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Private Wealth Law - Singapore
What the Team is Known For
Rajah & Tann Singapore provides high net worth individuals with business succession planning and trusts advice. The firm also advises financial institutions and the owners of closely held businesses on tax matters.
Strengths
They have some good people in litigation and tax, and have good legal specialty in other areas.
They have very wide, good base of strong lawyers who can give advice on complex matters.
Notable practitioners
Vikna Rajah leads the firm’s Tax and Trust & Private Client practices. He has a strong background in tax-related disputes and also brings his experience working for the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. He advises domestic and international clients on complex wealth and succession planning.
He is well-known as a tax adviser and has a big team.
Vikna is obviously very intelligent. He also used to practice with the IRS here and knows how they will respond to issues. So he can provide strong practical analysis of ways to proceed.