Gerui studied law at Oxford University and graduated in 2004. She returned to Singapore and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2006, when she joined Drew & Napier and has since been practicing as a litigator. In 2016, she was named among Singapore's 70 most influential lawyers under 40 by the Singapore Business Review.
Areas of practice
Gerui practices corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration across a wide range of fields. She has represented high profile clients and high net worth individuals in a variety of matters including complex commercial disputes, investigations/ disciplinary proceedings, director/ shareholder fights, trust and inheritance disputes, regulatory actions and banking and finance disputes.
Some of the notable cases Gerui has handled include:
- Acting for the Government of Laos in a high-profile dispute over claims of more than US$890 million, which involved multiple arbitrations (both treaty-based and commercial) and Court challenges. The Government was accused by Macanese and Dutch entities of unlawfully expropriating casino and gambling-related investments in Laos.
- Acting in a major trust dispute over the ownership of assets of US$600 million to US$800 million. The matter involved complicated corporate trust structures based in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands and involved testimonies from numerous factual and expert witnesses.
- Acting for a Fortune Global 500 digital and technology company in a complex and document-heavy dispute over a $107 million project for the supply, delivery, installation, setup, testing, implementation and commissioning a nation-wide infrastructure system.
- Acting for a Japanese supplier against an Indian engineering company in a multi-million dollar arbitration arising from a clean energy project for the largest electricity company in Sri Lanka. The proceedings involved successful emergency arbitration applications for interim injunctions to prevent bank guarantee calls.
- Acting for an international banking group in high-profile investigations into suspected money-laundering transactions involving a foreign state-owned investment vehicle by the Commercial Affairs Department and Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
Commercial and Transactions 2023 – Future Star
Asian Legal Business
Identified as one of 40 bright legal minds in the region under the age of 40 – “40 Under 40 list” (October 2022 issue)
Singapore Business Review
Recognised as one of 70 most influential lawyers in Singapore aged 40 and under (2016).
Global Arbitration Review 9th edition (2016)
A client praised the “excellent” Gerui Lim in the Global Arbitration Review 9th edition (2016).
India Business Law Journal
In the India Business Law Journal (June 2015 issue), a client that engaged the firm on an international arbitration matter described Gerui as “very skilled and extremely dedicated to the needs of the client”.