Charles Lim

Charles Lim is a Partner at Shook Lin & Bok LLP, specialising in dispute resolution, commercial litigation, and international arbitration. He is well-versed in dispute resolution procedure and regularly appears as an advocate before all levels of the Singapore courts, in arbitration proceedings, and in mediation proceedings.

Charles has acted for a major local bank in a successful SIAC arbitration claim against a credit insurance company for approximately US$34 million due under a trade credit insurance policy; for CIMB Bank Berhad in enforcement proceedings arising from facilities granted to the collapsed commodities trader Hin Leong Trading; and for HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited in its successful claim against Kleio‑One Solution Pte Ltd for breach of a tenancy agreement. He has also acted for Dash Living Pte Ltd in successfully enforcing a right of renewal clause (Hoon Kee Meng and another v Dash Living Pte Ltd and another matter [2024] SGHC 27), for a main contractor in restraining a call on a performance bond (Shanghai Chong Kee Furniture & Construction Pte Ltd v Church of St Teresa [2024] SGHC 5), and for a creditor in converting voluntary winding up proceedings to court‑ordered winding up proceedings. His practice encompasses banking and finance disputes, employment disputes, real estate and tenancy disputes, contentious insolvency proceedings, and construction disputes.

Charles holds an LL.B (Hons) from the National University of Singapore (2013) and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2014. He volunteers as a tutor for NUS' trial advocacy module and is a contributor to Singapore Civil Procedure.