Liane Lim
Partner | Corporate
Contact
Email: lianelim@leenlee.com.sg
Phone: +65 6557 4825
Expertise
Her key area of practice is Mergers & Acquisitions (public and private)
In addition, she advises on (i) private equity issues, corporate restructuring, and joint ventures; (ii) standard debt transactions, including debt restructuring, loan agreements, guarantees and standard security documents; (iii) equity capital market transactions; (iv) general regulatory issues under the Securities and Futures Act and the rules of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited; and (v) other general corporate and commercial matters.
Education & Qualifications
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (FACULTY OF LAW) 2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Laws, Second Class Honours (Upper)
About Liane
Liane Lim is a partner in the Corporate Department of Lee & Lee. She graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) degree in 2011. She joined Lee & Lee as an associate in 2012 and was made a partner in 2017.
Liane has been named in the 2017 ranking by the Singapore Business Review of “Singapore’s most promising legal luminaries aged 40 and under”, where the 20 lawyers in the list were selected from hundreds of nominees from various specialisations based on thought leadership, influence, and showing promise of favourable development/future success in the legal field. For more information on the listing, please visit this link.
Case Highlights
Notable public takeover transactions which she was involved in include:
Representing Blackstone (a consortium member) as Singapore counsel in the proposed privatisation of Soilbuild Business Space REIT by way of a scheme of arrangement
Representing Lippo-linked Gentle Care Pte. Ltd. in the successful mandatory conditional cash offer for Healthway Medical Corporation Limited
Representing Blackstone (a bidder) as Singapore counsel in the bid for Global Logistic Properties Limited
Representing Biosensors International Ltd in the S$1.14 billion privatisation by an amalgamation with its controlling shareholder, the first takeover by amalgamation with a primary listing in Singapore
Representing Golden Star Group Limited in the mandatory offer for Novo Group Ltd., a company with dual primary listings in Singapore and Hong Kong
Representing Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Limited in a joint venture with Ong Beng Seng in the S$1.76 billion mandatory general offer for the shares of Hotel Properties Ltd
Representing certain Eu family members in the voluntary conditional cash offer for Eu Yan Sang International Ltd by Righteous Crane Holding Pte. Ltd. (a consortium between Tower Capital TCM Holdings L.P., Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited and Eu family members)
Representing Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Limited in its selective capital reduction exercise to completely privatize the company
Representing Memories (2022) Pte. Limited, a related company of First Myanmar Investment Public Company Limited (a listed blue chip conglomerate in Myanmar) in the takeover offer for Memories Group Limited
Representing Moya Holdings Asia Limited in its delisting from the Official List of the SGX-ST
Representing certain Eu family members in their participation with Japan’s Mitsui & Co and Rohto Pharmaceutical in their acquisition of Eu Yan Sang International Ltd
Representing Isetan (Singapore) Ltd in the proposed privatisation by its Japan parent company, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd., through a scheme of arrangement
Representing Dyna-Mac Holdings Ltd. in the takeover offer by Hanwha Ocean SG Holdings Pte. Ltd. through a voluntary conditional cash offer
Publications
Selective Capital Reduction as a Delisting Method (link)
Privatisation of Companies and Delisting Options (link)
Awards & Recognitions
Liane has been named in the 2017 ranking by the Singapore Business Review of “Singapore’s most promising legal luminaries aged 40 and under”, where the 20 lawyers in the list were selected from hundreds of nominees from various specialisations based on thought leadership, influence, and showing promise of favourable development/future success in the legal field. For more information on the listing, please visit this link.
Memberships & Directorships
Lee & Lee Sustainability Committee