Office Location

Singapore

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Min is dual qualified in Singapore and Malaysia, which allows her to do various estate and succession planning in both countries. She also has considerable experience in cross border succession planning and structuring of diverse asset classes in multiple jurisdictions, such as Indonesia and China. Min is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Malay. She frequently advises ultra high-net worth individuals and families on succession planning, setup of trust structures, asset protection, family business succession, family governance, as well as wills, probate and administration of estate matters. Min also advises clients on the establishment and management of family offices and fund vehicles, from structuring and incorporating the family offices and fund vehicles and making the relevant applications for tax incentives.

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Office Location

Singapore

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Alvin is a Partner in the Specialist & Private Client Disputes and Private Wealth Practices. His main practice areas are in private wealth and commercial litigation. He regularly advises on succession trust and probate law, company and employment law, corporate and commercial disputes, and regulatory and compliance matters. In the private wealth space, he advises on a broad spectrum of contentious and non-contentious areas. He advises high-net-worth individuals on succession planning and structuring of diverse asset classes in multiple jurisdictions. He also advises institutions, families and individuals in disputes relating to trust structures and fiduciary relationships, inheritance and estate matters, and vulnerable persons and mental capacity issues. Alvin also has a breadth of experience in civil and commercial litigation, having acted in a wide range of disputes relating to cross-border investments, shareholding and directorships, partnerships, tenancies, and financial instruments such as facility agreements, convertible bonds and options.

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Office Location

United Kingdom

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“The perfect modern barrister” and “the absolute best”, Edward Cumming KC has acted in some of the most significant and highest-profile trust and succession litigation in recent years. He is recommended as a leading KC in nine separate categories in the latest Chambers & Partners, and eight separate categories in the latest Legal 500. The directories, which have long recognised Edward as a “lion in court”, describe him as “just an amazing individual” and “a very smooth advocate, who is persuasive, articulate and nimble on his feet”, saying “Edward is an absolute superstar. He has a phenomenal work rate, huge intellect, an elephantine memory, and [is] utterly charming with it”. “He works incredibly hard, is commercial, is an outstanding advocate and is loved by clients for being aggressive and knowing their cases inside out. He is the first name that comes to mind for any high value and difficult case”.

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Tomos Parry’s Brat

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Don’t believe the hype.

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Receptionist at the Premier Travel Inn at Tewkesbury Strensham services on the M5

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Believe It by Nick Foles

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Office Location

Singapore

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Wendy has nearly three decades experience working for global financial institutions and private banks with expertise within the Trust, Wealth Structuring and Fiduciary sectors. During her career, she has worked extensively with multi-jurisdictional families and family offices, with varied assets and multiple cross border requirements. Her experience includes establishing and consulting on complex family holdings and governance structures for global clients with structures based in Asia. She also has expertise advising and establishing philanthropy related structures. Wendy is a former lawyer, who specialised in trust litigation and structuring during her time in legal practice. She holds a TEP qualification and is a past Treasurer of the Singapore Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). In addition, she is a faculty member of Wealth Management Institute, Singapore and a Senior Member of the Global-Asia Family Office Circle.

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Office Location

Greece

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Anna specialises in income, real estate, gift and inheritance taxation. She focuses mainly on tax planning for high net-worth individuals with a particular expertise in advising families on wealth structuring and multi-generational governance matters.

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CTC Urban Gastronomy in Athens

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Learn to unlearn

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Waitress

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Office Location

Greece

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Elina heads the private client practice of the Greek law firm Zepos & Yannopoulos. She brings in years of experience in international tax matters and the way they impact the structuring of wealth and the performance of investment activity. She has been working with multijurisdictional family offices, asset managers and family-owned businesses on wealth structuring and estate planning, multi-generational governance and estate planning matters. She is active in the start-up ecosystem, working with start-ups and their investors, on tax aspects over the life of the activity from set up to exit, with a particular focus on compensation mechanisms for founders and executives. Elina has been with Zepos & Yannopoulos since 2004 and is a member of the firm’s executive committee.

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A bit of stress can be an amazing fuel of creativity

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Volunteer at an HIV shelter

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

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Technology, technology, technology

Office Location

London, United Kingdom

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Caroline advises on a wide range of trust and estate disputes, both onshore and offshore. She has extensive experience acting in multijurisdictional trust disputes involving breach of trust, beneficiary rights of information and jurisdictional issues. Caroline has particular experience advising on issues of trust law arising in the context of divorce proceedings and has developed a strong reputation in this field, which often includes issue of rights of information and asset tracing. In addition, Caroline is often instructed to represent parties in multi-party trust applications to Court involving variations, agreed compromises or blessings of the exercise of trustee powers, and has acted in a number of such applications involving very substantial trust fortunes both onshore and offshore. Caroline also advises on the full range of probate disputes, 1975 Act claims and issues relating to capacity whether in the context of such claims or in the Court of Protection.

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Japanese

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Work hard

What was your first job?

English as a foreign language teacher

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

The Velveteen Rabbit

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Tougher market

Office Location

United Kingdom

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Kunal is an experienced adviser within the private client community, acting for clients both in the UK and internationally on a broad range of matters including wealth planning, asset structuring and their taxation requirements. He routinely advises on multi-jurisdictional tax, estate planning and family governance. Kunal is recognised as a leading expert in advising senior professionals within the financial services sector, both on their personal and business interests.

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Office Location

United Kingdom

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Rachel advises ultra high net worth individuals and families, trustees and family offices on wealth preservation, specialising in succession and UK tax matters, typically with an international and cross-border focus. Rachel has particular experience in advising clients with links to the US, and a significant part of her practice involves a US dimension. Rachel regularly assists clients with HMRC enquiries and voluntary disclosures, including for US-connected private clients who may be subject to US tax audits. Rachel's practice includes advising on asset holdings structures, such as trusts, corporate entities and foundations. She has significant experience working alongside offshore intermediaries in the ongoing operation and fiscal implications for such structures.

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The Wolseley, London

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Whenever faced with what seems an intractable problem, if it is after 7pm, to go home and get some sleep, and said problem will most likely be solvable in the morning!

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Folding t-shirts at Sports Direct

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My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

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Dealing with a possible change in government in the UK, and if so, abolition of the non-dom regime. Increasingly, clients are more concerned with privacy and simplicity in their structures, as well as good governance, and so our advice must follow suit.

Office Location

United Kingdom

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Ben's core expertise is guiding clients through complex tax, legal and family issues, both in the UK and internationally. A key part of his practice involves advises ultra-high net worth individuals, families and family offices on tax, cross-border estate planning, structuring, as well as wider legal issues. Ben has extensive experience advising on inter-generational planning, corporate and family governance issues, investment structuring and cross-border relocations. He is frequently instructed to advise on the establishment and optimisation of wealth holding structures such as trusts, corporate entities and partnerships. Ben is highly active in the Middle East, where he travels frequently. Ben also advises many individuals from the financial services sector.

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