Shawn Lim

Director, Advisory Services

KPMG Cambodia Ltd

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Shawn has experience in providing advisory services across the full M&A life cycle on the buy and the sell side for corporate and financial clients. Specific services include sell side services, market studies and strategy, commercial and financial due diligence, financial modelling and investment structuring. Though out the course of his career, he has advised on deals in Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia. To date, he has advised over 50 transactions with experience across all sectors, in particular with a focus on consumer products.

Selected experience:  

  • Advised Kookmin bank on their US$600 million acquisition in Prasac Microfinance
  • Advised a leading global private equity firm on their contemplated acquisition of one of Vietnam’s largest language centers
  • Advised a Korean fund on their contemplated acquisition of one of South East Asia’s largest cinema chains
  • Advised a regional PE fund on their contemplated investment in one of Cambodia’s largest commercial banks
  • Advised a leading Japanese bank on their placement of funds within a Cambodian commercial bank
  • Advised a large Malaysian corporate investor on their contemplated investment in one of the largest Cambodian mobile operators
  • Advised Grab on its acquisition of Uber
  • Advised Frasers Centrepoint’s acquisition of 4 business parks in the United Kingdom
  • Advised a global leader in the F&B distribution sector on their acquisition of Myanmar’s top alcohol producers.
  • Advised a leading global private equity firm on their acquisition of one of ASEAN’s top heavy equipment suppliers.
  • Advised one of the largest luxury automobile companies in the world in its acquisition of one of Malaysia’s top commercial vehicle distribution business.
  • Advised a regional PE on its contemplated acquisition of a group of kindergartens in Singapore.
  • Advised a regional PE on its contemplated acquisition of an onshore and offshore manpower service provider based in Singapore and Australia.
  • Advised a PE on its acquisition of a Pharmaceutical distribution company
  • Advised a PE on its acquisition of a F&B group in Singapore.
  • Advised a regional PE on its acquisition of one of Singapore’s largest cleaning companies