Simmons & Simmons has hired venture capital specialist Dax Lim as a partner in Singapore from Osborne Clarke.

Lim has over a decade of experience in advising startup technology companies on structuring, formation and global investment transactions. He specialises on debt and equity financing, strategic partnerships and regulatory and commercial matters covering the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with particular focus on the Singapore market.

Prior to Lim’s hire, Simmons added financial markets specialist James Pedley as a partner in Hong Kong from Clifford Chance, where he was a foreign legal consultant.

With Lim’s appointment, Simmons has seven partners in the Singapore office.

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