Academic Staff

Ernest Lim

Assistant Professor
LL.B., National University of Singapore
LL.M., Harvard Law School
B.C.L., University of Oxford
Attorney, New York State
Solicitor, England and Wales

Research Interests

• Company Law
• Corporate Law
• Legal Theory
• Contract Law
• Law and Religion

Practice Information
Prior to joining academia in August 2011, Ernest worked as a U.S. attorney in the New York and Hong Kong offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell where he represented bulge bracket investment banks and issuers ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies in capital markets transactions including IPOs, high yield and convertible notes.

Publications

Articles

• “Directors’ Fiduciary Duties: A New Analytical Framework” (2013) 129 Law Quarterly Review (forthcoming)

• “A Critique of Corporate Attribution: "Directing Mind and Will" and Corporate Objectives” (2013) Journal of Business Law (forthcoming)

Case Notes

• “Commercial Purpose and Business Common Sense in Contractual Interpretation” (2012) 23 King's Law Journal 94

• “Personal Tortious Cause of Action: Assignment and Champerty” (2011) 19 Tort Law Review 119

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