Wisson Hao

Practice Areas

MR. HAO FOCUSES ON PROVIDING LEGAL ADVISORY SERVICES TO ULTRA-HIGH-NET-WORTH INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS TO PRIVATE BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES IN PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT. HIS ADVICE ADDRESSES FAMILY GOVERNANCE, SUCCESSION PLANNING, TRUSTS AND CROSS-BORDER INHERITANCE.

Career

Mr. Hao joined Fangda in 2020. Before joining the firm, he worked with two other law firms that are members of the “Big Four” global network. He has also been a qualified notary in China for over 10 years.

Experience

-Acting as long-term legal counsel for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and their families in providing advisory services covering wealth management and succession planning (family trusts, marriage, wills, guardianship arrangements, inheritance, etc.), corporate law (shareholding structures, restructuring, compliance, M&A, etc.), and in assisting in the selection of legal, tax and financial advisors in multiple jurisdictions.

-Assisting ultra-high-net-worth individuals in establishing tailor-made family trusts, including the design of trust structures, the arrangement of trust roles, and the drafting of trust deeds, as well as legal advice in relation to trust administration, restructuring, termination and dispute resolution.

-Assisting ultra-high-net-worth individuals in solving matrimonial disputes and succession disputes.

-Acting as legal advisor for domestic financial institutions in providing them and their clients support in complex cases.

-Advising founders of companies to be listed on stock exchange on trust planning, including the choice of governing law, the analysis of marital property, the design of trust structures, and the drafting of trust documents.

-Advising companies seeking Hong Kong or US stock exchange listing on the establishment of employee benefit trusts.

-Experienced in succession cases: advising on multi-jurisdictional inheritance and estate disposals, including assisting in the inheritance process in China and in the probate process in foreign countries, and assisting in title transfers, China estate sales and foreign exchange matters.

-Providing corporate law services to family enterprises, including advice on M&A, compliance, shareholding structures, and emergency response mechanism.

Education