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Asia Private Client & Trust Thought Series: Private Trust Companies: Meeting The Evolving Needs Of Global Families

In today's complex wealth landscape, Private Trust Companies (PTCs) remain a popular tool for high-net-worth individuals and families seeking bespoke and sophisticated solutions...

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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Conyers

Third Parties - The Hidden Players In Divorce

As the conflict is a family matter, family members can be involved in various ways, either voluntarily or otherwise. So too can relevant corporations and trusts. If necessary, such parties can be joined as parties to the action.

Hong Kong Family

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Withers LLP

Revisiting Vesting Orders In Internet Scam Cases

In our previous article titled Fraud Cases: Hong Kong Court's Jurisdiction on the Grant of Vesting Orders, our team discussed the remedy of vesting...

Hong Kong Criminal

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Claiming Ownership Of A Flat: The Role Of Common Intention Constructive Trusts

Hong Kong has the lowest home ownership rate in the world, and the average home in the city costs as much as the average family earns in 16.7 years.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Tanner De Witt

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – March 2024

Worldwide Wealth Mgt

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

SFC's Proposed Changes For Privatisation Of Hong Kong's Real Estate Investment Trusts

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Lessons From The Zhang Lan Offshore Trust

Hong Kong Commercial

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Conyers

在香港家族办公室税务宽减制度下善用离岸结构

Hong Kong Commercial

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Conyers

张兰离岸家族信托案给我们的启示

Hong Kong Commercial

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Conyers

Tokenisation Of SFC-Authorised Investment Products: What You Need To Know

Hong Kong Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

The Use Of Offshore Structures In The Hong Kong Family Office Tax Concession Scheme

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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Conyers

Private Trust Company (PTC) – A Flexible Succession Planning Vehicle That Allows A Family To Remain In Control

Hong Kong Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

信托"失灵了"？信托资产还安全吗？

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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Charles Russell Speechlys

Do Trusts Not Work? Are Trust Assets No Longer Safe?

Hong Kong Commercial

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Charles Russell Speechlys

Haldanes' Recent Successes In Fraud Recovery: Securing Justice For Clients

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Haldanes

Chiikawa 在香港：一个萌系角色如何成就庞大商机

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Rouse

Tipping The Scale

Hong Kong Finance

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KPMG

The New Rules Of Legal Writing: How To Be Found By AI

Hong Kong Technology

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Haldanes

Macau Plans Ad Rules Shake Up, Targeting Gambling And Influencer Marketing

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Haldanes

Guidance For Trustees Dealing With Insolvent Trusts: The Z Trust Cases

In October 2022, the Privy Council delivered its judgment in the Z Trust case of Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd (Respondent) v Halabi (in his capacity as Executor of the Estate of the late Mdam Intisar Nouri)...

Hong Kong Insolvency

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Conyers

Similar But Different

Appleby is unique among the so-called "offshore" law firms in that the firm provides advice on the laws of more jurisdictions than any other offshore firm, namely eight –

Worldwide Commercial

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Appleby

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – April 2022

Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal developments concerning trust and estate planning which are of interest to the private wealth industry, and provide a succinct summary in a...

Worldwide Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

How Enduring Power Of Attorney Works In Hong Kong And Why It Is Useful

Hong Kong's population is rapidly ageing, posing many legal challenges for families with loved ones with deteriorating mental capacity.

Hong Kong Family

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Withers LLP

Letters of wishes in discretionary trusts

Hong Kong Commercial

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Timothy Loh LLP

Attacks On Trusts In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Family

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Withers LLP

Attacks On Trusts

Hong Kong Commercial

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Withers LLP

Hong Kong Update - Pre-IPO Trusts And More

Hong Kong Commercial

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Intertrust

What Your Chinese Private Clients Want To Know And Why

Worldwide Wealth Mgt

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Ogier

Employee Benefit Trusts

Worldwide Employment

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Appleby

Anti-Bartlett Provisions - Back On Track

Hong Kong Commercial

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Walkers

Intertrust Announces Being Granted Trust Or Company Service Provider Licence In Hong Kong Following New Regime

Hong Kong Commercial

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Intertrust

Lessons From Pugachev – Trust Considerations

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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Appleby

Structuring It Right - Asian Family Offices

Hong Kong Commercial

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Ogier

Anti-Bartlett Provisions - Back On Track

In a judgment delivered on 22 November 2019, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal has determined the extent to which ‘anti-Bartlett' clauses commonly found in trust instruments are effective

Hong Kong Commercial

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Walkers

Intertrust Announces Being Granted Trust Or Company Service Provider Licence In Hong Kong Following New Regime

Following the new Trust or Company Service Provider regime we're pleased to have been granted a TCSP License in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Intertrust

Lessons From Pugachev – Trust Considerations

The ground-breaking English High Court decision JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank v Pugachev [2017] has potentially introduced the concept of an "illusory trust", a rather different concept...

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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Appleby

Structuring It Right - Asian Family Offices

Asian family offices have increased significantly in number, and they come in a wide range of sizes and shapes.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Ogier

Family Offices In Asia - How Wealth Can Survive The Third Generation

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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Ogier

Geoffrey L Berman (In His Capacity As Trustee Of The Lender Trust) V SPF CDO I, Ltd And Others

The May 2010 decision of Harris J in Re Cyberworks Audio Video Technology Ltd [2010] caused some excitement among the insolvency community in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Insolvency

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Tanner De Witt

Hong Kong Modernisation Of Trust Law Long Overdue

The New Trustee Ordinance came into effect on 1st December 2013.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Oldham, Li & Nie

Hong Kong New Trust Law

With effect from 1 December 2013, Trustees in Hong Kong are now required to observe a statutory duty of care unless the Trust document provides otherwise.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Wedlake Bell

Update On Hong Kong Trust Law

The Trust Law Bill 2013 was passed on 17 July 2013, and will come into force on 1 December 2013.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Vistra

Hong Kong Trust Law (Amendment) Bill 2013

Hong Kong Commercial

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Withers LLP

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Next-Gen Family Offices: Are You Ready To Navigate Global Complexity?

IMC Group

It depends – What happens to the appointor role in my family discretionary trust when I die?

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Cooper Grace Ward

Succession Planning Through Trust (Video)

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Corporate Professionals

It Depends – Family trust change of trustee (part 3 – debts and liabilities)

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Cooper Grace Ward

It Depends – Do I pay stamp duty on a change of trustee?

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Cooper Grace Ward

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