Yap Jing Shin

Yap Jing Shin is a Partner at Rahmat Lim & Partners, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign investments, private equity and general corporate matters. She advises corporate clients, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions.

Her experience spans multiple industries, including financial services, manufacturing, energy, education, healthcare and technology. Notable matters include advising FWD Group on the initial acquisition of 49% and subsequent acquisition of 21% of FWD Takaful Berhad; advising NTT DATA Japan Corporation on the acquisition of GHL Systems Berhad and its subsequent delisting; advising a global asset management company on the divestment of interest in several solar photovoltaic energy projects with a total capacity of 19 MWac; and advising Primabaguz Foods Sdn. Bhd. on its acquisition of 100% of Gourmessa Sdn. Bhd.

Jing Shin holds an LL.B. (Hons) from Monash University, Australia, where she was awarded a Public Service Department of Malaysia (JPA) Scholarship. She joined the firm as a Pupil in 2015 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2016. In 2019, she was seconded to Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore.