Greater China Region
Practice Areas
Taxation & Wealth Planning, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Cybersecurity & Data Protection
Professional Memberships
Member, Shanghai Bar Association, the PRC
Member, New York State Bar Association, USA
Member, Economist Intelligence Corporate Network
Affiliate, The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Global Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
AVPN Impact Investing Fellow, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, Singapore
Authorized Representative, one leading educational charity, Hong Kong SAR
China Representative, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Norway) Shanghai Representative Office (2020-2023)
Council Member, Beijing Capacity Building Assessment Center
Publications
“Exploration and Use of Arbitration in Private Wealth Management” (co-author), Arbitration and the Law, Issue 150, 2024
“New Era of Wealth-Management and Inheritance of Family Wealth” (co-author), Tsinghua University Press, 2023
“China Charity Tax Operational Guidelines” (co-author), Central University of Finance and Economics, 2021
“Tax Planning Essentials for Outbound Investment by Chinese Enterprises (By-country Report)” (co-author), Wolters Kluwer Netherlands and CGGT, 2018
Personal
Henry is a go-to private wealth practitioner and wins deep trust of his private clients. He has successfully represented dozens of UHNWIs, private banks, trust companies, insurance groups, family offices, and other financial institutions in wealth planning and global asset protection/enforcement legal affairs, such as establishing family trust, identity planning, compliance reporting, cross-border wealth transfer, as well as other wealth planning, protection, and succession matters across multiple jurisdictions.
Henry has represented a wide array of PRC and foreign listed companies as well as large investment funds in cross-border investment and other high-profile projects. Also, Henry is well versed in PRC general corporate legal and data privacy compliance matters and has provided counsel to many large multinationals and PRC enterprises in this regard.
Henry is dually qualified in the PRC and New York State, US. He has been highly recommended by top international rating agencies for private wealth management, tax, and regulatory compliance.
Work Highlights
Assisted CHAI with the establishment of its Hainan representative office to promote Global Health Development and Cooperation
Assisted CEPI to establish its representative office in Shanghai to fight against COVID-19
Expert in these Jurisdictions
New York State Bar, 2017
PRC Bar, 2013
National Information Security Engineer Certificate (National Vocational Qualification Level III), 2011
Experience
Equity partner, non-equity partner, senior associate, and associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Associate, DLA Piper
Tax Consultant, Deloitte
Languages Spoken
Chinese
English