Max Lim

Partner

Max Lim

Partner

Email Max

+65 6438 4586

Singapore

Download VCard

Sectors

A partner in the firm’s Singapore office, Max brings a wealth of experience and strategic acumen to his specialist fields of shipping, commodities, energy, and international arbitration.

He acts for corporates, insurers, banks, shipowners, operators and commodity traders, as well as oil, LNG and energy sector participants, on their most significant and challenging problems. Max prides himself on the highest standards and for delivering with sophistication. He has significant experience with the courts and in arbitration.

I hold myself to the highest standards and always do my utmost, whatever the task may be. My goal is to deliver excellence and precision in every case, ensuring my clients benefit from my commitment as well as my expertise.

Max Lim, Partner

In shipping, Max’s practice covers disputes arising under charterparties and bills of lading across the full spectrum of issues. On ‘wet’ matters, he regularly represents parties on collisions, pollution, wreck, fires and other major casualties across the Asia Pacific region. Max is also actively engaged in ship building, ship sale and financing work, and sanctions and regulatory issues.

Commodities and energy are a core focus of Max’s practice.  He regularly acts in matters relating to the sale of a wide variety of goods including oil, LNG, coal, metals, fertilisers and grains, across the full trade lifecycle. Max is particularly experienced in issues arising at the interface between sale contracts and shipping. His work also extends to structured trade and commodity finance.

Max is ranked as a recommended lawyer for shipping by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500, and is also recognised by Lexology.

Recent work highlights

Mortgage enforcement

Acting successfully for a ship finance bank in a mortgage enforcement that was concluded from arrest to payment out in record time.

Setting aside of arrest

Acting successfully for shipowners on the defence side in a rare setting aside of arrest, which resulted in a reported decision and stands as the latest instance of a successful setting aside in recent memory.

Crisis situations

Assisting shipowners in procuring the release of their vessel from arrest in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, an example from a wide track record of successful extrications achieved in, among other places, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Russia.

Letter of credit

Acting successfully for a global commodity player in substantial claims under a letter of credit against the issuing bank, which is the leading case on letters of credit in Singapore.

Cross-jurisdictional pursuit of claims

Acting successfully for a trade finance bank in the cross-jurisdictional pursuit and recovery of multimillion dollar claims in the wake of the collapse of a substantial commodities player.

Termination dispute

Advising a shipyard on its termination dispute with buyers relating to the construction and delivery of a jack-up drilling rig valued at US$250 million.

Construction arbitration

Acting for a shipyard in an arbitration relating to the construction and outfitting of a state-of-the-art pipelay construction vessel.

Charterparty arbitration

Acting for shipowners in a complex arbitration under a bareboat charterparty for a top-end offshore support vessel, securing a substantial award of damages.

Commercial shipping

Advising regularly on commercial shipping matters, including regulatory and compliance matters, sanctions, due diligence, and structuring, and having active involvement in the electronic bills of lading space.

Construction arbitration

Acting for a shipyard in an arbitration relating to the construction and outfitting of a state-of-the-art pipelay construction vessel.

Charterparty arbitration

Acting for shipowners in a complex arbitration under a bareboat charterparty for a top-end offshore support vessel, securing a substantial award of damages.

Commercial shipping

Advising regularly on commercial shipping matters, including regulatory and compliance matters, sanctions, due diligence, and structuring, and having active involvement in the electronic bills of lading space.

What people are saying

Shrewd, commercial, well-connected and always available. Perhaps the perfect combination for an international shipping and commercial lawyer.

Chambers UK

Outstanding for his breadth and depth of knowledge and the speed and accuracy with which he applies it.

Legal 500

Gives importance to detail and tries to find a solution to a problem, rather than focusing on the problem.

Legal 500

Related news and insights
All insights