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Withers has the largest private client and tax team on the ground in Hong Kong. It has a wide range of clients, including but not limited to family offices, charities, families, financial institutions, high net worth individuals, and trustees. Withers typically acts for the creators of wealth and their families, and focuses on developing long term relationships with those clients across its international offices. We also work with their businesses, establishing ourselves as the top law firm focusing on private capital.

Withers' multi-disciplinary capabilities cover issues on immigration, philanthropy, matrimonial, cross-border investments, litigation, real estate and pre-IPO planning, providing clients with a fully integrated, one-stop service that other law firms cannot match.

Chambers Review

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Private Wealth Law (International Firms) - China

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What the Team is Known For

Withers offer an impressive range of tax, trust and estate planning and administration services. It has one of the largest private client teams in the Asia-Pacific region and offers customised wealth preservation solutions to high net worth clients.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Katie Graves
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Katie Graves
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Katie Graves is a pre-eminent UK-focused tax and restructuring expert. She advises high net worth international families on trust and estate planning and tax-related issues. Graves also has expertise in establishing and maintaining family offices.

Katie Graves is one of the most experienced advisers in Hong Kong.

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Laurence Ho
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Band 2

Laurence Ho handles the full range of international tax, trust and estate planning matters, especially with regards to Hong Kong and the United States. His clients include high net worth individuals, families, fiduciaries and family offices.

Laurence works hard and is highly recommended as a US tax adviser. His language skills are also an advantage, being able to converse in Putonghua and Cantonese.

I really enjoy working with Laurence. He is approachable, clear in his message and turns work around quickly.

Laurence is knowledgeable and hands-on, he always thinks ahead of what his client needs.

Deirdre Fu
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Deirdre Fu
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Band 3

Deirdre Fu works with a range of wealthy clients, providing them with bespoke private wealth legal advice. Her practice area encompasses trust and estate planning, as well as will drafting.

Deirdre Fu is solid, steady, consistent and client-focused, not only a competent adviser but also a good listener who would endeavour to find sensible solutions.

She is very thorough and can be absolutely trusted.

Deirdre is a very good technical lawyer with great charisma. Clients love working with her.

Alex Chung
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Alex Chung
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Up and Coming

Alex Chung is a dual-qualified lawyer in Hong Kong and New York. His practice covers trust and estate planning, US taxation and cross-border probate matters.

Alex is a very capable US tax and probate lawyer.

Ranked Individuals at
Withers LLP

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China

Private Wealth Law (International Firms)

Katie Graves
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Katie Graves
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Band 1
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Laurence Ho
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Band 2
Deirdre Fu
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Deirdre Fu
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Band 3
Alex Chung
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Alex Chung
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Up and Coming

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