About

Provided by Hall & Wilcox

Hall & Wilcox’s is a national firm with an international outlook, comprising highly experienced and skilled advisers in Private Clients, Taxation, Fund Management. The firm’s independent networks associated with its Europe, China and USA desks, has positioned it uniquely to assist large family offices with international connections. Many families are longstanding clients of the firm and have sought and valued our advice across generations.

Key types of work

  • Structuring International wealth for asset protection, structuring global wealth, coordinating the international advice and dealing with international estate planning and estate administration
  • Business succession planning including by way of sale and inter-generational transfer, buy sell agreements, shareholder/unitholder agreements
  • Complex tax advisory work (including cross-border taxation, in collaboration with a carefully curated network of offshore peer firms) and complex tax disputes
  • Private client dispute resolution including trust disputes, breakdowns in relationships and claims for further provision to be made out of the estate of a deceased person;
  • Complex governance issues, including structures for ownership and decision making, and multi-jurisdictional succession planning
  • Trusts including establishment, continuing administration, dealing with succession of control of trusts, special disability trusts, trust deed reviews, advice relating to trust interpretation and trust disputes
  • Charity and philanthropy


Chambers Review

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Family Offices & Funds Structuring - Australia

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Hall & Wilcox has experience advising family offices on business succession planning and establishing and administering trusts. Its lawyers frequently deal with high-value and complex matters, and are capable of working on cross-border issues.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Harry New
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Harry New
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Band 1
Harry New gives expert advice on financial services, fund structuring and corporate law. He also has experience in establishing and representing family offices.

He has a very deep knowledge of the area and he understands our business as well, which puts him in the best position for commercial solutions.

Harry has a well-deserved reputation for being the go-to person for structuring and raising capital in Australia.

Harry is extremely well regarded in the funds management area.

Emma Woolley
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Emma Woolley
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Emma Woolley has extensive experience in advising clients on estate planning and estate administration matters. She also assists clients with trust structures and business succession planning. Her clients include high net worth individuals, privately held businesses and family offices.

We are very comfortable in dealing with Emma.

Emma is highly regarded by clients. She is responsive, a clear communicator and a pleasure to work with.

Frank Hinoporos
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Frank Hinoporos
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Frank Hinoporos has significant tax experience and particular expertise in private ancillary funds. He helps high net worth individuals and family offices establish charitable trust structures and philanthropic ventures, as well as advising on business transactions and corporate structuring.

Frank Hinoporos is a superb performer. He is incredibly responsive and technically astute.

Ranked Individuals at
Hall & Wilcox

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Family Offices & Funds Structuring

Harry New
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Harry New
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Band 1
Emma Woolley
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Emma Woolley
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Band 2
Frank Hinoporos
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Frank Hinoporos
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Band 2

Members

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Eugene Chen

James Whiley

Jana Sosner

Laura Hanrahan

Mona Sukkar

Sam Baring

Todd Bromwich

William Moore