Shu Kit
Associate Director

LL.B, Singapore Management University
Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore

Kit’s practice focuses on distress situations with a balanced mix of both contentious and non-contentious work. She has acted for debtors, ad hoc creditor committees, and insolvency professionals in a range of insolvency proceedings and corporate restructurings. She also has significant experience in complex cross-border restructurings, both in and out-of-court, which was further enriched by her 9 months secondment at the Jones Day New York office.

In addition to her R&I practice, Kit also continues to build her corporate practice. She has advised corporate clients and funds on mergers and acquisition deals and has experience advising SMEs and start-ups on various aspects of their business.

Kit was also an assistant to the Bond Restructuring Subcommittee of the SAL Law Reform Committee and helped with the drafting of various chapters of the Bond Restructuring Report.

Contact Information
DID: (65) 6521 6749
FAX: (65) 6443 0887
EML: kit.shu@blackoak-llc.com

Recent Deals

  • Acted as local counsel for the WeWork group in connection with its global restructuring through a US Chapter 11.
  • Acted as local counsel for FTX in connection with its global restructuring.
  • Acted as local counsel for the Duniatex group in the successful multi-jurisdictional restructuring of US$1.5 billion in liabilities and obtained a recognition of the Indonesian restructuring proceedings.
  • Advised an ad hoc group of senior creditors of the China Fishery group on the global restructuring of the group’s aggregate borrowings in excess of US$1.6 billion and obtained the recognition and enforcement of the US Chapter 11 plan confirmation order.
  • Acted for and advised the liquidators of oCap Management Pte Ltd (in liquidation) including, among others, representing them in MACMA proceedings against the Attorney-General (Re oCap Management Pte Ltd (in liquidation) [2023] SGHC 316).
  • Acted for and advised the liquidators of The Wellness Group (in Liquidation) on various matters including the sale of its shares in a successful and leading brand name with a luxury concept.
  • Advised a Capital Markets Services Licensed Fund Management.
  • Advised a technology and end-to-end logistics startup on various aspects of its business including organisational restructuring, structuring of a key employee incentive programme, and the structuring and execution of multiple financing deals including Series A and B fundraises.