Teck Chai Yap
Blackletter LLCBlackletter LLC is a boutique firm with a primary focus on banking and finance, covering financings, regulatory and compliance matters. Launched in mid-2022, it has amassed an impressive number of bank and financial institution clients along with a range of multinationals and local companies. It has worked intensively in the financial products space, including structured products and structured note programmes. It also continues to be active in new money loans, including sustainability-linked financings. Gerard Ng (‘extremely experienced and straight talking’) and Kim Kit Ow are seasoned figures in the banking and finance sector, along with managing counsel Teck Chai Yap who ’goes the extra mile to provide business friendly and practical solutions’.
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‘Quality work, timely delivery and professional.’
‘Teck Chai Yap and Ow Kim Kit are responsive and responsible.’
‘Gerard Ng demonstrated excellent business acumen and product knowledge, and was able to help the business develop their product and fine tune their processes.’
‘Friendly team, competent and knowledgeable on local regulations. Quick turnaround time.’
‘Teck Chai Yap goes the extra mile to provide business friendly and practical solutions while keeping within the boundaries of the regulatory regime.’
‘This is a boutique financial services law firm unlike any other. The team is well resourced with an extremely quick response time.'
- ‘Gerard Ng is extremely experienced and straight talking, just the sort of person you need when handling difficult negotiations or counterparties. He is also very straightforward when it comes to his own clients and will not hesitate to tell you what you may not necessarily want to, but have to hear. Overall, he is a no-nonsense guy but gets the work done with gleaming results.
- 'Teck Chai Yap is a great number two and a rising star in this field.’
Key clients
- CGS International Securities
- Maybank Investment Bank Berhad
- Maybank Securities
- Vopak Terminals Singapore
Work highlights
- Advised Maybank Securities to review the terms for financing of securities, especially equity swaps, provided to institutional borrowers (such as hedge funds) through revolving credit facilities.
- Advised CGS International Securities on reviewing its documentation with customers and other brokers.
- Advised Vopak Terminals Singapore on unsecured sustainability linked-loan facilities of up to S$300m to refinance its existing loan facilities.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gerard Ng, Ow Kim Kit