Chambers Private Wealth 2021 guide on Hong Kong’s law and practice
Jeffrey Lee, Jessica Leung and Jessica Chow write for the Chambers Private Wealth 2021 guide on Hong Kong’s law and practice. The new Private Wealth 2021 guide features 32 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on tax regimes; succession; trusts and foundations; family business planning; wealth disputes; fiduciaries; citizenship and residency; planning for minors, adults with disabilities and elders; same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships; and charitable planning.
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Meet the team
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- Hong Kong office
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Our thinking
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Hugh Gunson
Hoey: you’d better PAYE up
Hugh Gunson and Guy Bud discuss the Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in Hoey, and the implications this has on PAYE and the TOAA regime.
Julia Cox
Mind your business: Safeguarding your business against loss of mental capacity
Practical considerations to safeguard your business against loss of mental capacity.
Jack Carter
Jack Carter writes for eprivateclient on the registration requirements for trust structures holding UK real estate
Trust structures holding UK real estate: Reporting requirements under the Register of Overseas Entities
Sarah Anticoni
FT Wealth quotes Sarah Anticoni on forum shopping
"Being the first to file for divorce is not a foolproof way of securing an English hearing"
Shivi Rajput
A guide to protecting non-matrimonial assets in divorce
Learn what you need to know about non-marital assets and how to protect them in a divorce.
Alexia Egger Castillo
Wealth Structuring Developments In Switzerland
Careful considerations need to be given when setting up wealth and estate structures and vesting funds in them.
Lisa Wong
New Legislation on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements in Matrimonial and Family cases by the Courts Hong Kong and the Mainland
The implementation of the Ordinance offers better safeguards to the interests of parties to cross-border marriages.
Charlotte Posnansky
Reporting Restriction Order (reprised) - "Where there is no publicity there is no justice."
Richard Honey
Inheritance tax receipts continue to rise - and what to do about it
Jil Birnbaum
A lost masterpiece in your attic or garden?
Ghassan El Daye
The Business Breakfast interviews Ghassan El Daye on the legal procedures surrounding international extradition
The Business Breakfast interviews Ghassan El Daye on the legal procedures surrounding international extradition
Rachel Warren
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Felicity Chapman
Julia Cox and Felicity Chapman write for International Adviser on the rise of pre-nups in the UK
Julia Cox and Felicity Chapman write for International Adviser on the rise of pre-nups
Grégoire Uldry
New Swiss succession law on the transfer of businesses
On 10 June 2022, the Federal Council adopted its Message amending the Civil Code on the transfer of businesses by succession.
Joshua Green
Joshua Green writes for Spear's Magazine on Wagatha Christie’s lessons for HNWs
Wagatha Christie’s lessons for HNWs
Kerry Stares
Lessons from Davos: Private Capital and ESG
The scale of the investment needed to achieve global climate and social goals is far beyond what public funds can afford.
Julia Cox
Citywealth publish a '60 second' interview with Julia Cox
Leaders List interview: 60 seconds with Julia Cox
Piers Master
Register of Overseas Entities
Read more about the registration requirements for trust structures holding UK real estate and reporting requirements under the TRS and ROE
Ray Ng
What happens if one party passes away during a divorce proceeding: Part II
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