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Home Professionals Johnny Lim

Johnny Lim is a partner based in the Singapore office and serves as the Asia co-chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Group. He focusses in cross-border transactions across Singapore, Southeast Asia, and Greater China.

His experience encompasses a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital, and capital markets. Johnny’s practice spans the full spectrum from advising issuers on initial public offerings to managing post-listing corporate actions, special situation restructurings, and privatizations.

Credentials

  • National University of Singapore, LL.B.

  • Singapore

  • Member of the Law Society of Singapore

  • English
  • Mandarin

Awards & Recognition

  • Listed as Leading Partner in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific for Singapore Projects: Foreign Firms, 2024-2025
  • Listed as Leading Partner in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific for Indonesia: Foreign Firms, 2024-2025
  • Ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific for Indonesia Corporate/M&A (International Firms): Expert Abroad, 2024-2025
  • Ranked in Chambers Global for Indonesia Corporate/M&A (International Firms) (Foreign Expertise based abroad in Singapore) and in the 'Spotlight Table' for Singapore Corporate/M&A (Foreign Expert for Indonesia), 2024-2025
  • Listed as Notable Practitioner in IFLR1000 Global for Singapore M&A, M&A-Foreign, 2023-2024
    • “Johnny Lim is very commercial, has strong backgroun d knowledge and is very responsive.” 
  • Chambers Asia-Pacific: Corporate/M&A (International Firms) 2025
    • “He (Johnny Lim) is very dedicated to his work” and is “very resourceful and response.”
  • Chambers Asia-Pacific: Corporate & Finance (International Firms) Foreign Expertise Based Abroad 2024
    • “They really understand what the client wants and they work relentlessly in negotiations to ensure client interest, whilst being practical”
    • “Reed Smith LLP’s projects and infrastructure team, which is led by Johnny Lim, works across the energy, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors; and stands out for its expertise in oil and gas, conventional power, and renewables projects. The firm increasingly focuses its work on the green transition, like many other firms in the region. Notably, Lim focuses his commercial and corporate practice on cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and capital markets matters, often relating to energy and natural resources projects.”
  • Legal 500 Asia-Pacific: Projects; Foreign Firms 2025
    • “Leading the Indonesia business practice, Johnny Lim specialises in corporate and commercial transactions”

Notable Quotes

  • 21 July 2025 "Tariff uncertainty pummels South-east Asia’s private equity dealmaking in H1" The Business Times
  • 17 February 2025 "Tax incentives proposed by MAS review group not a ‘silver bullet’, say experts" The Business Times
  • 14 February 2025 "MAS review group incentives could pull in regional biotech, fintech players; observers" The Business Times