Corporate Service Provider Rules in GMC: Legal Advisory

Since 1 November 2025 every new incorporation in the Gelephu Mindfulness City must go through a corporate service provider empanelled by the GMC Authority, and the registry no longer waives the resident director or registered office. Basnet Law Pte. Ltd., the first law firm incorporated in the Gelephu Mindfulness City, is not a corporate service provider. We give legal advice on what the Companies Act 2025 requires, from the incorporation declaration and registered office to the registers and annual filings.

Advising on the legal requirements from expression of interest to certificate.

Advising on what the statutory declaration requires under the Companies Act 2025.

Advising on the registered office requirement: the address, the particulars to be filed and the hours it must be accessible.

Advising on the ordinarily resident director and resident secretary requirements, and documenting the appointments.

Advising on the registers of directors, secretaries, auditors, members and registrable controllers, and on the statutory window for notifying changes.

Advising on the annual calendar: auditor appointment, general meeting or dispensation resolution, financial statements and annual return.

International groups incorporating a GMC subsidiary whose directors and finance function sit abroad. Founders relocating on a work pass who want clear legal advice on the registers, filings and calendar. GFSO licence applicants that must show a GMC registered office and head office before the licence issues. Existing GMC companies that need legal advice on overdue or incorrect filings, or a resident director about to leave.

Basnet Law Pte. Ltd. is a law firm. It is not a GMCA-empanelled corporate service provider (CSP).