New Firm Spotlight

De Souza Lim & Goh LLP - Singapore

LAW is proud to have De Souza Lim & Goh LLP join as a new member from Singapore . Although the firm name is new to us, partner Jason Lim Chen Thor is not. The firm is a solid addition to the Asia Pacific region and to all of LAW.

De Souza Lim & Goh LLP was registered on 1 April, 2008. It is the successor to De Souza Tay & Goh, which was established more than 20 years ago. The firm has seven lawyers, namely four partners, one legal associate and two consultants. There are 14 support staff, several of whom have worked with the firm's lawyers for over 20 years.

The firm has extensive experience in advising and handling banking and commercial work, property transactions, tax, trusts and estate duty planning. They are experienced in negotiating and drafting intellectual property contracts and research and collaborative agreements. The firm has extensive arbitration experience with specialty in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, and it arbitrates under the International Chamber of Commerce Rules of Arbitration and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre's Rules. They have regularly acted as counsel in mediation cases at the Singapore Mediation Centre.

De Souza Lim & Goh LLP has acted in many residential development projects and land sales and purchases. It acts for developers in the sale of units in large development projects. The firm has significant experience in collective sales for properties and has also acted for hotel owners in negotiation and drafting of hotel operating agreements. Also, the firm, acting as counsel or co-counsel, has successfully litigated a number of cases before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal.