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Stephenson Harwood supports private clients through a global private wealth team of 50 fee earners located in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, London and Paris, advising clients under the laws of Hong Kong, PRC, Singapore, UK, UAE, France and Canada. Our Private Wealth team in Hong Kong is particularly known for providing comprehensive and up-to-date advice on trusts, estates, multi-jurisdictional tax and compliance issues, philanthropy and real estate in clear, understandable terms in English and Chinese. The Private Wealth team also works with our other teams to provide advice in wealth-related sectors such as private jets, super yachts, arts, immigration, and trust and family disputes. Support in these areas can be from our Greater China offices as well as other international offices to provide our clients with a one-stop shop service.

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Private Wealth Law (International Firms) - China

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What the Team is Known For

Stephenson Harwood provides comprehensive advice on multi-jurisdictional tax matters and trust and estate management. As a global law firm, Stephenson Harwood's offering in Hong Kong is reinforced by its global assets and know-how.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Kevin Lee
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Kevin Lee
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Kevin Lee has extensive knowledge in cross-border taxation matters, trust and estate planning and businesses succession planning. Lee is a prominent industry figure and is revered for his ability to handle complex Hong Kong and Canadian legal and tax issues.

Kevin is a most excellent quarter-back to call the plays and co-ordinate the team. He's extremely experienced and knowledgeable.

Kevin is very experienced and has a strong reputation for providing Canadian tax advice.

Kevin has a strong reputation in the Hong Kong market on a wide range of trust and tax areas.

Wei Kang
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Wei Kang
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Wei Kang is a trusts and tax expert, frequently advising high net worth clients on their wealth and succession needs, particularly on those relating to Canadian tax requirements.

Wei does not just follow instructions, but considers the whole task and objective of the client. Wei is a natural leader.

Wei is very intelligent, technically excellent, and a go-to person in Asia for Asian clients setting up anything in BVI or Cayman Islands.

I am very happy with Wei's service.

Ross Davidson
Ross Davidson
Star Associates

Ross Davidson is an impressive associate at Stephenson Harwood in Hong Kong. Davidson is an expert in cross-border wealth planning, tax and trusts.

Ross is very professional, comprehensive and pleasant to deal with. His responses are clear and thorough, as he doesn’t use unnecessarily use legal jargon.

Ross is an outstanding young lawyer with great attitude and high technical abilities and an eagerness to excel in all aspects of private client work.

Ross provides on-the-ground UK tax advice in Hong Kong. Calm and collected, Ross explains a complex area eloquently.

Tze-Wei Ng
Tze-Wei Ng
Associates to watch

Tze-Wei Ng works closely with the clients advising them on family trusts and governance, the setting up of family offices, succession planning and wills, as well as estate planning and administration.

Ranked Individuals at
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China

Private Wealth Law (International Firms)

Kevin Lee
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Kevin Lee
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Wei Kang
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Wei Kang
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Band 2
Ross Davidson
Ross Davidson
Star Associates
Tze-Wei Ng
Tze-Wei Ng
Associates to watch

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