Tow Lu Lim

Practice Areas

TL Lim is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Mayer Brown's Insurance and Reinsurance and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practices. He heads up the Directors' & Officers' Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance Group within the practice. And he is a member of the firm’s Partnership Board.

TL has extensive experience in advising insurers on coverage issues with respect to professional indemnity and Directors & Officers' claims. TL advises on insurance regulatory matters for insurers, insurance intermediaries and financial institutions including licensing, compliance and handling regulatory investigations. He has acted as defence counsel (as well as coverage counsel for insurers) on a variety of professional negligence claims against investment and asset management advisers, insurance intermediaries, property investment companies, corporate trustees, auditors, architects, engineers, solicitors and other professionals. TL also has been appointed by insurers as a legal advisor in the event of a cybersecurity breach and has conducted training and workshops with large multinational companies to increase the awareness in the event of a cybersecurity attack.

TL is the exclusive Winner of the Insurance - Client Choice Awards by International Law Office/Lexology (2017). He is also named as a Leading Individual in Insurance Law by Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2011-2018, 2022, 2023). Client praised TL is “well resourced and has exposure on a wide range of products." (Chambers Asia Pacific 2020), and is "a subject matter expert on insurance law and regulations and is extremely knowledgeable and well connected in the industry," (Chambers Asia Pacific 2018). He is also described as "very proactive in case handling and is flexible enough to adjust strategy to achieve the most desirable results for cases under his supervision." (Chambers Asia Pacific 2017).

The Insurance and Reinsurance Practice in Hong Kong won the ALB Hong Kong Law Award’s Insurance Team of the Year for 2010, 2011, 2013 to 2015 and 2017-2020.