Case Studies
Explore practical case studies and business lessons from VanillaLaw’s work with SMEs, founders, investors and cross-border companies. These articles show how legal structure, negotiation strategy, intellectual property protection and commercial decision-making affect real business outcomes.
Use this page as a starting point if you want to understand how legal issues appear in day-to-day business rather than in theory. The articles below cover examples involving contracts, expansion, brand value, finance, disputes and SME growth. For readers comparing legal options, the strongest next step is to identify the business problem first, then read the case study that most closely matches the decision you are facing.
Bridging The Finance Gap For SMEs
Finance Gap For SMEs I recall a conversation between myself and my friend @yu-iwata, who is the business owner of Bridge Rock Consulting here in Singapore. He is an expert [...]
The Faith In Values
Recently, our firm's Head of Marketing explained to me that in order to stand out in a crowded online market, we need to articulate our values. Her point was substantiated by [...]
Small World, Big Thinking Exporting Your Brand And Services. 視点を大きく持てば世界は小さいものに。 ブランド・サービスの輸出を
I was introduced to the UK Trade and Investments (UKTI) website by a friend, and if you search “export ready”, the page will offer you tons of information about how [...]
“FREE-DOM” To Contract, A SME Perspective
FREE DOM TO CONTRACT In law the common parlance “FREE DOM TO CONTRACT” means that the Courts will be slow to impose its interpretation about the intentions of parties in [...]
Singapore: Why It’s The Best Place In Asia To Do Business
At the time of writing of this article, Singapore is the 2nd best nation and the top Asian nation, in terms of ‘ease of doing business’, globally. If you do [...]
What 2 UK Creative Businesses Taught Me
The year was sometime in the late 1990s. I met 2 business oufits from the UK. They are not your usual large companies, but had less than 10 people with [...]