You Xiang Lim
You Xiang is an associate with the Projects, Energy and Infrastructure team in Herbert Smith Freehills Prolegis, with a focus on the development of energy and infrastructure projects and related transactions.
His experience includes advising a wide range of clients on private mergers and acquisitions, joint venture arrangements, project development and delivery and real estate transactions across various sectors such as transport, renewables, energy and infrastructure sectors.
You Xiang has acted for a wide range of clients ranging from government entities to multi-national corporations on complex projects (including on public-private partnerships, renewable energy and cross-border projects).
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- CloudHQ on its joint venture with ESR Group Limited to develop ESR Cosmosquare, a USD 2 billion, 130-megawatt hyperscale data center campus located in Nanko Kita, Osaka, Japan.
- a leading American global data centre developer and operator on the purchase of land and development of multiple hyperscale data centres across Malaysia.
- a French-Japanese consortium on the project financing and project development of a utility scale solar photovoltaic plant and battery energy storage system in Manatuto, Timor Leste.
- DP World on its joint venture with Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd to manage and operate Sapangar Bay Container Port and investment in logistics and supply chain infrastructure in Sabah.
- SMRT Corporation Ltd on the project documentation for the Singapore-Johor Bahru Rapid Transit Link, a rail shuttle service implemented under a Public Private Partnership model that will run between Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia.*
- a private consortium on the termination of a public-private partnership with the Singapore government in relation to the ownership and management of a S$1.33 billion sports and recreation district.*
*Experience gained prior to joining the firm
Sectors
Background
You Xiang holds a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore and is a dual-qualified lawyer in Singapore and in England & Wales.