Dawn Quek

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Dawn Quek is a leading tax and private client lawyer in Singapore with more than 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.

Dawn advises on tax and wealth management. She assists high net-worth families with their tax, trust and estate planning issues on a multijurisdictional basis, focusing on setting up family offices and using onshore and offshore trust structures and other vehicles to help clients hold and transfer wealth through generations. She advises financial institutions serving such families on issues and regulations that affect their business.

She also provides and coordinates regional and local tax advice for multinational corporations and financial institutions on cross-border transactions and tax restructuring. Her practice includes advising multinationals and financial institutions on the tax issues arising from the set-up of their regional operations, including structuring their operations, obtaining tax incentives, planning for indirect taxes (such as goods and services tax and stamp duty) and tax restructuring. She has a focus in tax structuring for financial institutions and funds, and advises in the fintech space. She also has extensive experience in advising on tax issues in respect of mergers and acquisitions, and has assisted many clients in resolving tax disputes.