Sophie Lim

Partner

Sophie is Co-Head of the Firm’s ESG & Public Policy Practice.

Sophie’s range of competencies encompass advising on corporate regulatory compliance and corporate governance for private companies and SGX-ST listed companies. She provides counsel on listing Singapore companies on NYSE and NASDAQ, fundraising, employee equity incentive schemes, corporate reorganisations and employment matters.

She has extensive experience advising NASDAQ-listed and NYSE-listed Singapore companies on post-listing complex dual-jurisdiction regulatory compliance issues and acquisitions. 

Sophie’s portfolio of work also focuses on the corporate governance elements of ESG, helping clients incorporate best practices into their sustainability efforts.  She is active in advising companies on shareholders’ activism and in resolving boardroom conflict. 

She also advises on the design of innovative equity and phantom incentive plans for founders, senior management and employees, for pre-IPO and listed companies.

Sophie regularly assists foreign corporations in setting up a presence in Singapore, in undertaking corporate restructurings, and also advising company directors on their duties, responsibilities and potential liabilities. She also advises on joint ventures and investments into Singapore companies.

Sophie is listed in-guide as a recommended practitioner in both Lexology Index: Singapore and Lexology Index: Southeast Asia for her expertise in corporate governance, with clients commending her for being “very responsive and will pursue a matter until she gets the answer or solution that the client wants" and recognised as “very knowledgeable”, being able to provide “detailed and comprehensive advice".

With regard to transactional representation on capital markets and M&A deals, Sophie is noted for her work in IFLR1000.

Sophie joined the Firm in 1997 shortly after she was called to the Singapore Bar and has been a Partner since 2004.  

Work Highlights

• Advised Flipkart on its US$16 billion acquisition by Wal-Mart, which marked the largest e-commerce acquisition in history at the time reported.
• Advised NASDAQ-listed Flex on the separation from its NASDAQ-listed subsidiary Nextracker, by way of a spin-off and distribution in specie of its remaining interests in common stock of Nextracker, to Flex shareholders.
• Advised Israel Corporation on its spin-off of Kenon Holdings and the subsequent unprecedented dual-listing of Kenon Holdings on NYSE and TASE with an appraised value of US$1.06 billion.
• Advised Avago Technologies on its US$37 billion acquisition of Broadcom Corporation, and the subsequent listing of the new combined holding company on NASDAQ.
• Advised Verigy in its proposed merger with LTX-Credence and subsequently, in its response to Advantest Corporation's unsolicited takeover proposal and eventual US$1.1 billion acquisition by Advantest.