Lim Zyi Ying
Associate
Zhi Ying is a commercial litigator. Her practice encompasses fraud and asset recovery, as well as disputes arising from commercial and contractual matters.
Her fraud and asset recovery work includes acting for a sovereign wealth fund in a global recovery of billions of misappropriated funds, involving the coordination of cross-border recovery strategies and asset tracing across multiple jurisdictions.
Zhi Ying graduated from the Queen’s University Belfast in 2023 and is a Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple). Prior to joining Lim Chee Wee Partnership, she did her pupillage at a leading Malaysian law firm.
Key Practice Areas
Fraud and Asset Recovery
- Acting for a state-owned investment fund in recovering billions of misappropriated funds on a global scale.
Restructuring and Insolvency
- Assisting in the restoration of struck-off companies to enable enforcement of a UK judgment on behalf of a foreign client.
- Assisted in intervening in a judicial management application on behalf of the unsecured creditor.
- Assisted in a winding-up petition involving a dispute over the validity of the “back-to-back” payment clause.
Corporate and Commercial Disputes
- Acting as a junior counsel opposing an application for the cancellation of shares.
- Supported counsel in representing a statutory body and a government-linked entity in contractual disputes.
Qualifications and Professional Affiliations
Qualifications
- Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2026)
- Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple) (2024)
- LL.M, University of Law (2024)
- L.L.B. (Hons), Queen’s University of Belfast (2023)