Associate Profiles
Lim Jie Ying
Background
Jie Ying holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Reading, a Master of Laws (LL.M) from City, University of London, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales as a Barrister-at-Law at the Honourable Society of Middle Temple. She was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2025.
Jie Ying is fluent in English, Chinese, and Malay, and is able to assist in matters involving foreign clients and cross-border elements, particularly those involving Chinese-speaking clients.
Experience
Jie Ying has experience across a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions, including share sale and purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements, management and services agreements, and property transactions. She assists in preparing and reviewing transactional documents, conducting due diligence exercises, and supporting regulatory and compliance-related matters under Malaysian law.
Notable Work Highlights
- Assisted in the listing exercises for a food manufacturing company seeking listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities, including due diligence, legal research, and preparation of supporting documentation.
- Assisted in the listing exercises for an aluminium manufacturing and distribution company seeking listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities, including due diligence, legal research, and preparation of supporting documentation.
- Assisted as due diligence solicitors in post-listing corporate exercises, including the transfer of a listed company engaged in the design, marketing, and sale of decorative surface and building material products from the ACE Market to the Main Market of Bursa Securities.
- Assisted in drafting and issuing legal opinions on various corporate and commercial matters, including opinions relating to corporate structuring, shareholders' rights and obligations, company striking-off under the Companies Act 2016, regulatory and licensing compliance, and copyright issues.
- Assisted in the preparation and drafting of a Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) compliance manual.
- Assisted in several due diligence exercises in connection with share sale transactions.
- Assisted in the drafting and review of various commercial agreements, including agency agreements, distributorship agreements, services agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.
- Assisted in the share sale exercise by the vendor shareholders of a company principally involved in manufacturing and supplying busbars and bus duct trunking systems, in respect of the proposed disposal of the majority equity stake in the company.
- Assisted in the share sale transaction involving the disposal of 100% equity interest in three companies engaged in the operation of workers' dormitories to a subsidiary of a public company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, with an aggregate transaction value of approximately RM90 million.
- Assisted a purchaser company in relation to the legal due diligence and share sale agreement for the acquisition of 100% equity stake in a company owning an oil palm estate, with a transaction value of approximately RM51 million.
- Assisted in property and land transactions involving land-owning companies, including the preparation and review of sale and purchase agreements and related transaction documents.
- Assisted in the listing exercises for a food manufacturing company seeking listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities, including due diligence, legal research, and preparation of supporting documentation.
- Assisted in the listing exercises for an aluminium manufacturing and distribution company seeking listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities, including due diligence, legal research, and preparation of supporting documentation.
- Assisted as due diligence solicitors in post-listing corporate exercises, including the transfer of a listed company engaged in the design, marketing, and sale of decorative surface and building material products from the ACE Market to the Main Market of Bursa Securities.
- Assisted in drafting and issuing legal opinions on various corporate and commercial matters, including opinions relating to corporate structuring, shareholders' rights and obligations, company striking-off under the Companies Act 2016, regulatory and licensing compliance, and copyright issues.
- Assisted in the preparation and drafting of a Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) compliance manual.
- Assisted in several due diligence exercises in connection with share sale transactions.
- Assisted in the drafting and review of various commercial agreements, including agency agreements, distributorship agreements, services agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.
- Assisted in the share sale exercise by the vendor shareholders of a company principally involved in manufacturing and supplying busbars and bus duct trunking systems, in respect of the proposed disposal of the majority equity stake in the company.
- Assisted in the share sale transaction involving the disposal of 100% equity interest in three companies engaged in the operation of workers' dormitories to a subsidiary of a public company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, with an aggregate transaction value of approximately RM90 million.
- Assisted a purchaser company in relation to the legal due diligence and share sale agreement for the acquisition of 100% equity stake in a company owning an oil palm estate, with a transaction value of approximately RM51 million.
- Assisted in property and land transactions involving land-owning companies, including the preparation and review of sale and purchase agreements and related transaction documents.
Admission & Education
- Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2025)
- Barrister-at-Law, The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
- City, University of London (LL.M)
- University of Reading (LL.B Hons)