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		walterbell on Jan 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Where to Register a Company When Being a T... Are there precedents where the Singapore company holds IP and licenses that IP to foreign companies which hire and pay employees? Could a Singapore company grant stock options to foreign employees?

jwilliams on Jan 24, 2015 [–]

I don't know specifically wrt to Singapore, but this is a common structure.

It used to be called a "Dutch Sandwich", but now called the Double Irish: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement

walterbell on Jan 24, 2015 | [–]

That now appears to be closed to new companies in Ireland.

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