Lim Tse Wei

⚒️ What do you do?

I am a Senior Associate in the International Arbitration practice at Herbert Smith Freehills and am part of the firm's global team of construction disputes specialists. I also sit on the AIAC Standard Form Contract Expert Advisory Committee.

I help companies navigate the entire life cycle of construction, commercial and investment disputes across the Asia-Pacific, and act as counsel when these matters go to arbitration. My cases usually involve technical engineering issues such as metallurgy, petrochemistry and process engineering. 

🏆 What is your proudest achievement?
Having my writing cited as an authority by the Malaysian High Court.
I contributed to a comparative practitioners' text on international arbitration, and I was surprised to see the High Court naming me and reproducing my views on the state of arbitration-related jurisdictional challenges under Malaysian law.

⌛ There are now 25 hours in a day! How do you spend your extra hour?
Spending it at the bouldering gym. I have been doing the sport for over a decade and it is amazing how large the community has grown, especially in Singapore. You also meet some very interesting people through the sport.

🚀 If you weren't a lawyer, what would you do?
A civil engineer. I enjoy analysing technical engineering documents and figuring out how the infrastructure that we use every day are designed and built. 

😋 Your favourite food haunt
I have joined the great Singapore debate. My new pick-me-up is Hoe Hokkien Mee at the North Bridge Road Food Centre followed by some great filter coffee at Zerah Coffee Roasters which is just a minute away.

*Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity.