Julia N. Lim

Julia N. Lim is an associate in the Private Equity group at Goodwin. She has significant experience advising on high-value domestic and cross-border M&A, with a focus on private M&A, private equity, joint venture, and venture capital transactions across the United Kingdom, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Julia regularly advises private equity sponsors, corporates, and sovereign funds on complex acquisitions, divestitures, strategic portfolio investments, joint ventures, and high-growth series financings.

Julia is particularly valued for her cross-border expertise, having navigated multi‑jurisdictional regulatory frameworks across her time in London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Her practice spans multiple sectors, including healthcare, technology, retail, and hospitality.

Julia previously practiced at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in London.

Julia’s representative experience includes advising:

• Templewater on the acquisition of The Women’s Clinic Group, a leading Hong Kong-based provider of specialist women’s health and fertility services.  
• A Tower Capital Asia and Temasek-linked 65 Equity Partners consortium on the privatisation of Boardroom Limited via a pre‑conditional voluntary general offer.*
• A global private equity fund on the sale of a co‑controlling stake in a global business advisory group operating across eight jurisdictions.*
• A private equity consortium‑owned portfolio company on its acquisition of a global enterprise resource software provider.*
• A private equity fund on joint ventures in South Korea and China for the expansion of its food and beverage brand, a prestigious multi-Michelin starred name with global operations across 11 jurisdictions.*
• A private equity fund on its acquisition of Tim Ho Wan Pte. Ltd., the master franchise rights holder for Tim Ho Wan across APAC (excluding Hong Kong).*
• Grab, Southeast Asia’s pioneering decacorn, on its acquisition of the Southeast Asia operations and assets of Uber.*
• TPV Technology and CEIEC (H.K.) on the HK$4.64 billion privatisation of TPV Technology via a scheme of arrangement and subsequent delisting of TPV Technology from the Singapore Exchange.*
• Jacobs Douwe Egberts on the S$1.45 billion privatisation of Super Group.*
• EG Group on the US$2.8 billion sale of the majority of its United Kingdom and Ireland business to Asda Group.*

* Denotes experience before joining Goodwin.