Mr I-An Lim > Dentons Rodyk > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Dentons Rodyk
80 RAFFLES PLACE
#33-00 UOB PLAZA 1
SINGAPORE 048624
Singapore

Work Department

Corporate Practice Group, Corporate Commercial, Funds, Private Equity and Venture Capital.

Position

Lim I-An is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Corporate practice group. He is also Co-Head of the Private Equity, Employment and Investment Funds practices.

I-An acts for clients in diverse areas including mergers and acquisitions, fund management, private equity and venture capital, e-commerce and employment matters. His fund management experience encompasses advising on unit trust funds, offshore and onshore fund structures, and investment advisory matters. He has assisted with the establishment of numerous unit trust funds in Singapore as well as assisting foreign fund managers with the offering of their offshore funds in Singapore. In relation to his portfolio of unit trust matters he regularly advises fund managers, both local and offshore, and trustees on regulatory, compliance and operational issues.

I-An also advises education institutions in relation to their ongoing human resource, employment, contractual and commercial matters. He is retained by the Republic Polytechnic to advise them on their corporate, commercial and human resource matters. In addition, I-An has advised UK-based universities in relation to their Singapore matters.

I-An has been involved in the establishment of numerous offshore funds domiciled in Mauritius, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. He has advised in relation to investment advisory matters involving licensing and regulatory issues, investment management, custodial and administration matters.

I-An advises on issues pertaining to the establishment of venture capital and private equity funds. His experience extends to the investment transactions undertaken by such venture capital and private equity funds, as well as their downstream divestments.

I-An is actively involved with mergers and acquisitions. He has advised both acquirers and vendors in relation to their transactions.

I-An has also acted for several Trustees in relation to REIT acquisition transactions.

I-An also frequently advises and represents multinational corporations and foreign clients which are seeking to expand their business footprint and operations in Singapore.

He advises on Singapore entity establishment matters, legal and ‎regulatory requirements, immigration issues and work permit applications.

In addition, I-An advises on employment and human resource matters‎. He has worked with both employers as well as high level management executives in relation to their employment matters. He regularly advises on employment contractual matters, and conducts reviews of HR policies.

Career

Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP) (1999 – present)
Messrs David Lim & Partners (1997 – 1999)

Languages

English, Mandarin

Education

LLB (Hons) University of Sheffield, 1995

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Investment funds: local firms

Counting local and foreign managers, international trustee corporations, private equity investors, venture capital funds, SMEs and startups among its key roster of clients, Dentons Rodyk handles the full range of investment funds mandates, from the establishment of local and offshore funds to fund management industry arrangements and documentation, in addition to equity, debt and equity linked securities, downstream investments and divestments. I-An Lim, who advises on unit trust funds, offshore and onshore fund structures, jointly leads the team alongside Emily Low, who handles the gamut of private investment funds, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate and infrastructure funds, hybrid funds and hedge funds. S Sivanesan is another key contact in the group.

Singapore > Labour and employment: local firms

Dentons Rodyk leverages its extensive expertise from across the firm to deliver a broad spectrum of contentious and non-contentious experience in the labour and employment field. It represents an impressive number of local and regional businesses, along with the local operations of multinationals. It remains prominent in headline employment disputes and large-scale advisory matters, including contracts, employee handbooks and other HR matters. The firm has a large number of senior practitioners that are committed to the employment sector. Deputy managing partner and co-head of the employment group Edric Pan has mix of contentious and non-contentious work, defending clients against large claims and advising on key matters such as enforcing non-compete clauses. I-An Lim and Ray Chiang are partners in the corporate department and also co-head the employment team, with particular expertise in employment contracts, handbooks and trade union negotiations. Mark Seah is also rated for employment disputes.