Charlyn Lim is an associate in the Finance and Projects Group of Morrison Foerster, based in the Singapore office. She has extensive experience in advising private equity sponsors, financial advisers, leading banks and financial institutions, and international corporations on cross-border finance matters such as acquisition and leveraged finance (including competitive auction bids), subscription line financings, onshore-offshore financings, project development loans, syndicated and bilateral loans, and margin loans.

Charlyn is recommended as a key lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023.

Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Charlyn worked at the Singapore and Hong Kong offices of a leading international law firm and was seconded to the in-house legal team of a global bank in Singapore. 

Representative Experience

• GLP China Income Partners V in the acquisition financing relating to the US$5 billion recapitalization and exit of the portfolio developed within the GLP China Logistics Fund I, which was GLP’s flagship USD-denominated develop-to-core fund formed in 2013, to invest in prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets in China.

• GLP Vietnam Development Partners I in its development financing for logistic facilities in Vietnam.
• A Dutch bank on a €200 million margin loan facility to a private equity firm involving shares listed on Euronext.
• GLP and its affiliates in relation to multiple subscription line facilities.
• The mezzanine lenders in the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the US$1.5 billion acquisition of Shiseido’s personal care business.
• GLP China Holdings on offshore and onshore acquisition financings in connection with multiple acquisitions of PRC real estate properties.
• SoftBank Group Corporation in connection with senior and mezzanine acquisition facilities for OYO’s acquisition of Netherlands-based @Leisure.
• An insurance and financial services group listed in Hong Kong on multiple syndicated debt financings.