Intelligence from the corridors.
Perspectives from Foremark's Country Directors and WONE Global partners on market entry strategy, regulatory developments, government incentives, and the realities of operating in India, UAE, and Singapore.
Production-Linked Incentives represent one of India's most significant industrial policy shifts in a generation. The scheme now covers 14 sectors and offers incentives of 4–16% of incremental sales. But most foreign applicants make three fundamental errors before they even submit: wrong entity type, wrong base year, wrong state. Here's what you need to know before applying — and what our team has learned from 200+ India entry mandates.
Both offer common law frameworks, world-class regulation, and zero tax. The choice between them is consequential — and most companies make it without the right information. Here's the framework our UAE team uses.
Singapore's Economic Development Board offers Pioneer Status, DEI, and the Global Investor Programme. Most foreign companies apply without EDB relationships and receive standard treatment. Here's what institutional engagement looks like.
Wrong entity type. Wrong base state. Wrong holding structure. These three decisions — made in the first 90 days of market entry — are responsible for more failed market entries than any other factor. And all three are entirely avoidable.
India's Foreign Exchange Management Act governs every aspect of foreign investment — from the initial equity subscription to profit repatriation. Getting it wrong has consequences that range from compounding penalties to forced restructuring.
UAE banking is among the most rigorous in the world for KYC and AML compliance. Most foreign companies underestimate the time and documentation required — and the value of institutional banking relationships in accelerating the process.
Singapore has 90+ tax treaties and one of the most extensive participation exemption regimes in Asia. Used correctly, a Singapore holding structure can eliminate withholding tax on dividends from multiple Asian subsidiaries simultaneously.
Most foreign companies default to Mumbai or Bangalore for India entry. For many sectors, this is correct. For many others, it leaves significant state-level incentives on the table and places the company in the most competitive talent markets in India.
The UAE Golden Visa provides 10-year residency to qualifying investors, entrepreneurs, and senior professionals. Understanding how it connects to your corporate structure — and your key people's long-term residency — is essential from day one.
Most companies that enter Singapore do so without considering the ASEAN expansion they will want to execute 18 months later. The holding and tax structure that serves a Singapore-only business is not the same one that serves a Singapore-plus-ASEAN business.
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