled by the relevant qualified or licensed professionals.
WHO MAY CONSIDER A FAMILY OFFICE
Which families commonly start considering a Family Office?
The need for a fuller arrangement should be assessed from the family's existing businesses, members, cross-border circumstances and long-term objectives.
Families with cross-border assets or businesses
Operating across jurisdictions and needing to clarify holding and management arrangements.
Growing families
Planning ahead for governance, information management and coordination of family matters.
Families with an existing Singapore business or long-term plan
Assessing whether a more complete Family Office structure is needed.
MORE THAN COMPANY SETUP
A Family Office is not simply a new Singapore company
A company is only one possible tool. The first question is what the family needs to address—and which matters require corporate services, legal, tax, investment management or other professional support.
Family governance
Business and family responsibilities
Singapore entities
Asset-holding structures
Long-term planning
External professional coordination
CLARIFY FIRST
Clarify these questions before starting
Confirm the objectives and responsibility boundaries before deciding whether a Singapore entity or particular professional support is required.
What businesses and principal assets does the family currently have?
Why is the family considering Singapore?
Does the family already have a Singapore company or another entity?
Who will participate in managing the Family Office?
Which matters require day-to-day administration and governance?
Which matters require legal, tax, investment management or other professional support?
Are Employment Pass, PR or other separate immigration matters involved?
Family objectives differ significantly. A single standard structure should not be applied without considering the actual circumstances.
RESPONSIBILITY BOUNDARY
What Evereach and external professionals handle
Corporate services and project coordination should be clearly separated from regulated professional matters.
Corporate matters and project coordination
- Needs clarification
- Singapore entity setup
- Corporate secretarial and ongoing compliance
- Corporate governance documents and company matters
- Project progress coordination
- Coordination of related corporate and immigration matters
- External professional coordination
Professional or regulated matters
- Legal advice
- Tax advice
- Investment advice
- Fund management
- Investment management
- Other matters requiring a licence or professional qualification
Evereach does not present regulated work performed by external professionals as its own service.
ENTITY & CORPORATE SETUP
Evereach handles the Singapore corporate matters
Where a project requires a new or adjusted Singapore entity, Evereach can handle the relevant corporate services and ongoing compliance matters.
Entity structure discussion
Company incorporation
Shareholders / directors
Company secretary
Registered office
RORC / ROND / RONS where applicable
Resolutions / statutory registers
Ongoing corporate compliance
The specific corporate service scope should follow the confirmed entity arrangement and project requirements.
SEPARATE WORKSTREAMS
Business, family and long-term matters should be handled separately
The three workstreams may be coordinated within one project, but they should not be treated as one service or approval route.
Enterprise
Company structure, governance, secretarial, compliance and operating matters.
Family
Family member arrangements, information organisation and project coordination.
Long-term matters
Employment Pass, PR and other long-term arrangements should be assessed as separate applications or projects.
TYPICAL PROJECT PROCESS
How a Family Office project usually begins
Timing depends on the family's existing arrangements, the required corporate matters and external professional work. There is no single universal duration.
Initial understanding
Understand the family business, existing arrangements and primary objectives.
Separate the matters
Distinguish corporate services, immigration matters and professional work for external firms.
Confirm the Singapore work
Determine whether entity setup or adjustment, governance and ongoing compliance are required.
Coordinate professionals
Involve legal, tax, investment management or other professionals where the project requires them.
Continue execution
Progress the corporate, professional and applicable long-term workstreams separately.
WHAT WE DO NOT PROMISE
A Family Office is not an immigration shortcut or investment guarantee
Each family's businesses, assets and long-term objectives differ. Corporate and professional service scopes should be determined from the actual circumstances.
No guarantee of PR or other immigration outcomesNo guarantee of investment returnsNo unauthorised fund or investment managementNo presentation of 13O / 13U as a universal solutionNo claims based on internal relationships or special channels
FAQ
Family Office questions
The scope should be confirmed from the family's existing businesses, assets, members and long-term objectives.
Does a Family Office always require a new company?
No. The need for a new or adjusted Singapore entity should first be assessed from the family's existing businesses, assets and objectives.
Are Family Office and 13O / 13U the same thing?
No. A Family Office is a broader arrangement for family matters and governance. 13O / 13U are specific fund tax incentive frameworks and should not be treated as synonyms for a Family Office.
Can Evereach provide investment management?
Evereach primarily handles corporate services and project coordination. Regulated matters such as investment management, fund management and investment advice should be handled by the relevant qualified or licensed professionals.
Can a Family Office help with a PR application?
A Family Office and PR are separate matters. PR is independently assessed by ICA, and establishing a Family Office should not be understood as guaranteeing PR.
Which parts will Evereach handle?
Evereach can handle Singapore company incorporation, corporate secretarial, ongoing compliance, corporate governance and project coordination, and involve relevant professionals where needed.
Will there be a public Family Office package or fixed price?
No. Project scopes differ substantially between families. Evereach provides a formal quotation after the actual service scope is confirmed.
START WITH ACTUAL NEEDS
Considering a Family Office in Singapore? Start with the actual needs
Tell us about the existing businesses, family circumstances and matters to address. We will first distinguish the Singapore corporate work from matters requiring external professional support.
A formal quotation will be provided after the project scope is confirmed.