Cooley LLP (JD Supra Singapore)

After you set up your new company, one of the first legal documents you will be thinking about is an incentive equity plan, sometimes referred to as an “option plan” or an “ESOP”. This is key to motivating early employees, who may be taking a lower base salary for a share in the “upside” based on the company’s future success. This is the same in Singapore as anywhere else—though in Singapore...