Christina Ong

Chairman and Senior Partner

Christina is Chairman and Senior Partner of Allen & Gledhill. She joined the Firm as a Partner in 1987 and has for many years headed, and continues to co-head, the Financial Services Department. Prior to that she was a partner with another leading law firm in Singapore. Christina's areas of practice include banking, securities offerings, securities regulations, investment funds, capital markets, and corporate finance. 

She has been involved in a broad range of international transactions in Asia, including debt and equity issues. She provides corporate and corporate regulatory and compliance advice, particularly to listed clients.

Christina is a member of the Corporate Governance Advisory Committee (a standing committee established by The Monetary Authority of Singapore) and the SGX Catalist Advisory Panel. She also sits on the Board of Directors of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Philanthropy Asia Alliance Ltd and Trailblazer Foundation Ltd, and is an Authority Member of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, and Board Member of Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd.

Christina regularly reviews and provides feedback on legal and securities developments, particularly amendments to Singapore company and securities law and the listing rules.

A graduate from the University of Singapore, she was awarded the Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par memorial prize for being joint first in her Postgraduate Law Course. She is a member of the Law Society of Singapore and the International Bar Association. Christina was called to the Singapore Bar in 1975.

She has been widely recognised as a leading banking and finance lawyer in Singapore by various notable legal directories including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000 and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. She is also noted as a leading corporate governance lawyer by Who’s Who Legal.