29 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – JULY 2024 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM pation and overseas property. In another case, she secured increased access for a father in a highly contested variation matter, overcoming claims of parental alienation. Her expertise in cross-border matters is evident in her work on cases involving assets spread across multiple countries, including Singapore and China. Lim has demonstrated skill in collaborating with foreign lawyers on complex issues such as forum selection and enforceability of orders in different jurisdictions. Lim Mingguan 39, director, dispute resolution, Drew & Napier Lim Mingguan is a litigator and director in Drew & Napier’s dispute resolution practice. He undertakes a broad spectrum of high-stakes and complex disputes, and has active commercial litigation and international arbitration practices. Lim regularly represents and advises clients in the financial services industry, as well as tech companies, venture capital funds and start-ups, and also has experience in a variety of cryptocurrency related disputes. Lim also has an active practice in trade finance, commodities and insurance-related disputes. He routinely appears before all levels of the Supreme Court, and has particular expertise in the Singapore International Commercial Court. Lim’s notable work includes successfully defending an Indian tech company from being wound up, where the Court made determinations on novel points of law on the standing of shareholders to resist creditors’ winding up applications, and noted Lim’s able arguments and helpful submissions. Clients describe him as “someone you want on your side”, “extremely professional and business-minded” and praise his ability to “provide actionable and easy to understand advice” and to “establish well thought legal strategy”. His colleagues praise his “sterling track record of handling complex cases at the highest levels” and say that he “stands heads and shoulders above his peers in terms of his breadth and depth of experience”. “Described as ‘detail oriented, well rounded, and systematic,’ Lim consistently impresses with their exceptional talent.” John Lo 34, Joint Managing Director, RCL Chambers Law Corporation (RCLC) John Lo, a co-founder of RCLC, has overseen the young team’s expansion to ten lawyers and litigation support in the past year, demonstrating RCLC’s bench strength and active presence in Singapore’s dispute resolution landscape. RCLC’s expanding footprint includes a reliable network of law-firm relationships in Jakarta, and a growing number of globally situated institutional clients. Prior to setting up RCLC, Lo worked in some of the best firms in Singapore and internationally. At those firms, he worked on some of the biggest cases in Singapore and the region, including a $3.5 billion claim arising out of the collapse of the Hin Leong Trading group of companies, an $8 billion ICC arbitration involving the construction of a natural gas pipeline in the Middle East, and a dispute concerning the sale of valuable art valued in excess of $1 billion. Lo has acted for clients in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters and international arbitrations. He has acted for listed and governmentlinked companies and high net worth individuals, in a broad spectrum of cases including construction, infrastructure, shareholder, post-M&A, joint-venture, directors’ liability, fraud, trust and estate disputes. A key client describes Lo as a “confident” and “very efficient” adviser who provides “excellent strategies to resolve difficult situations”. Other clients have commended his “sharp intellect”, “utmost professionalism” and “well thought-out, forward-thinking solutions and practical legal advice”, and his SINGAPORE RISING STARS 2024 LAW FIRM Rajvinder Singh Chahal 32, Davinder Singh Chambers Roshan Chopra Singh 35, Selvam Gladys Tan 38, David Llewelyn & Co Yong Hong Ting 39, Rajah & Tann Singapore Teck Wee Tiong 39, WongPartnership Hui Yain Yeo 37, Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Titus Yeo 32, Aquinas Law Alliance IN-HOUSE Gregory Leong 35, WeWork Hannah Lovett 39, Oliver Wyman Group Kenneth Shen 34, AIA Singapore Private Limited Joey Tan 34, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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