Mr Alvin Lim > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Mr Alvin Lim

+65 6416 6460 alvin.lim@wongpartnership.com View profile

Work Department

Specialist & Private Client Disputes Practice; Private Wealth Practice.

Position

Partner- Specialist & Private Client Disputes Practice and Private Wealth Practice.

Career

Experienced in company law, employment law, property law, intellectual property, insurance, trusts and probate, and contractual and tortious claims. Active practice in civil and commercial litigation. He has acted in a wide range of disputes relating to cross-border investments, shareholding and directorships, partnerships, tenancies, and financial instruments such as bonds and options. He was lead counsel in a forex trading dispute, where he successfully defended his client at first instance and on appeal. Advises on regulatory matters, including data protection law.

Work Highlights

Significant matters that Alvin has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

• MSD, a global pharmaceutical giant, in claims for infringement of intellectual property rights and breach of contract in Singapore proceedings, as part of multi-jurisdictional litigation in the US, UK, Germany, Australia, etc.
• The marketing agent for Canadian crude oil investments, in a complex cross-border dispute involving legal and equitable claims of SGD 90 million brought by more than 1,000 investors from Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore.
• A prominent businessman and director of public listed companies in Singapore and Malaysia, in a USD 40 million dispute against a private equity mezzanine fund involving convertible bond agreements and personal guarantees.
• The private wealth management arm of an international bank, as trustee of a trust fund worth more than EUR 18 million. The court application involved changes in a foreign tax regime, forensic handwriting analysis and novel legal issues.
• The Private Trustees In Bankruptcy of the bankruptcy estate of Koh Sin Chong Freddie, in the first case before the Singapore Courts for the forced sale of a landed property co-owned by the bankrupt.
• The Singapore Medical Council, in disciplinary proceedings against a prominent oncologist relating to cutting-edge cancer treatment and the viability of the surgical resection of a tumour.

Awards and Accolades

Alvin has been recognised as a recommended lawyer in the private wealth practice in The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession 2019 rankings. He has been commended for his “communication and organisational skills”.

Languages

English

Education

Admitted, Singapore Bar; National University of Singapore (LL.B. Hons)