Kim Kit Ow
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3 : Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Band 3
About
Provided by Kim Kit Ow
Practice Areas
Her practice encompasses advising clients on issues relating to financial regulatory matters, corporate and investment banking transactions, wealth management and private banking, as well as Fintech matters.
- Banking & Finance: Regulatory
- Private Wealth
- Funds
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 Managing 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.
Publications
Stricter Conditions For Family Office Structures Seeking Tax Exemptions In Singapore Stricter Conditions For Family Office Structures Seeking Tax Exemptions In Singapore
IFC Review · Jul 27, 2022IFC Review · Jul 27, 2022
https://www.ifcreview.com/articles/2022/july/stricter-conditions-for-family-office-structures-seeking-tax-exemptions-in-singapore/
Handbook of Blockchain Law Handbook of Blockchain Law
Wolters Kluwer · Oct 1, 2020Wolters Kluwer · Oct 1, 2020
Chapter 6 Section on Singapore
https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=PqDyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&lpg=PT18&dq=kim+kit+ow&source=bl&ots=KGhNzK3wzL&sig=ACfU3U1PmvJvuawz22G5rCN25b8yps6B6g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigupnm3pr7AhVg3TgGHaPVABA4RhDoAXoECB4QAw#v=onepage&q=kim%20kit%20ow&f=false
The Payment Services Act of SingaporeThe Payment Services Act of Singapore
IFC Review · Feb 3, 2020
https://www.ifcreview.com/articles/2020/february/the-payment-services-act-of-singapore/
Personal
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)
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Ow Kim Kit of Blackletter LLC is a banking regulatory specialist who advises clients on payment services and fund-related matters. She is especially well known for her expertise in fintech mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is affable, friendly, highly approachable, genuine and instantly likeable, while delivering services with utmost professionalism."
"Kit has a solid grip on regulatory and fund advisory matters and has been a constant go-to for complex and non-standard advice."
"She is affable, friendly, highly approachable, genuine and instantly likeable, while delivering services with utmost professionalism."
"Kit has a solid grip on regulatory and fund advisory matters and has been a constant go-to for complex and non-standard advice."