Established in 2010 and rebranded in 2022 as a boutique Singapore law firm, Blackletter is a specialist financial services law firm offering services shaped and built around our client’s needs. Our name reflects our commitment to modernising and embracing a forward-thinking approach to the practice of law, and our goal is to continually innovate the client experience, consistently seek new ways to engage clients in an authentic, memorable and personal manner, and reshape and reinvent the practice of law. We do not aim to be all things to all clients. Rather, we grow thoughtfully to provide the depth and breadth of services our clients need.
Under the leadership of Gerard Ng, together with Kim Kit, Ow and Teck Chai, Yap, our clients are assured of support from a team of five additional lawyers who are ready to assist. Our firm and lawyers have been ranked by IFLR, Chambers Asia-Pacific, and Legal500 Asia-Pacific in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for our Banking and Finance Practice.
Art: We advise clients on a range of legal issues that arise from ownership and disposal of artworks, including taking of security over artworks and conducting due diligence in art transactions.
Banking and Finance: We cover a broad array of banking transactions, including general bank lending, syndicated lending, structured finance, asset finance, and leveraged finance. Our services include assisting with ESG-linked financing, secured senior debt, venture debt facility, acquisition finance, refinancing of existing loans, and cross-border financing transactions.
Capital Markets: We specialise in a diverse range of financial products and services, encompassing equity and debt products, derivatives, and securitisation. Our services include providing regulatory and transactional legal advice on derivatives products (exchange-traded and OTC) such as currency, equity, interest rate, and structured products, as well as advising on securitisation structure in asset-backed transactions.
Financial Services Regulation: We assist with non-contentious regulatory matters that may emerge in the financial services industry and guide you through the ever evolving and complex regulatory environment. Our services include helping clients comply with a wide range of financial services laws and regulations in their daily operations, as well as assisting them in navigating the licensing requirements mandated by the regulatory regimes.
FinTech: We cover a wide spectrum of FinTech services spanning corporate, stable coins, NFTs, cryptocurrencies (including payment tokens), lending, and payment systems. Our services extend to tokenised capital raising, crowdfunding, crypto products, digital assets, e-payment systems, regulatory affairs, and lending platforms.
Investment Funds: We cover the entire life cycle of a fund, offering a comprehensive range of services to the investment management sector across various areas. Our services include structuring and establishing a diverse range of offshore and onshore investment funds using various fund vehicles, facilitating the setup and licensing of fund management companies, providing regulatory advice, supporting the marketing of investment funds, advising on investments in fund products, and assisting with fund offerings.
Private Client: We cover corporate structuring and transactional work for family businesses and closely held companies owned by ultra-high net worth Individuals, as well as family office set-ups and structures.
Financial Regulation: We support clients operating in the financial services industry such as asset managers, banks, brokers, e-money issuers, funds, payment service providers, and trustees. We assist them in complying with financial services laws, business conduct rules, and market rules in their daily operations, governance, and transactions.
