Chong Kin Lim
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT): Domestic + 1 more ranking
Band 1
Band 2
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Provided by Chong Kin Lim
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Chong Kin heads Drew & Napier’s Competition, Consumer & Regulatory, Data Protection & Cybersecurity and Telecommunications, Media and Technology practices.
Widely acknowledged by peers, clients and rivals as a leading lawyer in Anti-Trust and TMT, Chong Kin worked on liberalising Singapore’s telecommunications, media and postal markets including drafting, implementing and enforcing the competition law frameworks. He is held up for his exceptional ability to traverse the regulated markets given his unparalleled insights.
His plaudits include: "[Chong Kin] thoroughly understands the requirements of an international company seeking to do business in Singapore and provides excellent practical, pithy and timely advice"; “Antitrust specialist Lim Chong Kin is well known for his telecommunications, media and technology practice, and rivals say he combines the two practices flawlessly”; "Chong Kin Lim is a 'true leader at the Singaporean competition bar', say sources, who note his 'fine sense for how to navigate the enforcement regime'"; “[Chong Kin] is a very technically proficient and commercially savvy lawyer. He is also very entrenched in the competition space, giving him unique insights into policy direction and interpretation”; and “He attracts praise for both his ‘knowledge and responsiveness’ as well as for offering ‘clarity in his advice’ to clients.”