Health and Wellness (GMC Priority Industry): Legal Advisory

Health and Wellness is the bridge between the Gelephu Mindfulness City's Spiritual pillar and hard revenue: integrative medicine, longevity clinics, diagnostics and medical tourism drawing on the Indian catchment. An operator establishes under the city's general rules. Basnet Law Pte. Ltd., the first law firm incorporated in the Gelephu Mindfulness City, advises clinic groups, wellness operators and their investors under the Companies Act 2025, the Income Tax Act 2025, the Employment of Foreign Workforce Act 2025 and the applied data protection law. This page explains what the framework provides and how we advise on a project under it.

Basnet Law Pte. Ltd. advises clients in this pillar on:

• Framing the expression of interest to the Health and Wellness pillar, the first gate at which the Authority assesses business case and sector alignment
• Advising on incorporation requirements for the operating company and the resident director
• Advising on clinic and retreat sites under lease arrangements
• Work passes for foreign clinicians and managers, and employment contracts under the Employment Act 2025
• Patient data compliance under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 as applied in GMC, including the mandatory data protection officer
• Founders company applications where clinical services are not yet carried on in GMC at adequate scale, before the 2030 cut-off
• Customs treatment of imported equipment, and the licensing line where a venture offers sickness or permanent health insurance

Read the full guide: Legal Services for Health and Wellness in GMC.