John Lim
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Peggy Neo
LEGAL COUNSEL
Ng Kai Ling
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
John Lim is managing director and a founding member of LIMN Law Corporation. Prior to establishing the law practice he worked at top tier law firms and was an equity partner of an established law practice specializing in construction disputes.
John Lim is one of the founding partners of LIMN Law Corporation. Practising for more than 15 years, he is cited as a Notable Practitioner for construction work in Asialaw Leading Lawyers (2021 – 2023) and by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation star in Construction (2023 – 2024). Under his stewardship, his team was ranked Outstanding Firm for client service excellence in construction (2021), and is recognised in this practice area by Asialaw (2020 – 2023) and Benchmark Litigation (2020 – 2024). Asialaw cited him as “dedicated and committed to ensuring that the client’s needs are met”, and that the practice as “extremely dedicated” to ensuring that cases are “handed well”.
John is an Adjudicator with Singapore Mediation Centre adjudicating payment claim disputes in statutory adjudications pursuant to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act. He is extremely familiar with the adjudication regime and has conducted numerous cases variously as counsel and adjudicator.
John is also adept in other areas of litigation including representing management corporations, appellants in obtaining market value compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, a key legislation that enables compulsory acquisition of private land for public purposes, employment disputes and in all aspects of Family and Divorce.
Peggy Neo is Counsel at LIMN Law Corporation and a founding member of the law practice. She graduated with Honours from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom and was admitted as Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court, Singapore, in 2010.
Peggy’s legal career spans private practice in the litigation field, where she first worked as a litigator with particular emphasis on all aspects of family and matrimonial law and was involved in the Singapore Court of Appeal case of AYQ v AYR and another matter [2013] 1 SLR 476, where the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal arising from division of matrimonial assets.
Peggy also has vast experience as in-house legal counsel at YTL Starhill Global REIT Management, where she was responsible for legal, compliance and company secretarial matters of the listed Starhill Global REIT, and subsequently at Ascendas-Singbridge Pte Ltd, where she was responsible for legal and regulatory compliance framework for the listed Ascendas Hospitality Trust and Ascendas-Singbridge group of companies.
Peggy handles a wide range of litigation matters, including matrimonial disputes, construction claims, and corporate matters. Peggy’s other areas of practice include employment matters such as drafting terms and conditions of employment, advising on termination of employment agreements, and matters arising from the Workplace Safety & Health Act (Cap. 354A) such as representing construction companies prosecuted for safety lapses.
Kai Ling is an Associate Director at LIMN Law Corporation. She graduated with Honours from National University of Singapore in 2017 and was admitted as Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court, Singapore, in August 2019. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Prior to her call, Kai Ling had experience in corporate advisory and trademark prosecution matters as a legal executive in a consultancy firm, where she assisted in responding to trademark objections for domestic and international trademark filings, and advising on trademark protection strategies.
Since joining the practice, Kai Ling has practiced in a wide range of areas, including in matrimonial, regulatory, civil, criminal and corporate matters. She has also represented clients at both the High Court and State Courts of Singapore, variously as lead or supporting counsel in District Court Appeals and civil trials, including in the following reported decisions:
National University Health Services Group Pte Ltd (trading as Ng Teng Fong General Hospital) v Kyaw Min Tun and another (Sin Hiap Miu Pte Ltd, third party) [2021] SGMC 40
Lee Bee Eng (formerly trading as AFCO East Development) v Cheng William [2021] 3 SLR 968
Ahammed Mohammad Raju v Cheng Jiu Construction Pte. Ltd. and another [2023] SGMC 24
The Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No. 3175 v K5 Metal Pte Ltd [2023] SGDC 156
H P Construction & Engineering Pte Ltd v Mega Team Engineering Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 298
H P Construction & Engineering Pte Ltd v Mega Team Engineering Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC(A) 5
Kai Ling has also acted for clients in adjudication applications brought under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act, and has assisted clients in enforcing adjudication determinations.
Kai Ling has also contributed to a number of articles under Lianhe Zaoabo’s 说法识法 (understand and know the law) column, including the following:
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20231210-1454737 (on employment rights of persons with AIDS/HIV)
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20231015-1442100?gift=c569ab8c-898c-4e84-b783-d24e154aaa96 (on cutting of trees)
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20240331-3186074?gift=b95c92fd-5664-4559-8bc7-e504c5fde0ce (on feeding of wildlife)