Francis Lim Barristers & Solicitors

Francis Lim Barristers & Solicitors helps businesses, start-ups and private individuals in Australia and across Asia. The firm acts on commercial law, litigation, family law, property, wills and probate, tax and intellectual property matters.

The firm began in Malaysia in 1985 and has practised in Box Hill since 2003. Francis Lim leads the team, together with his sons David and Dominic, who are solicitors, and Dennis, a CPA and registered tax agent.

The firm describes itself as a Christian law firm. Its lawyers speak several languages, and many new clients come by referral from existing clients and friends.

The firm has one office, in Suite 503, 22 Rutland Road, Box Hill, and describes itself as a local Melbourne law firm. It acts for clients in Australia and across Asia, and appears in courts in Victoria, New South Wales and the federal courts.

The firm's main work is commercial law, litigation and dispute resolution, family law, property law, and wills, probate and estate planning. It also offers tax and intellectual property services.

Lawyers speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, Indonesian, Japanese, Hakka and Hokkien. Francis Lim regularly appears as Counsel in the Magistrates' Court, County Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in Victoria. The firm also acts in the Federal Court and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.