Partners

Christina S. C. Kow

Partner
Financial Services
Islamic Finance
Personal Data Protection & Privacy Law
Technology, Media & Telco

Key Practices

Qualifications

  • LL.B, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Christina provides strategic legal advice on foreign exchange policy, the regulation of financial institutions, the regulation of securities (including collective investment schemes, securities borrowing and lending, licensing of regulated activities) and the regulation of derivatives.

She has extensive documentation experience in banking and financing transactions that include financing from conventional banks for project financing and working capital purposes, treasury products, debt capital market offerings, Islamic financing (both domestic and cross border), structured finance products and investment products.

In the developing fintech and regtech space, Christina gives advice on structures involving financial services or capital markets including cryptocurrencies, electronic payments and electronic platforms.

Christina is one of the partners who issue the Malaysian jurisdictional opinions to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc., the International Capital Market Association, the International Securities Lending Association, and the Futures Industry Association respectively.

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
Banking & Finance 2025 - Highlighted in the Hall of Fame (2021 – 2025); Leading Individual (2014 - 2020); Recommended Lawyer (2021 and 2022)
TMT 2023 - Recommended Lawyer (2020 - 2023)
Islamic Finance 2022 - Recommended Lawyer (2019 - 2022)
Capital Markets 2019 - Recommended Lawyer (2010 – 2015 and 2019)

asialaw Profiles
Banking and Finance 2016 - Recommended Individual (2011, 2013 - 2016)

asialaw Leading Lawyers
Energy & Natural Resources and Financial Services Regulatory 2019 - Market Leading Lawyer (2017 - 2019)
Banking & Finance, Energy & Natural Resources and Financial Services Regulatory 2016 - Leading Lawyer (2015 and 2016)
Banking and Capital Markets 2014 - Leading Lawyer (2013 and 2014)

Chambers Global
Banking & Finance 2014 – Band 3 (2013 and 2014)

Chambers Asia-Pacific
Banking & Finance 2014 – Band 3 (2013 and 2014)

  • Member, Malaysian Bar
  • Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Firm Representative, International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. (ISDA)
  • Co-authored the International Comparative Legal Guide, Fintech (Global Legal Group), 2018-2022