Lawyers

Kenneth Oh

Kenneth Oh

Dentons Rodyk, Singapore

Work Department

Corporate, Private Equity, FinTech/Blockchain

Position

Kenneth Oh is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group and is Co-Head of the Fintech/Blockchain practice.

Having been in legal practice for more than 20 years, Kenneth practice focus is on Blockchain & DLT, Corporate Finance - in particular early/ late stage private equity as well as public equity capital markets transactions such as IPOs and RTOs on the Singapore Exchange – and M&A. Kenneth also advises on capital markets services licensing and compliance, and on a wide range of general corporate advisory work including joint ventures, corporate restructurings and debt restructuring.

Leveraging on his cross-disciplinary practice experience, Kenneth has extensive experience advising Blockchain & DLT initiatives including security/non-security token offerings; DeFi, cryptocurrency; establishment and licensing of digital asset exchanges, OTC and other digital asset service providers; establishment and licensing of digital asset funds; and equity investments and M&A involving Blockchain & DLT initiatives.

Kenneth is ranked Band 1 for Fintech Legal for Singapore by legal directory Chambers & Partners for 2019 and 2020 and is also recognised in legal directories Legal 500 for both Capital Markets and M&A and in IFLR1000 for Capital Markets: Equity and M&A as well as Financial & Corporate Law.

Apart from representing Dentons on the Governing Council of Hedera Hashgraph, Kenneth in his personal capacity is/was non-executive advisor to numerous blockchain projects such as AELF, Acala Network, Kyber Network and Ocean Protocol. Kenneth also holds independent directorship with various companies listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and chairs their governance committees.

Career

Senior Partner - Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP) (2010 - present) Shook Lin & Bok LLP (1999 - 2010) Ramdas & Wong (1999 - 1999)

Languages

English, Mandarin

Memberships

Member, The Law Society of Singapore Member, Singapore Academy of Law

Education

LLB (Hons) National University of Singapore, 1998

Mentions

Singapore

Fintech and financial services regulatory: foreign firms