Singapore Press Holdings' Ginney Lim was named among the top 100 most influential and innovative in-house counsel working in Asia Pacific.

The Corporate Counsel 100: Asia Pacific list, drawn up by The Legal 500, aims to identify corporate counsel who "are changing or forming opinions within their company or industry; have developed brilliant technical solutions to complex issues; created innovative structures to ensure the in-house function is driving the business forward," among other criteria.

Ms Lim was one of 29 Singapore-based legal counsels on the list, which also included Ms Michelle Koh, general counsel at Capitaland, Ms Vanita Jegathesan, corporate counsel at Chevron, and Mr Chris Kim, director and associate general counsel and head of international legal for Facebook.

The 100 were chosen from 2.5 million in-house readers and partners at law firms in Asia, Legal 500 said.