Wei-Yang Lim

Wei-Yang Lim is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis, where he specializes in acting for corporations, management teams and investors on restructurings and new financing transactions across the Asia Pacific region, with a particular focus on advising institutions that invest in distressed, stressed or special situation credits. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced debt finance and restructuring law in the London and Hong Kong offices of another international law firm. Mr. Lim has experience in utilizing and navigating international restructuring tools for distressed situations involving Chinese, Indian and Southeast Asian businesses, including implementing successful restructurings involving PRC bankruptcy proceedings, Indonesian PKPUs, Indian Corporate Insolvency Resolution Processes, Singapore judicial management, schemes of arrangement in multiple jurisdictions, U.S. Chapter 11 proceedings and UK pre-pack administrations. He was named as a “Rising Star Partner” for restructuring and insolvency by IFLR1000, recognised as a “Rising Star” by China Business Law Journal in 2022 and ranked as an “Up and Coming” notable practitioner for restructuring and insolvency (China) by Chambers and Partners in 2022 and 2023. Mr. Lim received his M.A. in Law with honors in 2010 and his Legal Practice Course in 2011 from the University of Cambridge.