Francis Lim

Francis Lim is a Partner in the Corporate Department at Lee & Lee in Singapore. His practice focuses on Corporate Governance, specifically corporate secretarial services, and also covers employment, commercial contracts and derivatives contracts.

Francis joined Lee & Lee in 2001 as an associate and became a partner in 2007. He assists local and foreign clients with the establishment of business entities in Singapore, and advises on employment matters, the sale and purchase of shares and assets, joint ventures and shareholders' agreements.

He also practises in the area of personal data privacy compliance in the employment context and has conducted various talks and seminars, assisting various clients on compliance issues under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012.

Other areas of his corporate and commercial practice include goods and/or equipment distributorships, agencies, sale and purchase agreements, service agreements and derivatives transactions.

His case highlights include advising and acting for numerous company groups in relation to the restructure or amalgamation of their Singapore-incorporated subsidiaries, including preparing the documentation and carrying out the filings to effect such amalgamation; conducting various private and public talks and seminars on the Personal Data Protection Act, including a talk for the Singapore Human Resource Institute and an Asian Legal Business Masterclass; reviewing, drafting and commenting on employment agreements, handbooks, policies and other related employment documentation for numerous employers; advising on various anti-competition and non-solicitation clauses and disputes; advising numerous employers in relation to employment termination and retrenchment exercises; advising and assisting numerous clients with transfer of employees and employment passes upon a business sale or business restructure; and advising and acting for numerous corporations and financial institutions in negotiating, drafting and preparing documents in formats prescribed by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

He holds an LLB (Second Upper Class Honours) from King's College, University of London (1997), a Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law with Merit from the National University of Singapore (1998) and was in the top 10 percentile of the Singapore Practice Law Course, Board of Legal Education (1999).