With over 30 years of experience, Ashok is an internationally recognised specialist in restructuring and insolvency for corporates, having acted in many high-profile cases across jurisdictions, as Singapore counsel and international counsel. He 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 as well as domestic deals, Ashok regularly acts for debtors, creditors, financial institutions, funds and insolvency professionals, providing practical solutions when companies are in a distress or near-distress situation.

Ashok has been recognised as a leading lawyer in various reputable directories, including Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR 1000, Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500, Asialaw, Lexology Index, 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). Ashok also sits as a III representative in the UNCITRAL Working Group V.

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