Wong & Partners, the Malaysian member firm of Baker & McKenzie, is pleased to announce that banking and finance lawyer Mark Lim has joined the firm as a new partner to head the Finance & Projects practice in Kuala Lumpur. Mark joins the firm from Albar & Partners where he was an equity partner in their Banking & Finance practice in Kuala Lumpur.
“We are very pleased to welcome Mark to the Firm,” said Clive Cook, Managing Principal of Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow in Singapore, commenting from a regional perspective. “His appointment demonstrates our continuing commitment to the region and to strengthening our world-class Finance & Projects practice in South East Asia.”
In the course of his 13 years of legal experience, Mark has accumulated a wealth of experience in debt capital market instruments, structured finance, project finance and Islamic finance.
“We are indeed pleased to have Mark on board to spearhead our Finance & Projects practice.” said Adeline Wong, Managing Partner of Wong & Partners. “He brings with him a wealth of experience, which will benefit the firm as well as the clients we serve.”
Mark is a well recognized lawyer in his field, having been hailed as a leading lawyer by IFLR 1000 – a guide to the world’s leading financial law firms, as well as by Asian-Counsel magazine as having worked on some of the top deals in Asia.
Mark said he was attracted to Wong & Partners as the firm was “…renowned for being a global player in the local market, and the challenges of bringing the Finance & Projects practice in Kuala Lumpur to greater heights is something that he is looking forward to.”
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