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Ms Vanessa Lim

+65 6885 3637 vanessa.lim@dentons.com View profile

Work Department

Insurance Litigation and Arbitration, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Professional Liability Litigation

Position

Vanessa Lim is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. She is also Co-Head of the Professional Liability/Healthcare practice.

Vanessa’s primary practice is civil litigation. She has worked on a range of matters, including banking and insolvency disputes, cases involving corporate fraud, tortious and personal injury claims.

Vanessa has a particular interest in professional negligence, and focuses on medical malpractice. She has advised and acted for hospitals and doctors in medical negligence suits in both the High Court and State Courts. She also represents medical practitioners in professional disciplinary proceedings commenced by the Singapore Medical Council and advises them on regulatory investigations. To date, she has worked with doctors from various practice areas including obstetrics & gynaecology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, cardiology, general surgery, psychiatry, aesthetics practice and family medicine.

Apart from contentious medical malpractice work, Vanessa has advised healthcare institutions on matters including internal processes and protocols.

Vanessa is a non-practising solicitor of England and Wales. She was awarded a LLM in Medical Law (Distinction) from King’s College London and is also the prize-winner for best student in the LLM in Medical Law course in 2011.

Career

Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP) (2005 – present)
Wong Partnership, (2002 – 2005)

Languages

English

Memberships

Member, The Law Society of Singapore
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Education

King’s College London, 2011, LL.M., Medical Law (Distinction)
National University of Singapore, 2001, LLB (Hons)