Daryl Lim is a Special Counsel in the Corporate group at HWLE, advising Australian and overseas clients on mid‑market and cross‑border mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring and transaction readiness.
With extensive experience assisting inbound investors entering the Australian market, Daryl provides guidance on foreign investment requirements, regulatory considerations and transaction sequencing. He frequently works with clients in the early stages of proposed acquisitions, helping them assess feasibility, timing and execution risk.
Daryl acts on negotiated private M&A transactions across a range of sectors and advises international clients, particularly from the Asia‑Pacific region, on acquiring Australian businesses and assets. He also works with founder‑led and regional businesses on sell‑side preparation and negotiated exits.
Before joining HWLE, Daryl worked at leading international law firms in Australia, Japan and Singapore and spent time in‑house with Toyota Tsusho Corporation in Tokyo and BP in Melbourne.
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- ViPlus Dairy Advising a Gippsland based manufacturer of nutritional dairy products on its joint venture with a dairy producer Nutifood based in Vietnam to launch a new international brand, GippsNature.
- Nabtesco Assisting a publicly listed engineering company based in Japan on its acquisition of a majority stake in Melbourne based manufacturing company, Access Entry.
- RRC Nominees Pty Ltd Advised on the $500 million sale of its Caterpillar dealership to Sime Darby Industrial Machinery Australasia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Malaysia based trading conglomerate, Sime Darby Berhad.
- Luff family Providing advice on its sale of the Border Express, Australia’s 6th largest express pallet and parcel distribution operator to FMH Group (majority owned by Singapore based, Singapore Post).
- Alternate Path and the Downie family Advising on its partnership with Malaysia based, global engineering, property and infrastructure group Gamuda for the co-development of a portfolio of large-scale renewable wind, solar and battery energy storage projects in central Tasmania.
- Viva Energy Advised on its purchase of aviation fuels and service provider, Skyfuel Australia.