Robin Rathmell
Robin Rathmell
Partner | Kasowitz Benson Torres
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Dispute Resolution or Arbitration
Reputation and Crisis Management
Trusts: Contentious
Office Location
United States
Short Biography
Robin Rathmell, Co-Chair of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP’s International Disputes team, is a renowned international litigator representing high-net-worth individuals and institutions in litigation involving allegations of fraud, money laundering and other forms of misconduct. Dual-qualified as an English barrister and U.S. lawyer, Rob formulates offensive and defensive global litigation strategies for international clients, including in relation to civil and criminal asset forfeiture, trusts, commercial and insolvency litigation, INTERPOL, and international sanctions regimes. Rob's engagements always span multiple jurisdictions, legal systems and asset-holding structures. He has acted as counsel in cases involving the world’s key offshore financial centers, as well as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. In addition to his regular interface with U.S. regulatory and intelligence agencies, Rob has extensive experience coordinating legal strategies in matters involving actions brought by non-U.S. authorities, requiring sensitive negotiations with government agencies across multiple jurisdictions.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
HaSalon in Tel Aviv
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Follow Mark Twain’s advice: "If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything."
What was your first job?
Gardening
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
Making progress on sanctions remediation as geopolitical trends shift.
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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Maya Prabhu
Maya Prabhu
Managing Director, Head of Wealth Advisory Services EMEA | J.P. Morgan Private Bank
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Family Governance and Business
Family Office
Private Banking
Office Location
United Kingdom
Short Biography
Maya leads the Wealth Advisory practice across the EMEA region and the Family Governance practice for the International private Bank. She helps individuals and families articulate the goals for their wealth and then advises on strategies to hold, protect and transfer their wealth and on the establishment or review of their family offices. She advises families on strategies to plan for and support the continuity of their wealth and family businesses to the next generation. In this realm, her areas of focus include developing family governance (including processes for developing culture, teamwork and communication), next generation engagement and development, and in crafting effective and rewarding philanthropy strategies. She has helped many individuals and families to capture their agreements in their own Mission Statement or Family Constitution. Maya is experienced in working with families from a range of cultures including the UK, across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Always be 'gruntled'!
What was your first job?
Sub editor at a book publishers!
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
Complete Family Wealth by James Hughes et al
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
Lee Wong
Lee Wong
Managing Director, Head of Family Services, Asia | Lombard Odier
JURISDICTION
Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, China
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Planning
Family Governance and Business
Family Office
Office Location
Singapore
Short Biography
As Head of Family Services for Asia for Lombard Odier, Lee is responsible for the bank's offering in the area of wealth planning, family governance, family office advisory and philanthropy advisory. She has over 24 years of experience in the wealth management industry and she is a lawyer by training. Lee has a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore, she is qualified with Family Firm Institute and she is also a Chartered Trustee appointed by the Singapore Trustee Association. Lee is a faculty member of Wealth Management Institute as well as SMU Academy and she regular conducts training on wealth planning, family governance and family office advisory.
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What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
What was your first job?
Lawyer at Allen & Gledhill
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
Family Wealth by James Hughes
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
Jonathan Conder
Jonathan Conder
Partner - Private Wealth | Stephenson Harwood
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Family Office
Trusts: Planning
Tax Advisory
Office Location
London, United Kingdom
Short Biography
Jonathan is a partner in Stephenson Harwood’s private wealth group and advises UK and international private clients, trustees, foundations, family offices and private banks on all aspects of tax, trust, estate and succession planning, regulatory, immigration and philanthropic issues. He also has significant experience in assisting families and trustees in responding to tax investigations and resolving disputes.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
The Ned
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
"You make your own luck"
What was your first job?
