The Competition Commission of Singapore is a new statutory body established under the Competition Act (Chapter 50B) on 1 January 2005 to administer and enforce the Act. It comes under the purview of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Its mission is to promote healthy competitive markets that will benefit the Singapore economy.

ConventionPro International (‘CPI') is a premier conferences and seminars producer dedicated to the provision of timely, accurate and strategic information to business corporations in Asia. CPI specialises in providing business insights to companies who wish to invest in countries with high growth potential. Over the past 5 years, CPI has provided more than 1,000 expert presentations of strategic, managerial, financial and legal information to delegates from the private and public sector.

• to maintain and improve the standards of conduct and learning of the legal profession in Singapore; and
• to protect and assist the public in Singapore in all matters touching on the Law.

The Singapore Academy of Law ("SAL" or "the Academy") was established by the Singapore Academy of Law Act (Cap. 294A) in 1988. At the time of its inception, Parliament had envisaged an institution patterned after the English Inns of Court, to develop among the legal profession in Singapore a collegiate spirit which is necessary for pride in the profession and in its honourable standards and practices.

Over the years, the Academy has evolved from a membership-based body to a service-based institution. It is now also the law reporting agency in Singapore; a continuing legal education provider; a legal publications body; an alternative dispute resolutions agency; an appointing body for Senior Counsel, commissioners for oaths and notaries public; a promoter of legal information technology and the keeper of stakeholding moneys in Singapore.

The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association or SCCA was set up in 2002. It is the pioneer association representing in-house lawyers in Singapore.

The Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) is a neutral professional body with whose main focus is in professional training & development. It organises talks, seminars and training courses for members and the public on a regular basis. Besides being a centre for promoting knowledge of arbitration & other Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators also acts as an appointing authority for the appointment of arbitrators upon request.

The Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) was formally incorporated as a company limited by guarantee with the support and participation of private sector businesses and professional bodies. The SID aims to be the national body for company directors of the local business community. The SID provides its members with a range of services and products to meet their needs as directors, whatever the size or location of business. From free information and advice, to encouraging and facilitating on-going personal and professional development, there is support in all areas of professional development.

The Society of Construction Law Singapore is the Singapore chapter of an international professional body that promotes the education, study and research in the field of construction law and related subjects both in Singapore and overseas for the benefit of the public and the construction industry.

The Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (Singapore) is the local chapter of a worldwide body which provides a forum for practitioners from the legal, accountancy, corporate trust and related professions whose occupation includes a significent involvement, at specialist level, with any of the planning, creation, management of and accounting for, trusts and estates, executorship administration and related taxes.