Clifford Ng

Practice Areas

Clifford is head of private client practice in our Hong Kong office. A leader in the private client industry, his practice focuses on complex cross-border transactions, investments and private client matters.

Having worked with some of Asia’s leading businesses and families for almost 30 years, Clifford provides strategic advice on cross-border transactions and investments, tax, regulatory, estate planning, asset preservation, governance. Clifford is noted for providing innovative solutions to complex issues having worked extensively in multi-jurisdiction transactions and handling a broad range of issues including asset protection investment strategies, trust and estate litigation, securities regulatory issues, family estate battles and creditor claims.

Clifford has been ranked in Private Client/Wealth Management in Hong Kong by Chambers every year since 2012. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the Citywealth Leaders List since 2016, a Global Private Client Elite by Legal Week since 2017 and in Private Client and Tax & Trusts by Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2018. This year he is awarded "Outstanding Individual” by WealthBriefingAsia Greater China Awards.

Professional Memberships

Clifford is currently the secretary and an executive committee member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Hong Kong and a member of its Policy Committee.

Education

Languages Spoken

English, Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua)