Sunita Singh-Dalal
Sunita Singh-Dalal
Partner, Head of Private Wealth & Family Offices | Hourani & Partners
JURISDICTION
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, India, England and Wales
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Planning
Family Governance and Business
Family Office
Office Location
United Arab Emirates
Short Biography
Sunita advises significant business families, private clients, trustees, private banks, regulatory authorities and foreign law firms on Cross Border Estate and Succession Planning, Wealth Management, formulating and implementing Family Codes of Governance, Family Constitutions and establishing Family Offices. Sunita is internationally known for dedicating time to teaching and spreading awareness of current legal and practical updates and developments in the regional private wealth sector. She is a full member of STEP and regularly chairs international wealth management forums, being highly respected by the Global Private Client Industry. Sunita is regarded as a leading authority on Middle Eastern private client issues by global private wealth industry groups and has been consistently ranked by Chambers and Partners as a Private Client and High Net Worth Adviser. She received the 2022 Private Client Lawyer of the Year Award and promotes women's empowerment in MENA and SW Asia.
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What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
With the introduction of legislation in the Middle East focused on protecting and sustaining family businesses together with recent fiscal incentives, I expect a consistent increase in the number of family offices being established. Codes of Governance incorporated within cross-border succession plans will inevitably become more prevalent.
Richard Wakeham
Richard Wakeham
Group Head of Commercial | ZEDRA
JURISDICTION
Jersey, Guernsey, England and Wales, Isle of Man, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, United States, Cayman Islands, Curacao, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, India, Malta, Switzerland
TOP SPECIALISMS
Family Governance and Business
Fiduciary
Trusts & Trusteeship
Office Location
United Kingdom
Short Biography
Richard leads the Group’s business and client development activities focussing on client retention/satisfaction and intermediary partnerships. He also leads the Group's Marketing team.
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Rishabh Shroff
Rishabh Shroff
Partner (Co-Head, Private Client and Head, International Business) | Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Planning
Family Governance and Business
Trusts: Planning
Office Location
India
Short Biography
Rishabh is the Co-Head of the Private Client team, and the Head of International Business at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, India’s largest and leading law firm. He specialises in all aspects of family governance, including family constitutions and settlements, trusts, wills and succession planning. He provides succession, taxation, estate and wealth planning advice to wealthy individuals and their families, who are often promoters of large family businesses or Unicorn founders. He also advises family offices on all aspects. He is a passionate advocate for women’s succession rights in India. Rishabh recently was ranked in the Economic Times’s prestigious 40 under 40 list for 2021, as well as Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 list for 2023. Rishabh writes extensively, and is a Regular columnist in the Mint Newspaper, writing on personal finance, succession and estate planning. Rishabh is an active philanthropist, and is on the Advisory Board of WWF India.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Novikov, London
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Always focus on your personal balance sheet, not only your profit and loss statement. A balance sheet in relationships is what causes the phone to ring, the profit and loss is what you do after the phone rings.
What was your first job?
I have been in the same Firm since the day I graduated!
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
More enforcement of personal guarantees. More overseas family offices being set up in Singapore and Dubai. More family separations.
Bijal Ajinkya
Bijal Ajinkya
PARTNER | Khaitan & Co
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Planning
Trusts: Planning
Tax Advisory
Office Location
India
Short Biography
Bijal Ajinkya is a Partner in the Direct Tax, Private Client and Investment Funds practice groups in the Khaitan & Co's Mumbai office. She has varied experience in advising promoters and founders on their wealth, leadership succession planning & cross-border structuring matters. Bijal regularly features in the Chambers & Partners (Asia – Pacific), Citiwealth Leaders List, Asia Law, Legal 500, International Tax Review (Asia Pacific), Who’s Who Legal “Corporate Tax Guide, Private Client Global Elite, Expert Guides – Tax, Indian Lawyer 250 Law Business Research as a leader. She has been ranked as a Leader Tax Champion in India by Legal Era and has also been recognised by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s Top 15 Female Lawyers. Bijal is the first Indian qualified lawyer to be admitted as an international fellow to the The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
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