Jia Min Lim

Jia Min Lim is an Associate at A&O Shearman, based in Singapore. Her practice focuses on Banking and Finance Law.

Jia Min has experience advising lenders on a wide range of cross-border banking and finance transactions throughout the Asia Pacific region.

This includes private equity financings (including leveraged buy-outs and margin financings), restructuring, project finance and general structured lending.

Her representative matters include acting for the arrangers in relation to the debt financing for Advent International's acquisition of Suven Pharmaceuticals Limited; the mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in relation to the debt financing for Blackstone's US$570 million acquisition of International Gemological Institute in India; the arrangers in relation to the debt financing for Blackstone's acquisition of a majority stake in R Systems International Limited; the arrangers in relation to the debt financing of USD1.1 billion for Blackstone's acquisition of a controlling stake in Mphasis Limited, Blackstone's largest LBO financing in India; the private credit funds in relation to the refinancing of Advent's leveraged buyouts of Cohance Lifesciences and Suven Pharmaceuticals; a private credit fund as mezzanine lender on the acquisition financing by TBS Energi Utama Tbk of the Sembcorp waste management business in Singapore; and the lenders in connection with the consensual workout and restructuring of a USD330m syndicated facility.

She holds a Law LLB (Hons) from King's College London, completed the Bar Professional Training Course at City University of London (Outstanding; Lord Denning Scholar, Lincoln's Inn; Tun Azmi Book Prize Winner, Lincoln's Inn) and the Legal Practice Course at BPP University (Distinction). She was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2022. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Malay.