Lim Teong Sit

Lim Teong Sit is the Chairman and Senior Partner of Rahmat Lim & Partners, specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions. His areas of practice encompass M&A and capital markets in Malaysia, as well as Islamic finance, structured finance, and project finance. In his 30 years of practice, he has acted as lead counsel in connection with many major corporate and financing transactions in Malaysia.

Teong Sit was instrumental in the establishment of Rahmat Lim & Partners in 2010, serving as its first Managing Partner for six years before becoming Chairman and Senior Partner. Prior to that, he was a Partner for more than 20 years in a leading Malaysian law firm where he headed the Financial Services practice group. Notable transactions include advising Goldis on its proposed acquisition of the entire equity interest in IGB for a total consideration of RM1.06 billion, and advising Sapura Energy Bhd on its refinancing of RM10.3 billion multi‑currency credit facilities.

He holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1984 and the Singapore Bar in 2007. He is concurrently a Partner in Allen & Gledhill LLP, the Firm's associate firm in Singapore.

Teong Sit is noted for his experience in corporate/M&A work in leading legal publications such as IFLR1000, Chambers Global, and Chambers Asia‑Pacific. He has written on various areas of corporate law, including the Malaysian aspects of capital market transactions in International Investment Law, and has edited a number of volumes of Malaysian Precedents & Forms published by Malayan Law Journal.