Newspaper round, aged 13
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
"The Firm"
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
More use of AI
Ivan Lu
Ivan Lu
Partner | Butler Snow
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Planning
Trusts: Planning
Tax Advisory
Office Location
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Short Biography
Ivan is a US Tax and Private Client Lawyer at Butler Snow LLP in Singapore focusing on trusts and estates, immigration and expatriation, real estate, wealth management, and IRS compliance. Ivan is a native Chinese speaker and is a member of the California bar. Ivan holds the TEP designation. Ivan represents many of the wealthiest families in Asia, particularly those who originate from the Greater China region. Ivan graduated from UCLA School of Law (J.D.), NYU School of Law (LL.M. in Tax Law), and Queen's University (First Class Honours B.Comm. in Finance). At UCLA, Ivan was unanimously selected by the UCLA tax faculty as the "most outstanding tax law student" of the graduating class and awarded the Bruce I. Hochman Award for Excellence in the Study of Tax Law. At Queen's, Ivan was awarded the Harry Abramsky Prize in Hebrew.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Bistecca Tuscan Steakhouse.
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Exercise everyday, sleep eight hours a day, and do not overeat.
What was your first job?
Weight Room Manager
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
Expansion of practice areas beyond conventional tax and trust/estate planning.
Dawn Quek
Dawn Quek
Principal | Baker McKenzie
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Tax Advisory
Office Location
Singapore
Short Biography
Dawn Quek is a leading tax and private client lawyer in Singapore with two decades of experience in corporate tax and international tax planning. She is the Head of the Wealth Management practice in Singapore and is the Asia Pacific representative on the Firm's Global Wealth Management Steering Committee. She works with ultra high net worth families and their family offices on international tax planning, estate and succession planning, family governance, and philanthropy.
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David Chee
David Chee
Partner | WongPartnership
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Charitable Planning and Philanthropy
Family Governance and Business
Trusts & Trusteeship
Office Location
Singapore
Short Biography
David's main practice area is private wealth, which includes wealth & succession planning, trust advisory and charity & philanthropy. He has also worked in trust companies and private banks. His experience includes advising on international tax and trust structures, insurance solutions and asset management. In the area of trusts, David advises trustees on various matters related to trust business, such as regulatory requirements, fiduciary risk & obligations and the administration of trusts and estates. He also advises on the use of trusts in other areas such as debt restructuring, employee benefit programs, environmental restoration and rehabilitation projects and charity & philanthropy. In the private wealth space, he works with and advises high net worth clients on all aspects of their wealth and succession planning needs such as wealth transfers from one generation to another, asset protection & preservation, family business succession, tax efficiency, philanthropy and family governance.
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Caroline Sayan
Caroline Sayan
President and CEO, Americas | Cadell + Co Ltd
JURISDICTION
England and Wales, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, United States
TOP SPECIALISMS
Alternative Investments
Art and Cultural Property
Estates: Planning
Office Location
United States
Short Biography
Caroline Sayan is the President and CEO Americas of Cadell Inc art advisory which is an international group with offices in New York and London. Caroline has 30 years’ experience as a global art market executive at a major auction house. Caroline’s was responsible for global commercial and financial negotiations for estates and property for sale across 70 collecting categories and in over 7 country sale sites. Caroline has extensive knowledge of the Asian art market while living and working in China and oversaw the opening of the China market to western art auctions. Cadell provides professional advisors with executive level independent advice related to estate, sales, purchases and collection management.
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Bock Eng Sim
Bock Eng Sim
Partner | WongPartnership
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Contentious
Family Office
Trusts: Planning
Office Location
Singapore
Short Biography
Bock Eng is the Head of the Specialist & Private Client Disputes Practice and a Partner in the Private Wealth Practice. Her main practice areas are in private wealth and civil litigation, which include family, matrimonial law, succession trusts and probate law, banking and finance, property and employment. Bock Eng has over 20 years of experience in trust, estate and family laws – both front-end as well as litigation. She regularly advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families on succession and estate planning and business continuity. Bock Eng has also represented local and international banks, financial institutions and private investors in a wide variety of on-shore and off-shore matters, and has been involved in several landmark decisions. She is recognised as one of the leading probate, trusts and private wealth management lawyers in Singapore, and sits on several committees to advance the law and practice in these areas.
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