Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar is a Partner based in Singapore with over 30 years of experience. His primary practice area is Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, and he is internationally recognised as a specialist in restructuring and insolvency for corporates.

He has acted in many high-profile cases across jurisdictions, as Singapore counsel and international counsel, and is very involved in the development of law and practice in this area internationally and domestically. Handling both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of this practice on cross-border and domestic deals, he regularly acts for debtors, creditors, financial institutions, funds and insolvency professionals, providing practical solutions when companies are in a distress or near-distress situation.

He has been recognised as a leading lawyer in various reputable directories, including Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR 1000, Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500, Asialaw, Who's Who Legal and Best Lawyers International.

He is also an adjunct lecturer at the Singapore Management University, a board member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS), a board member of the Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative (SGRI), and holds several appointments in INSOL International and the International Insolvency Institute (III). He sits as a III representative in the UNCITRAL Working Group V.

He has contributed significant time and resources towards the development of corporate restructuring and insolvency law and practice in Singapore and Asia Pacific, sitting on various committees in law reform and practice development. He is also one of the founders of the former boutique special situations firm BlackOak LLC.