Han Bao

Languages Spoken

Ms. Bao is a native speaker of Mandarin and Cantonese. She is also fluent in English.

Practice Areas

Ms. Bao is an International Partner of Haiwen & Partners based in Shanghai office. Ms. Bao focuses on private client matters. She advises clients on PRC and overseas succession planning, family trust, family governance and asset protection matters.

Ms. Bao is uniquely positioned to advise private clients on cross-border matters. She is qualified to practice law in PRC and the New York State of the US. She worked in Hong Kong for a few years and gained extensive experience in family trust, cross-border inheritance and wealth planning matters. In the practice area of family trust, Ms. Bao has handled hundreds of projects covering a broad spectrum of matters such as trust establishment, administration, restructuring, transfer and termination, involving trust laws in mainland PRC, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jersey, Guernsey, Cayman, BVI, Bahamas and Cook Islands as well as tax laws in mainland PRC, Hong Kong, Singapore, US, and Canada. With deep understanding of the needs and concerns of Chinese clients, Ms. Bao is able to stand in the shoes of the clients and provide practical, reliable, tailored and innovative solutions.

Ms. Bao advises a number of well-known Chinese business leaders in internet, high technology, private equity, real estate and manufacturing industries on their private wealth matters. She also advises leading Chinese and international financial institutions. Having worked on cross-border matters for over 13 years, Ms. Bao is able to closely monitor the trending changes in laws and regulatory practice and provide her clients with forward-looking strategies.

Career

Ms. Bao joined Haiwen in 2021 as an International Partner. Before joining Haiwen, she worked at Zhong Lun Law Firm in its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices, and earlier worked at Clifford Chance in its Hong Kong office and Fangda Partners in its Beijing and Shanghai offices.