Ms Kim Kit Ow > Blackletter LLC > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Blackletter LLC Offices
60B Boat Quay
Singapore 049848
Singapore
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Ms Kim Kit Ow
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Partner
Career
She has over 20 years of experience working in leading local and international law firms as well as in-house, at Scotiabank and Credit Suisse, where she advised on the legal aspects of investment and private banking product development, transactions and documentation. Kim Kit also worked as Senior Legal Counsel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) where she was involved in the calibration and drafting of Singapore’s banking laws and regulations and the development of the wealth management, intermediaries and trust industry in Singapore.
Kim Kit was appointed as the Asian regional director for the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) International Court of Arbitration and ICC Dispute Resolution Services in December 2009. In that role, she was responsible for promoting ICC’s dispute resolution services throughout South and East Asia and Australasia. She was then appointed the Achieving Director of the ICC Academy and was responsible for the setting up of its operations and e-Learning platform. In February 2018, Kim Kit was appointed onto the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
Languages
English, Mandarin
Leisure
Kit is an avid heritage hunter especially in the aspect of Singapore’s food heritage. To this end, she is a published author of two books, both of which she received National Heritage Board Singapore’s grants:
(i) Delicious Heirlooms: Stories Behind Singapore’s Oldest Family-run Restaurants (Straits Times Press 2018) ; and
(ii) Delicious Heirlooms 2: Our Hawkers, Our Heritage Heroes (Straits Times Press 2022)
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Banking and finance: local firms
Blackletter LLC has gained considerable traction in the market, landing a number of banks and financial institutions as clients. It has succeeded in lending, regulatory and compliance matters, and has achieved further prominence in fintech and payment services, tokenisation of assets, digital asset derivatives, and green and sustainability-linked loans. Ow Kim Kit has over 20 years of experience in financings, product development and documentation, having previously worked as a senior legal counsel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Managing partner Gerard Ng is another banking and finance specialist.