Nothing in this engagement letter shall create or be deemed to create the following relationships between Healy Consultants and our Clients or Clients' Appointees: a) partnership b) employment or c) joint venture.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, these terms of business shall be governed by the laws of Singapore. Any dispute, difference, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this contract, including (but not limited to) any question regarding its existence, validity, interpretation, performance, termination and applicable remedies (the “Dispute”), will be settled by mediation in accordance with the Singapore Mediation Centre rules, which are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause. Should the Dispute not be resolved within thirty (30) days or either party fails to participate or ceases to participate in the mediation within 30 days after a party has made the request, then the parties agree that the Singapore courts shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to finally determine the Dispute;
Healy Consultants is not responsible for the incompetence and inefficiency of third parties involved in your engagement, e.g., Government departments and global banks and country lawyers, accountants and corporate services providers. National public holidays can cause engagement delays. That said, Healy Consultants will tenaciously supervise third parties to ensure your engagement is efficiently and timely advanced. As always, Healy Consultants staff will relentlessly negotiate intelligent solutions to the business challenges presented by third parties;
Only after our written permission shall our Client communicate directly with country lawyers and accountants and other third parties to the engagement, or engage our country lawyers and accountants for additional services or services provided by Healy Consultants Group;
Healy Consultants staff members are required to treat our Clients with respect and professionalism in every and each of their emails and phone calls. We expect the same in return from our Clients. In the unfortunate event a Client displays a rude or unprofessional behaviour towards our staff members, our Firm reserves the right to immediately terminate an engagement, without refunding fees for services already consumed. For further information on Client communication, press this web link;
Except for courier costs relating to corporate bank account opening and dispatch of original company kits to our Clients, courier costs will be borne by our Clients. Furthermore, our Clients bear the costs of i) translating and attesting documents and ii) bank charges during the corporate bank account opening process;
Healy Consultants preferred mode of communication is email, followed by phone discussions. Therefore, we recommend our Clients maintain a secure, reliable email account and frequently check for updates from Healy Consultants;
To timely advance your engagement, please follow Healy Consultants email instructions closely including due diligence requirements, signing bank forms and incorporations forms;
Our Clients shall not use Healy Consultants’ global virtual office facilities without our written consent. Unless our Clients purchased our Virtual Office services, Healy Consultants Offices do not expect to receive mail, phone calls or faxes on behalf of our Clients;
Where Healy Consultants provides registered office service(s) to our Client, such registered office service(s) shall not provide for the receipt of commercial mail on our Client’s behalf unless our Client opts to also engage our Firm for mail forwarding services;
From time to time, Healy Consultants may move its offices to another location. Accordingly, the registered office address of our Client’s company will also change (where registered office service(s) are provided to our Client). In such circumstances, Healy Consultants undertakes to provide our Client as much advance notice as possible of any such move.
However, where further costs are incurred by Healy Consultants due to such a move (e.g. increased rental and/or operating expenses), our Client undertakes that they agree to corresponding fee increments/revisions in relation to registered office service(s) provided by Healy Consultants;
Our Clients will assist Healy Consultants complete annual accounting, auditing and tax obligations. There are annual fees for the completion of this service, ranging from US$950 to US$7000, depending on the extent of services required;
In accordance with market conditions, Healy Consultants may periodically increase or decrease fees published on our business website;
Our Clients will seek prior approval from Healy Consultants before engaging in "Restricted Activities" including business activities dealing with:
arms, weapons, munitions, mercenary or contract soldiering;
security and riot control equipment, stun guns, electronic restraining devices, CS gas, pepper sprays, technical surveillance or bugging equipment;
dangerous or hazardous biological, chemical or nuclear materials including equipment or machinery to manufacture or handle such materials;
pornography and drug paraphernalia, religions, religious cults and charities;
the provision of credit cards and other banking, insurance and financial services;
Any activity which may damage the reputation of Healy Consultants or the country of establishment;
If our Clients engage in illegal or restricted activities, Healy Consultants will immediately terminate our professional services;
Global banks continue to tighten corporate bank account opening procedures, their internal compliance departments completing more thorough due diligence of Clients. Consequently, our Clients should expect the bank account approval period to take at least eight (8) weeks when the bank signatories and directors are not visiting the branch of the bank in person for a meeting;
The banks enjoy ultimate power of approval over corporate bank account applications. Consequently, guaranteed bank account approval is outside of Healy Consultants’ control. What is inside our control is the preparation and submission of a high-quality bank application that maximizes the likelihood of bank approval. To date, we enjoy a high bank approval record. We never give up until we achieve the result we promised to our Client;
During the bank account opening process, international banks occasionally change the account opening forms or appoint a new bank officer. These unforeseen inconveniences are i) outside Healy Consultants control and ii) serve to delay the engagement. We will tenaciously and relentlessly negotiate a solution with bank personnel;