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Provided by Melissa Lim
Melissa has extensive experience in investment fund structures. That includes private equity funds, hedge funds, technology and venture capital funds and cryptocurrency funds. She is part of our Global Investment Funds Group and co-heads the global Fintech Group.
Melissa regularly acts for leading investment managers and private-equity houses. She advises on structuring and forming funds, their downstream transactions and exit mechanisms. An important part of her work involves advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, preference-share issues, corporate restructurings and other corporate transactions, and FinTech transactions including blockchain projects and digital assets. She also has significant expertise advising on finance transactions (in particular, capital commitment subscription financing), and security creation and perfection.
Melissa is a member of the Limited Liability Companies Sub-Committee of the Cayman Islands Financial Services Legislative Committee, a member of the Fintech Sub-Committee of the Cayman Islands Financial Services Legislative Committee, a director of Cayman Finance, a director of the Blockchain Association of the Cayman Islands, and a committee member of Women in Fund Finance.
She was formerly a non-executive director of the Utilities Regulation and Competition Office of the Cayman Islands (a multi-sector regulator regulating the information, communications, technology, energy, water and fuels sectors) and formerly a member of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Digital Assets Working Group.
Melissa is also a member of 100 Women in Finance and the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.
Provided by Chambers
Melissa Lim is a partner in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and a member of its global investment funds group. She has considerable experience in a range of investment fund structures, including venture capital and cryptocurrency funds.
Provided by Chambers
Melissa Lim is phenomenally bright and commercially astute. She is a fantastic problem-solver and a highly valued contributor to developments impacting the space.
A legend in the Web3 space, Melissa is known for her strategic clarity and intellectual agility, delivering commercially sound solutions that anticipate market shifts and regulatory developments.
Melissa's combination of terrific understanding of the web3 industry and tremendous legal background allows her to provide some of the top advice.
Melissa's level of sophistication is evident in the way she navigates complex legal frameworks with ease, distilling them into actionable guidance that supports decision-making at a high level.
Melissa is phenomenal at what she does. She is sophisticated, commercial and practical.
Melissa Lim is phenomenally bright and commercially astute. She is a fantastic problem-solver and a highly valued contributor to developments impacting the space.
A legend in the Web3 space, Melissa is known for her strategic clarity and intellectual agility, delivering commercially sound solutions that anticipate market shifts and regulatory developments.
Melissa's combination of terrific understanding of the web3 industry and tremendous legal background allows her to provide some of the top advice.
Melissa's level of sophistication is evident in the way she navigates complex legal frameworks with ease, distilling them into actionable guidance that supports decision-making at a high level.
Melissa is phenomenal at what she does. She is sophisticated, commercial and practical.